RED SLIDE
In the park in the Savica neighborhood of Zagreb, a small war has been raging for almost a decade. While a large part of Savica’s residents want the park to remain untouched, various initiatives are trying to redesign it. Some want to build a church in the park, while others want to turn it into a playground. On the other hand, the “Park Guardians” are willing to do anything to prevent any construction in the park. The park is becoming a site of numerous verbal conflicts, demonstrations, and sometimes even police intervention.
Nebojša Slijepčević was born in 1973 in Zagreb, where he graduated in film directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art. His short fiction film The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent won the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film at Cannes in 2024, the European Film Award, and the César Award for Best Short Film, and was also nominated for an Oscar.
His feature-length documentary Srbenka (2018) was shortlisted for the European Film Awards and won numerous prizes at international film festivals, including the Heart of Sarajevo Award and the Audience Award at the Sarajevo Film Festival, as well as a Special Mention from the Buyens-Chagoll Jury at the 2018 Visions du Réel Festival. The feature documentary Gangster of Love (2013) won the Audience Award at the ZagrebDox Festival and had its international premiere at the Hot Docs Festival in Karlovy Vary. It was one of the biggest box-office hits in Croatia. Nebojša has directed numerous TV documentaries, series, and short films. He teaches at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb and works as a creative producer for documentary films at the Zagreb Film institution.
Sarajevo, Zagreb, Opatija
RED SLIDE (doc.)
DIRECTOR: Nebojša Slijepčević
COUNTRY: Croatia
YEAR: 2025
RUNTIME: 27’
LANGUAGE: Croatian
PRODUCTION: UO Paradoks
6. 11. u 17č DKC