Soft Creatures

Ivana Škrabalo202118:42

Nena recently started working as a school assistant to seven-year-old Dejan, who has a learning disability. It’s one of Nena’s first grown-up jobs and Dejan is a tough cookie, so every moment presents a new challenge for both of them. Things look pretty bleak until a fluffy white friend comes to visit.

Ivana Škrabalo

Ivana Škrabalo is an award winning filmmaker from Croatia working as a film director, screenwriter, art director, and production designer. Ivana holds degrees in architecture and film directing from the University of Zagreb. She has had extensive experience in both smaller local and larger international productions as Art Director and Production Designer over the past ten years. Her production design was awarded twice with the national film award – the Golden Arena (Vegetarian Cannibal, The Eight Commissioner). Her short films were screened internationally: She Dreamt That She was Happy was in the competition of Drama Film Festival and Cinema Jove. Ivana participated in Berlinale Talents, Midpoint Shorts, and the Ekran + programme.

Production: Dinaridi Film

Director: Ivana Škrabalo

Cast: Valentina Lončarić, Mia Petričević, Stojan Matavulj, Maks Kleončić, Mirela Brekalo, Antonija Stanišić Šperanda

Editing: Martin Semenčić

Music: Miro Manojlović

Sound Design: Martin Semenčić

Cinematography: Danko Vučinović

Production Designer: Ivana Škrabalo

Costume Design: Duška Nešić Dražić

Screenplay: Ivana Škrabalo

Producer: Tena Gojić

Festivals and awards:
2021. Motovun Film Festival – Corto Montonese award for Best Croatian Short Film