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The term “Horror Vacui” was coined by Aristotle, and it means fear of empty space. It is used as a metaphor of the fear of the uncertain future that causes feelings of anxiety and loneliness. With its one take sequences and free-associative editing style this meditative film sends out warning of the growing hyper-militarization of the world we live in, and what it causes to the human psyche. Due to the space and time of the events taking place in film being blurred, it can all happen everywhere at any time, in this globalized world.
The film is stylistically following Boris Poljak’s previous award-winning films „The Split Watercolour“, „Autofocus“ and „They Just Come and Go” forming a film tetralogy.
World Premiere International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023.
Zagreb Dox 2023.
Tabor Film Festival 2023.
DokuArt 2023.
Sarajevo Film Festival 2023.
Montenegro International Film Festival 2023.
Liburnija Film Festival 2023.
Festival Quebec City 2023.
Boris Poljak (Split, Croatia 1959.) is one of the most prominent Croatian experimental and documentary filmmakers, an acclaimed cinematographer and director of photography. A long-time member of Split Film Club and one of the initiators of Split Film Festival – an international festival of new film and video. Since 1989. he is a professional DoP filming more than 50 short and feature films, and eight national film awards for best camera. He directed award-winning experimental titles Beyond (2003) and Sky Spirits (2010), both co-directed by Damir Cucic, and three short documentary experimental films The Split Watercolour (2009), They Just Come and Go (2107) and Autofocus (2013).
The later being awarded as best short film at both Karlovy Vary international film festival and Visions du Reel film festival in Nyon, Switzerland.
Filmography
2017 They Just Come and Go (Documentary short)
2013 Autofocus (Documentary short) – best short film Karlovy Vary international film festival; best short Visions du Reel film festival
2009 Splitski akvarel (Documentary short)
