This is (For) the Sea
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- 2025
- 15'
- experimental documentary
- Orig. Title: Ovo je (za) more

The idea for the film arose from a speculative question: Can we heal the sea, help it, or at least play music for it—to make it feel better? Our beliefs and convictions have been shaped by stories, which, over the years and centuries, have been subject to change and speculation. In old Slavic mythology, the sea god was not seen as a bearer of good energy. With the mythical voice of Amira Medunjanin, combined with a contemporary live composition by Alen and Nenad Sinkauz and a newly written song by Monika Herceg, we create a new myth that seeks to shift the narrative. A 12-year-old boy, Vanja, has been catching and studying plankton for the past two years. He owns a professional plankton net and conducts scientific research under a microscope, studying both known and unknown species of tiny, almost invisible sea inhabitants. His research has already contributed to new scientific discoveries.
- Director
- Renata Poljak
- Screenplay
- Renata Poljak
- Cast
- Vanja Cetinić-Koća, Amira Medunjanin, Alen Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz
- Cinematography
- Boris Poljak, Vanja Cetinić-Koća, Goran Cetinić-Koća
- Editing
- Marta Bregeš, Katarina Zdjelar
- Sound Design
- Vedran Peternel
- Music
- Alen Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz
- Compositing
- Alen Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz
- Design
- Mihael Šandro
- Producer
- Renata Poljak
- Production
- REA association
- Support
- Hrvatski audiovizualni centar (HAVC), Grad Split, Ministarstvo kulture i medija RH