Petra Prtenjača, Leona Vrkić (3rd grade students of the Blagoje Bersa School Zadar, contemporary dance): Zauvijek smiješak / A smile, forever
Ema Crnić, Lucija Večerina: Geo prija
The meditative film geoprija (short for Geografija prijateljstva — Geography of Friendship) is the result of artistic research into creating a video ode to friendship. Bringing dance and film practices together, Ema and Lucija weave a web of artistic procedures and techniques, focusing on translating editing actions directly onto the body through choreography. Throughout this journey, the notions of somewhere and home are constantly set against one another, at times taking the shape of a physical landscape, at times of an emotional one.
Authors: Ema Crnić and Lucija Večerina
Editing: Lucija Večerina
Camera: Urh Pirc
Music: Miha Crnić
Running time: 21’50”
Thanks to Nikolina Rafaj, Dora Slakoper, Ana Fucijaš and Kuća Klajn.
The artistic research Geografija prijateljstva was carried out with the financial support of the City of Zagreb, the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia and the Pogonator programme.
Zagreb 2025/2026
Anđela Bugarija: I’mprint (Waterfronts / Creative Europe Project)
The concept, script and choreography of the film I’mprint are by independent dance artist Anđela Bugarija. The film consists of three dance miniatures: Eco-anxiety (Kristina Lisica), Echoes of the Deep (Gendis Putri Kartini) and The Unseen (Nataša Kustura), and was created as part of the Waterfronts project, carried out within the Creative Europe programme. The Waterfronts project (2025–2026) was realised in collaboration with the partners IM Industries (Croatia), Gotaland (Sweden) and LATRA (Greece). The Croatian team, led by the artist Anđela Bugarija, made this dance film during the Blue Residency in 2025 in Bibinje, near Zadar.
The dance film I’mprint explores the complex relationship between people and nature through the lens of climate change and eco-anxiety. Bringing together the media of dance and film, it examines inner feelings of tension and unease, using the body and movement as a means of reflecting on the climate crisis and its impact on the planet and on human life. At the same time, it reveals the beauty and vitality of the underwater world — a living ecosystem that reminds us of what we must protect and preserve. The work is deeply rooted in the coastal landscape of Bibinje and involves a collaboration with local diver Đani Iglić, whose underwater footage documents marine life and the textures of the seabed. This collaboration links artistic expression with ecological awareness, underlining the importance of shared responsibility for preserving the coastal ecosystem.
Creative team
• Concept, script and choreography: Anđela Bugarija
• Movement authors and performers: Gendis Putri Kartini, Kristina Lisica, Nataša Kustura
• Direction, camera and visual design: Matija Lukman
• Editing and visual effects: Vedran Kastrapeli
• Underwater footage: Đani Iglić
The project is co-financed by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, the City of Zagreb and the City of Zadar.
Sanja Petrovski: Portal u nadrealno, po knjizi Ante Perkovića: Volite li Zadar / Portal to the Surreal, based on the book Volite li Zadar by Ante Perković
Portal to the Surreal is a filmed segment of the performance Brevijar: Volite li Zadar, produced by the Croatian National Theatre Zadar in collaboration with the Zadar Dance Ensemble. It is directed and choreographed by Sanja Petrovski together with her dancers. Both the performance and the video are based on the text of Ante Perković’s tourist guide Volite li Zadar? The surreal bond between the people and the city is drawn charmingly and effortlessly through the interplay of text, theatre, movement and music. The performance and the video evoke the Mediterranean setting while avoiding the trap of convention and triviality.
Direction, choreography: Sanja Petrovski
Performed by: Anđela Bugarija, Patricia Gospić, Bernarda Klarin, Nataša Kustura, Natali Mahmić, Korina Oltran, Josipa Štulić
Filming and editing: Petar Petrovski
