This documentary is a sneek peek into the lives and work of the dancers, singers and musicians of the only professional folklore ensemble in Croatia, LADO.

The hard work is documented in the film on which the success, longevity and reputation of the LADO Ensemble is based, but also the invisible and intangible, and equally important - the spirit of a team and the shared passion for the work that its performers are engaged in. The collective's life is followed through three comparative stories focused on performers in the process of preparing concerts - champion Dubravko Radic, soloist Petra Matutinovic and musician soloist Mladen Kosovac.

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SPECIAL EVENT – LADO PERFORMANCE AT THE CROATIAN FILM FESTIVAL

Join us on Sunday from 4:30pm to be treated to this not-to-be-missed showcase of Croatian culture, direct to Australia

We are both honoured and excited to have three soloists from the National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia LADO joining us for a special performance before the 5pm screening of their documentary on Sunday 10 September.

They will perform four traditional songs representing cultural goods of Croatia from the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. The program is as follows:

  1. Starovinska pivanja (ojkanje singing – Croatian traditional song and type of singing from the Island of Mljet and Dalmatian Hinterland)
  2. Oj Sončece, sončece (međimurska popevka folk song – Croatian traditional song from Međimurje region)
  3. Cviće moje, ja bi tebe brala (two part singing in Istrian scale – Croatian traditional song from Island of Cres)
  4. Berem grožđe i crno i bilo (bećarac singing and playing – Croatian traditional song from Baranja region)

Cast & Credits

DIRECTOR: Nebojša Slijepčević
SCREENWRITER: Nebojša Slijepčević
PRODUCER: Nebojša Slijepčević, Tina Tišljar
RIGHTS: National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia LADO

YEAR: 2020
LANGUAGE: Croatian
Subtitles: English
COUNTRY: Croatia

Nebojša Slijepčević directed numerous creative documentaries, including SRBENKA (2018), GANGSTER OF LOVE (2013), SOMETHING ABOUT LIFE (2016), REAL MAN’S FILM (2012), IN 4 YEARS (2007), and OF COWS AND PEOPLE (2000). His films have earned awards at many international festivals, including four awards at Sarajevo Film Festival. For his television documentaries, he has had three nominations for the Prix Europa Award. His latest documentary feature, SRBENKA, was shortlisted for European Film Awards. In 2019, Nebojša won the Vladimir Nazor Award, an annual honor given by the Croatian Ministry of Culture to Croatian artists for high achievement in film. Nebojša is also a mentor and lecturer at the School of Documentary Film in Zagreb.

ACCESSIBILITY

In English

Wheelchair accessible

Companion Card accepted

Assistive Hearing system available (FM)

Croatian Language with English Subtitles

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