THE MYSTERY OF GREEN HILL
Filmfest 2017
PT: DAS GEHEIMNIS DES GRÜNEN HÜGELS
OT: UZBUNA NA ZELENOM VRHU
Croatia 2017
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: Croatian)
European Premiere
Director: Čejen Černić
Section: Kinderfilmfest
Koko and his friends spend their summer vacation on the shores of a lake near the idyllic Green Hill, hanging out and playing. The magical countryside is disturbed by unusual events which alarm the children as well as the locals: under cover of night, burglars break into one house after another, stealing anything valuable they can find. When the police turns a blind eye to denunciations by adults, the children decide to take matters into their own hands and unmask the burglars.
Age rating 6, recommended for ages 9 and up
Cast: Marko Tocilj, Alex Rakoš, Jan Pentek, Tin Gregorić, Jakov Piljek
Credits
Screenplay: Hana Jušić
Original Material: Ivan Kušan
Director of Photography: Danko Vučinović
Film Editor: Slaven Zečević
Composer: Dinko Appelt
Production Designer: Ivan Veljača
Costume Design: Emina Kušan
Sound: Dubravka Premar
Producer: Ankica Jurić Tilić, Hrvoje Pervan
Production Company: kinorama
World Sales: Media Move
Director: Čejen Černić
biography
Čejen Černić (born in Osijek in 1982) graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. She has directed a number of short films, including short feature FOLLOWERS and short documentaries THE CIRCLE, TO ME WITHOUT ME and IL POSTINO. Since 2007, she has been working as an assistant director on feature films and series, documentaries and animated films and as a collaborator on dance performances. THE GIRL WHO LOVED FAIRY-TALES (2013) was her first short animated film. Over last four years she has been working at Kinorama film production in Zagreb as writer, story editor and casting manager on feature films and TV series. She wrote teen TV series THE GREEN DOG (10 episodes) based on the novel by Nada Mihelčić and kid’s TV show COOKIES (3 seasons x 6 episodes). THE MYSTERY OF GREEN HILL based on the novel by Ivan Kušan is her feature debut.
