Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

Golden Ages of Croatian Experimental Film

La Petite Mort

Croatia
2007 — 7' / Color

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Synopsis

The origin of the film is a documentary footing of an electrical device frying bugs and insects. The mass death on tape transforms from an organic image to a digital recording. The whirlwind of death dives into an endless lunar pool of color in which the creatures resurrect for a moment.

Director Biography

Damir Čučić (1972), directed and produced over 30 alternative, short movies and documentaries. He edited more than 70 alternative films and documentaries, as well as one feature film (Pismo ćaći / A Letter to Dad, 2012). His works were shown at numerous festivals, projections, and retrospectives, and featured on TV programmes in Croatia and Europe (Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, France, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Director

Damir Čučić

Producer

Hrvatski Filmski Savez

Contact

Hrvatski filmsk isavez /
Croatian Film Association
Tuškanac 1
10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
+385 1 48 48 771
[email protected]