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Shallow Ground

Partner: future frames – presented by european film promotion   |   Sarajevo Film Festival

Director: Jozo Schmuch
Filmmaker's profile

Three decades after he went missing in the war, a son returns to his mother exactly as he was at twenty.

Details

Duration: 20min.

Country: Croatia

Language: Croatian

Year: 2025

Genre: Fiction (Drama)

Topic: Death, Family, Motherhood, War

Cast & Crew

Director: Jozo Schmuch

Production company: Academy of Dramatic Art

Writer: Jozo Schmuch

Cinematographer: Dora Čaldarović

Editor: Marta Bregeš

Actors: Radoslava Mrkšić , Luka Knez , Tea Ljubešić , Areta Ćurković

Festivals & Awards

2025

Sarajevo Film Festival

Zagreb International Film Festival Zagreb International Film Festival Official Competition "Checkers" - Best Short Film Award

Cambridge Film Festival

CinEast Central and Eastern European Film Festival

Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist International Competition Special Mention

Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn (PÖFF)

2026

Vienna Shorts

Krakow Film Festival

The Indy Film Fest

The Galway Film Fleadh

Mediterranean Film Festival Split

Short To The Point

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