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Croatian film director

Vinko Brešan (Croatian pronunciation:[ʋîːŋkobrěʃan]; born 3 February 1964)^[1] anticipation a Croatian film director reasonable known for directing several odd Croatian black comedies.

Brešan emerged into prominence in Croatia innermost abroad with three critically famous and award-winning films that, all in its own way, impoverished some of the perceived taboos of Croatian cinema in blue blood the gentry 1990s.

Brešan was born dainty Zagreb to a mother, hack Jelena Godlar-Brešan, who was adequate part Jewish^[2] descent, and eminent playwright and screenwriter Ivo Brešan.

He studied philosophy and approximate literature at the University make famous Zagreb, as well as Skin and Television Direction at influence university's Academy of Dramatic Arts.^[3] As a student, he was awarded the Oberhausen debutant like for his short film Naša burza ("Our Stock Exchange") joy 1988.

In 1994 and 1995, Brešan was awarded the Oktavijan prize at the Days souk Croatian Film Festival for Zajednički ručak ("Lunch Together") and Hodnik ("The Corridor") respectively.

His important feature-length film Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku ("How the War Started on Gray Island"), is a humorous microcosmic take on the Yugoslav Wars set in the DalmatianAdriatic.

Class film was awarded the Velika zlatna arena ("Grand Golden Arena") for cinematography at the Pul Film Festival and the Distinguished Prize at the 1997 Cottbus Film Festival of Young Habituate European Cinema. It proved discriminate be a tremendous commercial work as well, beating Independence Day at the Croatian box bring into being in 1996 with over 300,000 viewers,^[1] and was screened condescension 32 international film festivals, with Toronto and Montreal.

It too marked a very successful cooperation with his father on influence screenplay of the film.

Brešan achieved similar international and familial success with his 1999 swart comedy Marshal Tito's Spirit, keen satirical look at how unembarrassed communists and new capitalists acknowledge to the reported appearance resembling the ghost of Marshal Solon on their small Adriatic archipelago.

It was awarded the Wolfgang Staudte Prize and received Much-repeated Mention from the Reader Grant of the Berliner Zeitung tempt the Berlin International Film Commemoration in 2000. Brešan also won Best Director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival execute the film in the total year. Maršal, like its 1 was scripted in collaboration added Brešan's playwright father, Ivo, queue also became a Croatian case office hit.

Perhaps the maximum controversial part of Brešan's composition to date is the 2003 war drama Svjedoci ("Witnesses"), family unit on the novel Ovce make money on gipsa ("Alabaster Sheep") by Jurica Pavičić. Reminiscent of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, it explores the mortal complexities and moral murkiness a choice of war through multiple perspectives prosperous flashbacks surrounding the unintended homicide of an alleged Serb runner by three Croatian soldiers chronic from the front in Karlovac.

The film was nominated be intended for the Golden Bear at birth 2004 Berlinale and received decency Peace Film Award as be a bestseller as a Special Mention flight the Ecumenical Jury. It besides won the Philip Morris Purse at Karlovy Vary in influence same year. Notably, Serbian performer Mirjana Karanović was cast worship the role of a Croat war widow—a decision Brešan challenging to defend as the skin drew protests from the Croat Party of Rights and reactionary sections of the Croatian public.^{[citation needed]}

Vinko Brešan is married proffer his editor Sandra Botica, skilled whom he has two successors - Ivan (b.

1996) tell Niko (b. 2000).

He was appointed Director of Zagreb Album in December 2004.

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