The Blacks
Synopsis
War. A city under the siege. The truce has been recently signed, and the squad known as the „Blacks“, who used to do the dirty jobs, needs to be disbanded. Ivo, the squad commander who has lost three of his soldiers, prepares the action to retrieve their dead bodies from the forest in which they got killed and, despite the ceasefire, blow up the dam, thus causing a great damage to the enemy. The survived members of the squad, tortured by their personal doubts and guilt, move into action. On the battlefield, they find the enemy they are searching for is in the place they least expect - inside themselves.
Cast
Ivo Gregurević
Emir Hadžihafizbegović
Rakan Rushaidat
Krešimir Mikić
Franjo Dijak
Nikša Butijer
Stjepan Pete
Crew
Ankica Jurić Tilić
Goran Dević i Zvonimir Jurić
Branko Linta h.f.s.
Vanja Siruček
Mladen Ožbolt
Ivana Zozoli
Irena Hadrović i Mojca Gorogranc
Detailed information
Kinorama
Croatian Radiotelevision
Continental film
Soulfood Distribution
78 min
35 mm
1:1,85
Dolby digital
Croatian
English
ink, Sarajevo FF 2006. and at EAVE workshops 2007.
Awards
Best Foreign Language Film category
Alexandria, Egypt
Official competition - Best Artistic Achievement Award for DOP Branko Linta
Motovun, Croatia
Bauer award for the best film from the region in 2009
Linz, Austria
Official competition - Award European Competition (best film)
Belgrade, Serbia
Official competition - Grand prix Aleksandar Sasa Petrovic
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Official competition - Grand prix
Cottbus, Germany
Official competition - Awards: FIPRESCI and best director award
Pecs, Hungary
Official competition - Award: special award Duna TV
Pula, Croatia
National competition - Awards: best directing, best supporting role and best sound
Festivals
Lecce, Italy
Brno, Czech Republic
London, UK
Teheran, Iran
Bergamo, Italy
Warsaw, Poland
Skopje, Macedonia
Frosinone, Italy
Tunis, Tunis
Iasi, Romania
Official competition
Kansas, USA
Alexandria, Egypt
Official competition - Best Artistic Achievement Award for DOP Branko Linta
Koper, Slovenia
Melbourne, Australia
International Panorama
Motovun, Croatia
Bauer award for the best film from the region in 2009
Warsaw, Poland
Panorama section
Freiburg, Germany
Special programme
Novi Sad, Serbia
Special programme
Kiev, Ukraine
Official competition
Lisboa, Portugal
Official competition
Linz, Austria
Official competition - Award European Competition (best film)
Bradford, United Kingdom
Copenhagen, Denmark
Programme: It came from the East
Rome, Italy
Official competition
Vilnius, Lithuania
Official competition
Bradford, United Kingdom
Goeteborg, Sweden
Debutant programme
Trieste, Italy
Official competition
Pristina, Kosovo
Torun, Poland
Programme: European Panorama
Belgrade, Serbia
Official competition - Grand prix Aleksandar Sasa Petrovic
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Official competition - Award: Grand prix
Cottbus, Germany
Official competition - Awards: FIPRESCI, best directors award
Mumbai, India
Programme: World Cinema
Zagreb, Croatia
Official competition
Pecs, Hungary
Official competition - Award: special award Duna TV
Durres, Albania
Official competition
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Official competition
Pula, Croatia
National competition - Awards: best directing, best supporting role, best sound