Archive of films Tourism! / Turizam!

Croatia
2016, 51 min

Section: Future Frames: Ten New Filmmakers To Follow Section includes annotation
Year: 2016

Early summer on the Adriatic coast is humming with preparations for the tourist season, their precision reminiscent of the tuning of engines before the start of a Formula 1 race. Tonći Gaćina’s carefully composed documentary turns a merciless eye on an assembly line whose end product is a happy tourist.

Synopsis

Early summer on the Adriatic coast is humming with preparations for the tourist season, their precision reminiscent of the tuning of engines before the start of a Formula 1 race. Everything has to be ready before the local Riviera is inundated by an indistinguishable mass of visitors from around the globe hungering for fun. The tourism industry is the biggest sector of the Croatian economy and it often looks as if it’s the only one. Through carefully composed visual fragments we witness an assembly line for instant amusement whose end product is a happy tourist.

Anna Kořínek

About the director

Tonći Gaćina (b. 1983, Split, Yugoslavia) earned a bachelor’s from the Department of Film and Video of the Split Academy of Fine Arts, following it up with a master’s in film and TV directing (documentary) from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. In addition to making movies, he helps educate new film artists at Cine Club Split. Selected filmography: What if… (2009), Father (2010), Heritage (2010) and Fire! (2012).

Contacts

Tonći Gaćina
E-mail: [email protected]

Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Trg J. J. Strossmayera 4, 10000, Zagreb
Croatia
Tel: +385 160 410 80
Fax: +385 146 678 19
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.havc.hr

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About the film

Color, DCP

Section:	Future Frames: Ten New Filmmakers To Follow

Director:	Tonći Gaćina
Screenplay:	Tonći Gaćina
Dir. of Photography:	Tonći Gaćina
Music:	Jure Buljević, Bartol Modrić
Editor:	Jan Klemsche
Producer:	Tibor Keser
Production:	Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb
Coproduction:	Cine Club Split
Contact:	Tonći Gaćina, Croatian Audiovisual Centre

Guests

Tonći Gaćina

Film Director