INCURABLE OPTIMIST
(58) Croatia
[watch trailer]

THURSDAY 10/26, 7:30 PM (SESSION 20)

Director: Lana Šarić
Producer: Nenad Puhovski

Description:
Incurable Optimist is a movie about people who survived lethal disease and about optimism that helps us overcome difficult life moments.

Biography:
Lana Šarić started a career as a writer and director after graduating from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, the Dramaturgy Course. She lives in Croatia and writes plays, scripts and screenplays. In 2009 she directed my first documentary movie Incurable Optimist. With her plays she participates in many festival and conferences worldwide.

Nenad Puhovski worked professionally in theatre, film, and television. He has directed a handful of stage plays and almost 250 TV productions of all genres - fiction, documentary,music and educational. Nenad has directed a number of documentaries for the "big screen" - mostly about social issues but also films about art. His works have been screened around the world and received a number of awards. In 1978, he started to teach at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb and also in a number of countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Nenad founded FACTUM Documentary Film Project that has established itself.

Contact Information:
e: lana.saric1@gmail.com
w: factum.com.hr/en/films_and_authors/all_films/category_optimist


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