Baby Tooth

  • Saša Ban
  • Croatia
  • 2016
  • 15'
  • Mliječni zub

Jana attends a family reunion at a pizza place, organized as a farewell party for her dad who is awaiting a difficult operation. The words „everything is going to be all right“ become a mantra repeated again and again, as if to ward off any thoughts of death from the table. She just has to give a few small tokens of appreciation to the nurses, an envelope to the doctor, and stay positive.

Saša Ban

Born in 1978 in Zagreb. He graduated in film and TV directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art. He also graduated in comparative literature and philosophy from the Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in 2003. He has been a member of the Croatian Film Directors Guild since 2007. He received two awards at the 14th Croatian Film Days for his documentary Park. His short feature Interior, Apartment, Night was awarded at the 2009 Cottbus Film Festival. He has directed the following documentary TV series: The Exchange, Travelling the World in College Shoes and Direct. He has directed short documentary Ana and her Brothers, which was included in the official program of the 2010 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival. He won the Special Award at the 9th Zagreb Film Festival for his documentary Land of Knowledge.

Baby Tooth

Director
Saša Ban
Writer
Nevenka Sablić i Saša Ban
Production
Petnaesta umjetnost
Cast
Marija Škaričić, Nina Erak-Svrtan, Vinko Kraljević
Photography
Hrvoje Franjić
Montage
Martin Semenčić
Producer
Hrvoje Osvadić

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