Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

BALKAN DOX

STEEL MILL CAFÉ

BUFFET ŽELJEZARA

Croatia
2017 — 61' / Color

Synopsis

Erna and Dževad are the owners of a pub in the vicinity of a steel mill, a complex that used to be one of the largest of its kind in Eastern Europe. Taking place one week before the pub’s official closedown, the film follows a series of conversations between visitors and frequent guests, who discuss the ways of reaching Germany – a new utopia of former socialist workers.

Official Trailer

Directors' Biography

Goran Dević was born 1971 in Sisak. He holds a degree in Film and TV Directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, where he today works as a teaching assistant on the graduate course of documentary directing. Late in 2007, he founded the production company Petnaesta umjetnost.

Directors

Goran Dević

Producers

Hrvoje Osvadić

Cinematographers

Vedran Rapo

Editors

Vladimir Gojun

Music

Martin Semenčić

Contact

Petnaesta umjetnost
Domagojeva 14
10 000 Zagreb, HR
+385 1 3690 205
15art@15art.hr