Marko

A film by Marko Šantić

17 min - 2021 - Croatia

Synopsis
Marko and Ankica never gotten over the death of their only child Ante in the war. When their neighbour Stipe suggests renting son’s room to tourists, Marko sees that as an insult but Ankica manages to talk him into it. Renting rooms is easy money, especially for retired people, but having an unknown man sleeping in son’s bed troubles Marko a lot.

Marko Šantić

Marko Šantić’s student short films Good luck Nedim and The Hole were screened on many film festivals and won awards like Student Visionary Award on Tribeca Film Festival and Heart of Sarajevo at Sarajevo Film Festival. For Good luck Nedim he also received European Film Academy Nomination for Best European Short Film.
Seduce Me was his first feature film, which was internationally premiered at 29th Warsaw Film Festival where he won Special mention award in 1-2 competition. He was also awarded for Best Slovene director and was Slovenian submission for the 87th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
His last short film Blue Peter won 8 awards and was screen on more than 65 international film festivals.
Last feature film Lada Kamenski he co-directed with colleague Sara Hribar. Movie had internacional premier on Montreal Film Festival and received more than 10 awards.

Festivals Selection & Awards

• LA Shorts International Film Festival 2021
• Motovun Film Festival 2021
• Nizhny Novgorod International Film Festival 2021
• Tirana International Film Festival 2021
• Premio Fausto Rossano 2021
• Festival Internaticional de Cine de Oriente 2021 – Best International Fiction Film
• Bright Future Independent Film Festival Gothernburg 2021
• World Film Carnival Singapore 2021 – Best Short Film
• International Horror Film Festival Valparaiso 2021
• Izimir International Short Film Festival 2021
• World Film Carnival Singapore 2021
• Versi di Luce Festival 2021
• Rumbarbar Festival 2021
• Capri Film Festival 2021
• South Italy International Film Festival 2022 – Honorable Mention
• Clapperboard Golden International Film Festival 2022
• IndieFilmopolis Film Festival 2022 – Audience Award; Best Drama; Best Actor (Mate Gulin); Best Editor (Jurij Moškon)
• Roots of Europe International Film Festival 2022
• Piélagos International Film Festival 2022
• Symbiotic Film Festival 2022
• Cinema Talks Film Festival 2022
• Naoussa International Film Festival 2022
• River Stone International Film Festival 2022 – Best Editing (Jurij Moškon)
• Martovski Festival – Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival 2022 – Best International Short Film
• SEEfest South East European Film Festival Los Angeles 2022 – Honorable Mention
• Ukrainian Dream Film Festival 2022 – Best Short Film
• Reel Shorts Film Festival 2022
• Madrid Indie Film Festival MADRIFF 2022
• Ciak Napoli Festival 2022
• Barcelona International Film Festival of the Older Adults "La GRAN pantalla" 2022
• Croatian Film Days 2022 – Best Actress (Snježana Sinovčić-Šiškov), Ethics and Human Rights Prize
• Festival La GRAN pantalla 2022 – special mention
• Athvikvaruni International Film Festival 2022 – best international fiction film
• Aigio International Short Film Festival "Theodoros Angelopoulos" 2022 – best screenplay
• Roots of Europe International Film Festival 2022 – special mention
• Short filmz 2022 – special mention
• 24fps International Short Film Festival 2022 – special mention
• Neelshal international film festival 2022 – best international fiction film
• Shots film festival Slovenj Gradec 2022 – best international fiction film, award for the best male actor (Mate Gulin)