Ivica Pajer

Film The Other Side of Welles portrays the life, work and intellectual heritage of Orson Welles in Yugoslavian federal unit "Socialist Republic of Croatia". Through the period of 25 years, he appeared as actor in several co productions made in Croatia (David and Goliath, Tartars, Austerlitz) - acted in few Yugoslavian film (Battle of Neretva, The Secret of Nicola Tesla) and directed two of his own film: The Trial and The Deep. As a Hollywood maverick, in Croatia he often found his shelter. Through the never before seen archive materials and the interviews with the people who worked with him, directors of this film, in the 90th anniversary of his birth and 20th of his passing, reveal the other side of Orson Welles

It was only a card game in the beginning, but then it turned out to be a crime thriller. Frank is a man who works in a printing shop, and whose life was paid a visit by an uninvited man. Then he tries to take his wife and 8-year-old daughter to the island of Corsica, but the uninvited man shows up there as well...

Based on the famous novel of Milos Crnjanski, the story follows Serbian migrations from the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the XVIII century.

Verano de 1947. Stingo, un joven aspirante a escritor, se instala en El Palacio Rosa, una pensión familiar de Brooklyn, con la intención de escribir una novela. Sin embargo, su tranquilidad se verá pronto turbada por la terrible discusión de una pareja que vive en el piso de arriba. Cuando conoce a los amantes queda cautivado por su encanto y simpatía. Ella, Sophie Zawistowska, es una hermosa emigrante polaca y católica. Él, Nathan Landau, es un brillante, encantador y desequilibrado científico judío. Poco a poco, Stingo se convierte en su mejor amigo. Sophie, hija de un ilustre profesor polaco, sobrevivió al campo de exterminio de Auschwitz, pero vive atormentada por su pasado.

During the WWII, the communist resistance, with the help of a few local anti-fascists, makes sabotage and obstructs the actions of the Yugoslav quislings.

After the murder of the Russian Emperor Peter III, who was succeeded by Empress Catherine, Satan decides that the balance between good and evil on Earth has been destabilized. In order to set things right, he sends his representative to Earth - the teacher Farfa, who bears an unusual resemblance to Peter III. His mission is to seize power from the old Duke of Montenegro, and then to take back the Russian throne as Peter III. The people of Montenegro accept Farfa as their new leader, and he proclaims himself the new Emperor, Scepan Mali, successfully resisting an invasion by the Turks. Farfa is touched by the Montenegrins' kindness and courage, falls in love with the beautiful Elfa, and fails to follow Satan's plan. Not one to be crossed, Satan sets out to kill him.

After Italian capitulation in WW2, German forces are rushing to take control of the Dalmatian coast, forcing thousands of people to take refuge. One partisan boat, filled with refugees, tries to reach a safe area, but because of a storm it must stop near a small island. While the crew tries to repair it, a German gunboat comes from nearby.

En la primera parte de su trilogía bélica, Zafranovic cuenta la historia de la distinta evolución ideológica y moral de tres jóvenes amigos y la hermana de uno de ellos durante el auge del fascismo, ya a las puertas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Película extremadamente cruda en algunos de sus pasajes (que recrean el terrorismo y crímenes de la Ustacha), lírica en otros, de narrativa enérgica, que plantea un profundo dilema moral y constituye un gran fresco de la sociedad croata en aquellos convulsos años. (FILMAFFINITY)

The Spanish Civil War veteran and WW2 partisan Josip Crnković-Cloud faces eviction from his modest little house which is to be demolished soon to make space for new skyscraper. He tries to stop it in a legal way, but fails to break the shield of administrative bureaucreacy. He decides to use dynamite left from the war and simply blow out the house.

Poetic parable of children in war and their sacrifice.

Recreación libre de los últimos días de la vida de Rodolfo de Habsburgo, heredero del trono austro-húngaro, centrada en su vida sexual. En contra de la voluntad de su padre, el emperador Francisco José, sus días transcurren en el libertinaje, en una permanente fiesta donde abundan los escándalos y las orgías; además, mantiene un largo amorío con una mujer de la nobleza rural húngara, muy inferior en clase a la suya, María Vetsera, junto con quien muriera 1889. Existen dos teorías sobre este suceso, conocido como el "incidente de Mayerling": por un lado, que se trata de un pacto suicida entre amantes, por otro, que se trató de un asesinato de corte político.

Marina Pinares, the wife of the president of a South American country, insists on being his vice-presidential running mate in the next election. She's no stranger to assassination to get what she wants, so some suspect she'll kill her own husband after the election to become president. In a series of flashbacks we see her rise to power: a party girl willing to sacrifice a friend's virtue to gain favor; the lover of a soldier she later tortures; the mistress of the military man she soon marries.

The god Wotan gives the young Prince Sigmund of Valhalla and his sister Brunhilde, the leader of the Valkyries, the task of defending the Petrified Forest. This is threatened by the Vikings (led by the aggressive Hunding), who plans an invasion of the forest in search of the secret treasure of the Nibelung, the possession of which gives one unlimited power. After crossing the border and invading Valhalla, Hunding finds an ally in the daughter of one of Sigmund's loyal followers, Erika, who is embittered by unrequited love. She helps the Vikings raid the camp of the Valhalla residents and kill many warriors. Sigmund swears vengeance and pursues them with the remaining men. However, thanks to other traitors in Sigmund's ranks, Hunding succeeds in capturing him and his fiancée Siglinde, Erika's sister. At the end, Sigmund escapes and, with the help of the Valkiries, succeeds in stopping the invaders and defeating Hunding in a duel.

Julio César, ante la oposición del senado, organiza el ejército para luchar contra los galos. Liderados por Vercingetorix, los galos se disponen a secuestrarle. La reina Astrid intervendrá a su favor. La gran batalla entre los romanos y los bárbaros galos está preparada. Basada en el libro "Comentarios a la guerra de las Galias" del propio Júlio César. (FILMAFFINITY)

Two illegal fighters hide from Ustasha regime in the abandoned villa from which Jews are expelled. Tensions arising from their situation mixes with thoughts of the previous owners of the place.

Los filisteos declaran la guerra a los hebreos y rompen el Arca de la Alianza. Saúl, Rey de Israel, escucha a los profetas que le anuncian que el nuevo rey será un pastor llamado David, pero antes este joven deberá enfrentarse al gigante Goliat, el más fuerte de los filisteos.

An Italian drama directed by Leopoldo Savona.

The story about colonization of poor Dalmatian peasants to the fertile Pannonian plain shortly after WWII.

En un pueblo del interior, donde la tierra es pobre y casi nadie tiene trabajo, un parado concibe la idea de construir una carretera que una el pueblo con la ciudad. Se pone a trabajar él solo, con su familia, sin permisos ni haber hablado con nadie. Pronto, el resto del pueblo se les unirá. No tardarán en llegar los conflictos, los problemas, pero también los amores y otras buenas noticias...