Documentary film Land of Knowledge at Zagreb Film Festival
17.10.2011.
The documentary film Land of Knowledge, directed by Saša Ban and produced by Hulahop and Croatian Television, will be screened in the documentary programme of the 9th Zagreb Film Festival. This film records 35 days of blockade that took place at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb in April 2009, when students took control over the faculty.
The screenings are scheduled for Wednesday, 19 October, at Europa cinema, and the same day at 4:30pm at Tuškanac cinema. A screening followed by a Q&A with the director will take place at 7pm at Dokukino (Katančićeva 3).
On Sunday, 23 October, at 4pm, Tuškanac cinema, a special screening of solidarity will take place. Fifty per cent of the ticket revenues will be donated to the Plenum of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Synopsis
On 20 April 2009 the students of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb took control over the faculty, demanding the government of the Republic of Croatia to abolish all forms of university tuition fees. During the blockage, the students took all the decisions by the method of direct democracy. Therefore, the Plenum, a body consisting of 300 students, appears as the title character in the documentary. At the same time we keep a close watch on another reality, the one depicted by the media, featuring politically important people who decide on our daily lives and our future. The film LAND OF KNOWLEDGE documents 35 days of the faculty blockage, during which the government completely ignored the students.
Director: Saša Ban
Screenwriters: Saša Ban, Nevenka Sablić, Vanja Siruček
Producers: Dana Budisavljević and Miroslav Rezić
Editor: Vanja Siruček
Music: Aleksandar Antić, Luka Barbić
Production: Hulahop and HRT