The Staffroom (Croatian: Zbornica) is a 2021 Croatian drama film, the feature film debut of writer and director Sonja Tarokić.[1]
The film premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in August 2021, and won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film almost a year later at the July 2022 Pula Film Festival, the event which serves as the Croatian national film awards.[2]
Plot
Entirely set at an elementary school in Zagreb, a new school counselor Anamarija arrives and tries to navigate helping students with complicated and entrenched inner workings of the school, inevitably on a collision course with the headmistress Vedrana and an old history teacher in his sixties, Siniša.
Cast
- Marina Redžepović as Anamarija
- Stojan Matavulj as Siniša Jambrović
- Nives Ivanković as Vedrana
- Maja Posavec as Ivana
- Sandra Lončarić as Sanda
References
- ^ Vladan Petkovic (24 August 2021). "Review: The Staffroom". Cineuropa. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Awards of the 69th Pula film festival". PulaFilmFestival.hr. Retrieved 1 August 2022.