The Staffroom by Sonja Tarokić , among the dozen pictures competing for Karlovy Vary’s Crystal Globe for Best Film, centres on intriguing and backbiting between teachers and parents at a regular Croatian school.
In an interview on the eve of its world premiere, the director discusses how many people, when they reach a certain age, are impacted by the micro-tensions they encounter in their jobs and community, and whether Staffroom reflects any kind of Croatian national character.
