29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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The Blockade

Igor Bezinović / Croatia / 2012 / Czech Premiere / 93 min.


synopsis

The 2009 student strike at Zagreb University had several clear objectives – the struggle against the commercialisation of higher education, against tuitions, and for government subsidies. Soon, it spread throughout Croatia. This study of one blockade takes a look at democracy without a vertical hierarchy, its utopian spirit, and its fragile environment. As usual, power objectives and political roles win out over the students’ utopian visions. A film as a manifesto of autonomy, ideals, the seeds of democracy in practice, and history repeating itself.  

more about film

director: Igor Bezinović
producer: Oliver Sertic, Nenad Puhovski

contact

Restart
Trg V. Mačeka 1
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
+385 915573860
restart@restarted.hr
www.restarted.hr

Film at festival

premiere type:Czech Premiere
festival edition:2012
section:Between the Seas
awards:Zvláštní uznání
format:Digi Beta
language:Croatian
subtitles:English
colour:Colour

Info

director:Igor Bezinović
original title:Blokada
country:Croatia
year:2012
running time:93 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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