A Wonderful Night in Split (Arsen A. Ostojic, 2004) portrays the lives of Croatian people -especially the youth- in the aftermath of the fall of socialist Yugoslavia and the war of independence in Croatia, where the youth’s life was constantly challenged by social exclusion, unemployment, violence and drug abuse. The vast open space of the …
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A Hypnotic Night in Split.
Review of A Wonderful Night In Split (original title Ta divna splitska noć), a 2004 Croatian drama film directed by Arsen Anton Ostojić. A neo-noir set in Split on the eve of the New Year, three inter-locking stories are told, uncovering the seedy and gritty underbelly of the picturesque Croatian tourist town and exploring the painful scars of …
Restoring Wonderful to its Original Meaning
A Wonderful Night in Split / Ta divna Splitska noć (dir. Arsen A. Ostojic, Croatia, 2004) The saying goes that there is no such thing as bad publicity, but A Wonderful night in Split is not exactly the kind of advertising you would want for your summer town on the Adriatic. Shot entirely inside Diocletian’s …
A Breathtaking Night in Cinema
A Wonderful Night in Split/Ta divna splitska noć (Arsen Anton Ostojić, 2004, Croatia) Common stories, common relationship between a city and its people, common characters – and yet, everything depicted in an exceptional way. Ironically set on New Year’s Eve, in Split, Croatia, this black and white movie tells us three well associated stories. …
Healing Post-War Traumas with Dark Irony
British writer Elizabeth Bibesco once said that “irony is the hygiene of the mind” and it seems that namely this purifying type of dark and bitter irony is the key to the post-war Croatian drama “A Wonderul Night in Split” (2004, dir. Arsen Anton Ostoijc). Set in the supposedly euphoric last hours of a New …
Write your critiques!
A total of 57 films from 11 Balkan countries are waiting for you on altcineAction! screening room! Cinephiles from any corner of the world can now vote and write critiques on the films in competition until the 15th of January! You have to write at least 5 astonishing reviews until the 15th of January, to claim …
Open Call
Open Call to all young cinephiles, graduate and post-graduate students, emerging journalists and anyone who enjoys watching films and travelling. Claim one of the 5 places at “The 5C Project” film literacy program and seize the once in a lifetime opportunity to join a cinematic caravan that will travel to four Balkan Countries in the …
4th altcineAction! has started!
The 4th altcineAction! Online Short Film Festival for Balkan Filmmakers started on 1 December! More than 25 films are already online on the screening room of the Festival, while all cinephiles worldwide are now welcome to start voting and writing their reviews on the films in competitions, claiming the Best Critic Award and become part …
The time of the critics has come!
Supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA programme of the European Union, the 5C Project is a film literacy travelling program, taking five young people on a cinematic journey to four Balkan cities in company of film industry professionals, academics, critics and local audiences. Film as a place for debate and as a tool for …