Garbura/Carbide
Croatia, Serbia, 2022
Drama 1h 53min
Directed by: Josip Žuvan
With: Franko Floigl, Mauro Ercegović Gracin, Zdenko Jelčić, Marija Škaričić, Asja Jovanović, Ivana Roščić
Festivals and awards: Pula Film Festival (Best Debut, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Special Effects), San Sebastián International Film Festival.
Antonio and Nikola are inseparable friends who live across the street from each other and share a love for pyrotechnics and cell phones. Their families have been feuding for years because of what seems to be an easily solvable problem: water flowing from the upper to the lower house. The friendship of the two boys on the threshold of puberty will be put to the test during the Christmas holidays when much more dangerous secrets and interests are revealed between the two families, and the hatred of the elders is being transferred to the children via the water.
"Josip Žuvan's debut about the tussle between two families and their children, who crave online fame, is rich in detail and convincingly depicts everyday life in Croatia today. (...) The two main actors shine in the roles that have been entrusted to them. (...) Without being explosive, the film is full of tension." (Marko Stojiljković, cineuropa.org).