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Synopsis

synopsis

I took three photos. Those three seconds, captured by a pinhole camera, will take you to the sea before dark.

(the film is made entirely of 3 photos taken by a pinhole camera)

specifications

Original Title: Prije mraka

Director, camera, editing, sound: Mare Šuljak

Genre: Experimental film

Runtime: 7 minutes 15 seconds

Year of production: 2022

Country of Origin: Croatia

Country of Filming: Croatia

Shooting Format: Digital pinhole camera

Aspect Ratio:16:9

Film Color: Color

Link: https://vimeo.com/717515508

Password: on request

screenings

31st Croatian Film Days / 31. Dani hrvatskog filma

May 13th 2022, Croatian premiere, Official selection, Zagreb, Croatia 

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54th Croatian Amateur Film Festival / 54. Revija hrvatskog filmskog stvaralaštva, November 25-27 2022, Competition program, Beli Manastir, Croatia

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2022  The 15th "Gledalište", production of Kinoklub Zagreb

May 21th 2022, Kinoteka, Zagreb.

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Alternative Film/Video

December 7, 2023, International Competition Program, Belgrade, Serbia

biography

Director

Mare Šuljak Mare Šuljak is a multimedia artist from Dubrovnik, Croatia. She holds an MA in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. She is a member of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists (HDLU) and the Croatian Freelance Artists Association (HZSU). Her work was presented at numerous solo and group exhibitions, as well as film festivals in Croatia and abroad. Her short experimental film Site Selection (2012) screened in the official competition of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and won her the award for Best Debutant at the Croatian Film Days. She lives and works in Zagreb.

fimography
Filmography

Site Selection, 2012

The doorway, 2013

722 032-2, 2013

Tailor, 2019

I am better off when you are silent, 2019

Pink Stories, 2021

Before dark, 2022

Evanescence, 2023

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