Benjamin
view in croatian- 2009
- 26'
- video
- color
Benjamin, a 17 year-old Roma boy and a state high school champion in geography, is determined to be fully accepted outside the Roma community. His parents, Jehovah’s Witnesses, attribute their son’s academic achievements to his strict religious upbringing but are not so keen on his love for hip-hop.
- Director
- Matija Vukšić
- Screenplay
- Matija Vukšić
- Cinematography
- Raul Brzić
- Editing
- Goran Čače
- Producer
- Saša Bijelić, Matija Vukšić
- Production
- Akademija dramske umjetnosti (ADU)
Matija Vukšić (1982) graduated in journalism at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Zagreb in 2005. He works as a journalist and editor in the news programme of Croatian Radiotelevision. He wrote and directed short documentary films Benjamin (2009) and Happy Croatian in Bucharest (2010), as well as the mid-length documentary Iroquois (2010). He graduated in documentary film directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb in 2011.
