🎬 Přehrada z písku (2025)

Marko doesn't have very big plans for the future: life in a small Croatian village suits him perfectly. He will probably marry his girlfriend, take care of his younger brother, and work with his father in the auto repair shop. Maybe he could win a paling championship someday – and he doesn't need anything more than that for happiness. Or does he? With the return of Slaven, Marko's best childhood friend and first love, suddenly nothing is so certain. The level of repressed desires rises just like the river near the village, but while the neighbors together build a dam against the flood, Marko is completely alone with his emotions. If only he could put sandbags around them so they wouldn't get out! In her feature film debut, director Čejen Černić Čanak shows an authentic and at the same time fragile story about the search for inner freedom in a conservative environment. Her film was first presented at the Berlinale and was a success at the festival in the Croatian city of Pula.