KRIVINA
Canada / Bosnia / Herzegovina, 2012, 70’
director: Igor Drljaca
languages: Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian
producers: Igor Drljaca, Albert Shin
screenplay: Igor Drljaca
cinematography: Roland Echavarria
editors: Igor Drljača, Albert Shin
sound recording: Damir Drljača, Simone Rapisarda-Casanova
sound designer and sound mixer: Matthew Chan
original music: Bojan Bodružić
songs: Divlje Jagode – Metalni Radnici (Čarobnjaci 1983)
starring: Goran Slavkovic, Jasmin Geljo, Edis Livnjak, Minela Jasar, Jelena Mijatovic
starts at The Royal on January 25th:
Friday January 25th at 7pm
Saturday January 26th at 4:30pm, 7pm and 9:15pm
Sunday January 27th at 4:30pm and 7pm
Monday January 28th at 7pm
Tuesday January 29th at 7pm and 9:15pm
Wednesday January 30th at 7pm
Thursday January 31st at 9:15pm
Synopsis:
A Bosnian immigrant who fled to Toronto after the civil war returns to his homeland in search of a missing friend who has been implicated in war crimes in this quietly chilling and finely surreal meditation on confronting traumas of the past.
“Drljaca turns detective work into surreal poetry in his absorbing feature debut, leaving us to fill in the gaps as he follows a winding path Joseph Conrad and Raymond Chandler might recognize. The camera hovers expectantly; the sound hints of menace” – Peter Howell, The Toronto Star
“KRIVINA is contemplative and unafraid of ambiguity. It demands a similar audience.” – Sound on Sight
“Igor Drljaca’s debut is a sparsely produced and yet atmospherically captivating portrait of a man who is out of place wherever he goes.” – Adam Nayman, The Grid
“KRIVINA shook the foundations of my soul and moved me to both tears and an almost transcendent state of both despair and hope.” – Greg Klymkiw, Klymkiw’s Film Corner
BIO
Igor Drljaca was born in Sarajevo and raised in Canada. He graduated from York University with a B.A. in film and video, and an M.A. in film production. He directed the short films Mobilni Snovi (08), On a Lonely Drive (09), which screened at the Festival, Woman in Purple (10) and The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar (11), which also screened at the Festival. Krivina (12) is his debut feature film.
