THE EIGHTH COMMISSIONER
Filmfest 2018
(OSMI POVJERENIK)
Croatia 2018
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: Croatian)
International Premiere
Director: Ivan Salaj
Section: International Independents
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.
Cast: Frano Mašković, Borko Perić, Nadia Cvitanović, Ivo Gregurević, Goran Navojec
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
Co-Producer: Kazimir Bačić, Damir Terešak, Dario Domitrović, Mario Vukadin, Tomislav Bubalo
Production Company: Alka Film
Co-Production Company: Croatian Radiotelevision, Maxima Film, Embrio Production, Olimp Produkcija, Kadar Film&Video Production
Director: Ivan Salaj
biography
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.
