Mubi is showing Igor Drljaca's debut feature Krivina in most countries around the world from September 13 - October 12, 2016.An anxiety follows immigrants arriving from war zones, partially caused by the violent separation from their home country. This was something I experienced, as did many other émigrés from former Yugoslavia who fled the wars in the 1990s. In order to cope with this anxiety, some of us create and nurture fictions as we attempt to protect ourselves from either one’s active role in the war, one’s apathy towards it, or simply one’s helplessness. In one version of this fiction, the aggressor seeks to play the victim, searching for a more virtuous past, while hiding in plain sight.The anxiety is the result of (sometimes latent) trauma. It can be passed on, mutate, and impact families and communities many years after the war. Krivina is an attempt to...
- 9/13/2016
- MUBI
Two projects awarded finance prizes; Global Film Initiative introduces new grants.
The 31st CineMart co-production market came to a close last night (Jan 29) with the awarding of prizes.
The ceremony, held at the Doelen as part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), saw two projects rewarded.
The Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of €30,000 for the best CineMart 2014 project with a European partner was given to Tabija by Igor Drljaca from Bosnia and Herzegovina, a production of Scca/pro.ba.
The jury stated: “This is a project with great urgency developed by a young team, in an interesting form and style. This will be a film that portrays a generation of young people after a war we all know. We are very much looking forward to see this intense and modern film from a country, that hasn’t made such a film yet.”
Igor Drljaca fled with his parents from his homeland to Canada in 1993, where he graduated...
The 31st CineMart co-production market came to a close last night (Jan 29) with the awarding of prizes.
The ceremony, held at the Doelen as part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr), saw two projects rewarded.
The Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of €30,000 for the best CineMart 2014 project with a European partner was given to Tabija by Igor Drljaca from Bosnia and Herzegovina, a production of Scca/pro.ba.
The jury stated: “This is a project with great urgency developed by a young team, in an interesting form and style. This will be a film that portrays a generation of young people after a war we all know. We are very much looking forward to see this intense and modern film from a country, that hasn’t made such a film yet.”
Igor Drljaca fled with his parents from his homeland to Canada in 1993, where he graduated...
- 1/30/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Krivina
Written by Igor Drljača
Directed by Igor Drljača
Canada/Bosnia/Herzegovina, 2012
For many, to be in any major city can be at once unusual, intimidating, awesome and inspirational in its pace, arrangement and overall mentality. Walking streets is a humbling experience as you learn your given metropolis’ endlessly stacked ins, outs, corners and nuances – either arms-length hovels or comfort zones you simply haven’t yet had the pleasure of comforting yourself in.
Toronto is a perfect place to see gracious young Sarajevo-born, Canada-raised director Igor Drljača’s debut feature which succeeds a recent history of shorts at Tiff. Though the increasingly popular festival seems to draw its majority of attendees locally, a considerable number of us are strangers in the quintessentially Canadian hub. For the greater part of its length Krivina (roughly translated to “the curve” or “the bend”, but holding far greater weight in its original Serbo-Croatian) takes...
Written by Igor Drljača
Directed by Igor Drljača
Canada/Bosnia/Herzegovina, 2012
For many, to be in any major city can be at once unusual, intimidating, awesome and inspirational in its pace, arrangement and overall mentality. Walking streets is a humbling experience as you learn your given metropolis’ endlessly stacked ins, outs, corners and nuances – either arms-length hovels or comfort zones you simply haven’t yet had the pleasure of comforting yourself in.
Toronto is a perfect place to see gracious young Sarajevo-born, Canada-raised director Igor Drljača’s debut feature which succeeds a recent history of shorts at Tiff. Though the increasingly popular festival seems to draw its majority of attendees locally, a considerable number of us are strangers in the quintessentially Canadian hub. For the greater part of its length Krivina (roughly translated to “the curve” or “the bend”, but holding far greater weight in its original Serbo-Croatian) takes...
- 9/13/2012
- by Tom Stoup
- SoundOnSight
Ghosts Of Bosnian Past: Drljaca’s Tenuous Homecoming
First time full length helmer Igor Drljaca returns to the sparse aesthetics found in his previous shorts On A Lonely Drive and Woman in Purple with his hypnotic feature debut, Krivina, a journey of perceptual exploration and regional penance that borders on drowsy. His story revolves around a Bosnian expatriate returning home to his mother country, searching for former acquaintances that bear their own tales of woe, made up or not.
We follow Miro (Goran Slavkovic), a man who’s vague life story keeps him on the move, never staying in one place for long. He has made Toronto his current place of residence, but after hearing that his long lost friend Dado has been missing well over a decade, he decides to make his way back to Bosnia to try to track him down. Dado has a dark and murky past himself.
First time full length helmer Igor Drljaca returns to the sparse aesthetics found in his previous shorts On A Lonely Drive and Woman in Purple with his hypnotic feature debut, Krivina, a journey of perceptual exploration and regional penance that borders on drowsy. His story revolves around a Bosnian expatriate returning home to his mother country, searching for former acquaintances that bear their own tales of woe, made up or not.
We follow Miro (Goran Slavkovic), a man who’s vague life story keeps him on the move, never staying in one place for long. He has made Toronto his current place of residence, but after hearing that his long lost friend Dado has been missing well over a decade, he decides to make his way back to Bosnia to try to track him down. Dado has a dark and murky past himself.
- 9/10/2012
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Krivina
Directed by Igor Drljaca
Written by Igor Drljaca
Canada/ Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2012
Krivina isn’t A Serbian Film. It’s Bosnian. There’s a difference.
One is sordid and luridly over-the-top for the purpose of ‘commenting’ about the depravity and moral decline of post-Milošević Serbia. The other is a fractured and fragmented personal journey that aims to shed light on the dilapidating state of post-war Bosnia.
Although wildly different in approach, both films suffer from a servile adherence to its technique, to make the viewer feel exactly what they’re trying to convey. As a result, Krivina, like A Serbian Film, is a picture that focuses too much on what it’s saying and not enough on how well it says it.
The story follows Miro (Goran Slavkovic), an expatriate from the former Yugoslavia now living in Canada. Uprooted from family and friends, and with no tangible connections to speak of,...
Directed by Igor Drljaca
Written by Igor Drljaca
Canada/ Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2012
Krivina isn’t A Serbian Film. It’s Bosnian. There’s a difference.
One is sordid and luridly over-the-top for the purpose of ‘commenting’ about the depravity and moral decline of post-Milošević Serbia. The other is a fractured and fragmented personal journey that aims to shed light on the dilapidating state of post-war Bosnia.
Although wildly different in approach, both films suffer from a servile adherence to its technique, to make the viewer feel exactly what they’re trying to convey. As a result, Krivina, like A Serbian Film, is a picture that focuses too much on what it’s saying and not enough on how well it says it.
The story follows Miro (Goran Slavkovic), an expatriate from the former Yugoslavia now living in Canada. Uprooted from family and friends, and with no tangible connections to speak of,...
- 9/7/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
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