The Cormorant Scarecrow
view in croatian- 1998
- 30'
- 35 mm
- color
A darkly humorous story about people who are engaged in a very unusual job - scaring and dispersing birds that cause great damage to fish farming in ponds. The film seemingly thematizes a completely marginal problem, but through it many key problems of our reality are refracted.
- Screenplay
- Davor Šišmanović
- Director
- Branko Ištvančić
- Music
- Pere Ištvančić
- Cinematography
- Branko Cahun
- Editing
- Višnja Stern
Branko Ištvančić was born in Subotica in 1967. He made his first amateur films when he was only 15. He has been making documentary films ever since, winning relevant national and international awards. He graduated in Film and TV Directing from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art in 1999. He won Oktavijan Award for Best Documentary (twice), Grand Prix for Best Film, Golden Oil-lamp and Best Director Award at the Days of Croatian Film, as well as numerous awards at international festivals.