Filmography of the Island of Korčula
work-in-progress
Na plavom Jadranu (On the blue Adriatic), 1936., documentary, director: Maksimilijan Paspa, 9,5 mm, 7'35'', b/w, mute ; a large part of film are panoramas and details of the city of Korčula
Ljetni dani u Dalmaciji (Summer Days in Dalmatia), 1940, documentary, director: Ladislav Ilin, 10', b/w, mute; among other motifs, panoramas of the city of Korčula
Brodovi ne pristaju (Ships do not Enter the Harbour), 1955., experimental, production: Kino-klub Zagreb (HFS), director, scenario: Mihovil Pansini, b/w, 15′, 8mm. Shot in the city of Korčula, dedicated to Franz Kafka, the film is about the anxiety of a man captured on the island surrounded by the sea and his attempts to reach for something else. When a woman comes around, these attempts stop, and a man becomes a victim of his own passivity.
Moreška, 1957., documentary, director: Rudolf Sremec, production Zagreb film, 11', colour. Performing moreška on the streets and squares of the city of Korčula.
Crni biseri (Black Pearls), feature film, 1958. Production: Bosna film, director: Tomo Janić, scenario: Jug Grizelj, featuring: Severin Bijelić, Mihajlo Viktorović, Milan Ajvaz, Miloš Kandić, Milivoje Jevremović, Franjo Tuma, Bata Miladinović, Luja Vetma
The Star Travels South, 1958, musical film comedy. Produced by Lovćen Film and the Czechoslovak Barrandov Studios. Directed by Oldřich Lipský. Screenplay by Jiří Šila, Vladimír Skutina, and Oldřich Lipský. Filmed in Rijeka, Split, Korčula, and Cavtat.
Pod ljetnim Suncem (Under the Summer Sun), 1961., documentary, production: Zagreb film, director: Obrad Gluščević
Zahod (Latrine), 1963., experimental, producer: Kino-klub Zagreb (HFS), director/scenario: Mihovil Pansini, b/w, 16′ 50”. Shot at the city of Korčula, dedicated to Dušan Makavejev. A man toughly carries water in a bucket and rinses the public latrine in the center of the city. That form of ritual duty creates an atmosphere of loss and personal autodestruction. Pansini said: “Here is a sentence from no drama which is being observed by Mishima (Honda) on stage in the book pozornici Sea of Fertility 'While we drag a cart with sea water, how briefly we live in this sad world, how ephemeral!' could be a motto of this film.”
Hvar i Korčula 1964. (Hvar and Korčula, 1964.), documentary, amateur, by Richard Annand, colour, mute, 25 min. Lots of shots of the city of Korčula.
Korkyra Melaina, 1967., documentary, Czechoslovakian Television Bratislava, directior: Julius Beno, documentary film about the Island of Korčula
(bez naziva) / (without a title), 1970., homemade / amateur, 4’ 14’’, boja, 8mm. Shot in summer on a boat, nearby Vela Luka.
(nepoznat naziv)/ (title unknown), 1972., experimental-documentary, TV Cologne, director: Jose Konte Baquer. Film shot in frame of the 3. International Artists' Encounters in Vela Luka, whose subject was ‘Problem of creation of a new media form by integrating the citizenry, film and TV workers, sound and visual artists’. Made by a professional TV crew, this film was shot with the participation of local inhabitants who were given 8mm filmskih cameras to by professionals from Germany.
Korčula – poplave (Korčula – floods), June 78, 1978., documentary,
Korčula, 1987., documentary, producer: Jadran film, director: Baldo Čupić, 20 min, colour. Featuring cultural monuments of the city of Korčula and other forms of interesting details for tourists
Korkula Navigation, 2009., umjetnički video, r: Samuel Cepeda
Izgubljeni princ (The Lost Prince), 2012, feature film, director: Tomislav Rukavina, scenario: Milo Grisogono, Josipa Kosanović, featuring: Doris Pinčić, Ivan Herceg, Filip Juričić
Twice Born (Venuto al mondo), 2013, feature, 127 min, SAD, director: Sergio Castellitto, scenario: Margaret Mazzantini, Sergio Castellitto, featuring: Penélope Cruz, Emile Hirsch, Adnan Hasković
Ljubav je bol 2A (Love is Pain 2A), feature, 2013., production: Kolektiv Bura Film, director/scenario: Karmelo Kopakabana aka Igor Talijan. Collectiv Bura Film's manifest is to make films on the Island of Korčula and to use exclusively cheap personal (phone) cameas.
Swiss Chard Blues, feature, 2014., Kolektiv Bura Film, director/scenario: Karmelo Kopakabana aka Igor Talijan, 33’ 10’’. Collectiv Bura Film's manifest is to make films on the Island of Korčula and to use exclusively cheap personal (phone) cameas.
SOLAR RING triptych, dance video, 2015., Valentina Lacmanović - Grey Area, r. Valentina Lacmanović, shoot 2014 at the Golden Room at Grey Area gallery in Korčula 2014 and Vrnik island.
Almost Nothing, eksperimental film, 2016, 16 min, production: Pangolin, director: Ana Hušman
The Island, experimental film, 2025, dir. Hito Steyerl, filmed on the island of Korčula.
