THE EIGHTH COMMISSIONER
Film - International Independents Filmfest 2018

THE EIGHTH COMMISSIONER

Directed by Ivan Salaj

Info

Director: Ivan Salaj
Section: International Independents
Country: Croatia
Year: 2018
OT: OSMI POVJERENIK
Language: Croatian
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Frano Mašković, Borko Perić, Nadia Cvitanović, Ivo Gregurević, Goran Navojec
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

THE EIGHTH COMMISSIONER

An arrogant politician is framed in a scandal involving drugs and sex. To get him out of the spotlight, the government dispatches him to Croatia's most remote island, where there's no phone signal and no Internet access. His task is to organize the first valid election in this strange place, but it's one at which seven predecessors have already failed. Based on Renato Baretić's best-selling satirical novel from 2003.

Meet the director

THE EIGHTH COMMISSIONER

Ivan Salaj

Born in Zagreb in 1969, Ivan Salaj studied film and television direction at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. He is an author, director and producer of documentaries, animated films and commercials. His war documentary HOTEL SUNJA (1992) and his TV movie SEE YOU (1995) have received international awards. THE EIGHTH COMMISSIONER (2018) is his first feature film.

Credits

Screenplay: Ivan Salaj
Original Material: Renato Baretić
Director of Photography: Slobodan Trninić
Film Editor: Marin Juranić
Composer: Alen Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz
Production Designer: Ivana Škrabalo
Costume Design: Morana Starčević
Sound: Dario Domitrović
Producer: Jozo Patljak
Production Company: Alka Film
Co-Producer: Kazimir Bačić, Damir Terešak, Dario Domitrović, Mario Vukadin, Tomislav Bubalo
Co-Production Company: Croatian Radiotelevision, Maxima Film, Embrio Production, Olimp Produkcija, Kadar Film&Video Production