Join us for the U.S. premiere of the latest film by award-winning Croatian director and Ohio University Ohio Eminent Scholar in Film Rajko Grlić!
Hors d’oeuvres, drinks, and conversation will take place in the Athena lobby at 6:00 p.m., ahead of the 7:00 p.m. screening of
“It All Ends Here”
Grlić has stated that this will be the final film in his illustrious 50-year career as a filmmaker: “I am glad that, as my last film, I am filming a love story deeply immersed in Croatian reality.”
About the film
Lawyer Maks Pinter successfully defends a wealthy and politically-connected entrepreneur charged with the murder of two employees. Pinter, however, ultimately becomes disillusioned with his client and has the means to blackmail the magnate. He joins forces with his former lover, who also has a grudge against the tycoon, in an attempt to destroy the psychopathic businessman’s public reputation. However, the two ultimately find themselves pitted against a bulwark of sinister power that seeks to destroy their reputations instead.
Blending together elements of a political crime thriller, film noir, romance, and satire, It All Ends Here is taut tale of intrigue where no character can claim the moral high-ground. Created as an attempt by Grlić and co-writer Ante Tomić to adapt the difficult-to-adapt 1938 Miroslav Krleža novel On the Edge of Reason, the film makes a strong statement about corruption in the Croatian socio-political sphere by one of the country’s most-renown filmmakers.
About the Director
“Rajko Grlić (Zagreb, 1947) is one of the most important Croatian directors and scriptwriters. He obtained his degree in Film Directing from FAMU in Prague, and has gone on to direct and co-write eleven feature-length films. Additionally, Rajko wrote ten scripts for produced fiction films and TV series. He won numerous awards for his scripts, including a UNESCO Award, the FIPRESCI Award at Cannes Film Festival and the Peter Kastner Award. He had an intensive scriptwriting cooperation with Serbian filmmaker Srđan Karanović, also a member of the so-called Prague Film School (they co-wrote two Grlić’s films and three Karanović’s films, as well as Karanović’s iconic TV series Reckless Years). He also directed three documentary TV series and a dozen short feature films. He wrote, directed and produced the CD ROM How to Make Your Movie: An Interactive Film School, which won him eight international film awards, including the Grand Award for Best Multimedia Project at the 1998 New York Film Festival. He launched the Motovun Film Festival and Grožnjan Imaginary Academy and was also its Artistic Director. In 2001, together with Igor Mirković, he directed Croatia 2000: Who Wants to Be a President, a documentary film on the democratic changes that had taken place in Croatia after President Franjo Tuđman’s death.
Grlić is currently Ohio Eminent Scholar in Film at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.” — Pula Film Festival
Also included with this event will be a screening of the short film Sin Luces by filmmaker Shahriar Shafiani.
About the Film
Sin Luces follows Jerry, a Mexican man struggling to feel at home in a changing hometown. Through fleeting moments of friendship, he faces the hardships of holding onto identity in a world that feels increasingly distant. Ohio University School of Film MFA alumni Daniel Agüera, Dusty Jenkins, Semih Bedir, Shahriar Shafiani, and Yaphet Jackman reunited in Athens to make this short film. Runtime: 18 min 40 sec
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