IMPORTANCE OF BEING KOVAČEVIĆ

Director and cinematographer: Anja Strelec

Cinematographers: Anja Strelec, Iva Marković, Maja Klaić, Gabriel Kovačević

Editors: Anja Strelec, Branko Vilus

Music: Iva Galović, Erol Zejnilović

Mentor: Nebojša Slijepčević

Producers: Vanja Jambrović i Oliver Sertić

Production company: Restart Laboratorij

Synopsis:

The main protagonist of this documentary is a young Argentinean with Croatian roots who, from early childhood, identifies with the Croatian identity of his grandparents and, through his parents’ different stories, lives “the Croatian dream.” After selling his car to buy a plane ticket, he embarks on a 12,000-kilometer journey, leaving behind his family, friends, job - everything, with the goal of discovering who he really is and where his last name and heritage come from.

But will his sacrifice pay off when he discovers that in his grandparents’ birthplace almost everyone shares the same last name, and that finding the exact Kovačević family he has been searching for will not be an easy task?