''Comic Sans'' is a 2018 Croatian

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directed by

Nevio Marasović Nevio Marasović (born 7 July 1983) is a Croatian film director and screenwriter, and also a commercial director. Biography He made his first feature film called ''The Computer Repairment'' at the age of sixteen. He graduated film directin ...

. The film premiered at the 46th

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International Film Festival in

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. ''Comic Sans'' is the fourth film project by Nevio Marasović shot on Vis and the first Croatian feature to be shot on the remote Croatian island of

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Plot

A successful graphic designer Alan Despot (

Janko Popović Volarić Janko Popović Volarić (born 14 March 1980) is a Croatian actor. Filmography Television roles Movie roles References External links * 1980 births Living people 21st-century Croatian male actors Croatian male stage actors C ...

), after trying in vain to renew a broken relationship with his girlfriend (

Nataša Janjić Nataša Janjić-Medančić (born 27 November 1981) is a Croatian film, stage and television actress. Personal life Nataša Janjić was born in Split on 27 November 1981. As a child, she studied at the Youth Theatre in Split. After finishing schoo ...

) experiences an emotional breakdown. Persuaded by his concerned mother (

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) he goes to the island of Vis with his estranged and eccentric father ( Zlatko Burić) to arrange a funeral for their deceased aunt. There he meets another ex-girlfriend ( Inti Šraj) and her fiancé ( Miha Rodman). New situations and circumstances help Alan to view his own life from a new perspective.

Cast

as Alan * Zlatko Burić as Bruno *

as Marina *

Miloš Timotijević Miloš Timotijević ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Тимотијевић; born 9 March 1975) is a Serbian actor. He has appeared in more than sixty films and TV series since 1995. Miloš is best known for his roles in American war film ''In the Land of B ...

as Lukas *

as Vesna * Inti Šraj as Barbara * Jette Ostan Vejrup as Anne * Sara Hjort Ditlevsen as Sofie * Miha Rodman as Peter *

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as Urška * Damir Poljičak as Pape

Awards

The film was screened at numerous world film festivals, among its awards there are: *

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2018,

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

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– official competition – award for best actor (Janko Popović Volarić); * Actor's festival in Mojkovac 2018,

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– award for the best male role (Janko Popović Volarić); * Sombor Film Festival 2018,

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– competition program – best film award; * 32nd Montenegro Film Festival 2018,

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, Montenegro – FEDEORA award of the Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean; *

Pula Film Festival Pula Film Festival ( hr, Pulski filmski festival) is an annual Croatian film festival, established in 1954. It is held in a Roman amphitheater known as the Pula Arena. Pula Film Festival is the oldest Croatian film festival and is usually held in ...

2018,

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– Golden Arena for Best Director (Nevio Marasović), Golden Arena for Best Actor (Janko Popović Volarić), Golden Arena for Best Supporting Actress (Nataša Janjić), Golden Arena for Editing (Tomislav Pavlic), Golden Arena for Sound Design (Julij Zornik), Golden Gate of Pula Audience Award; * Ceau, Cinema! 2018,

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and Gottlob,

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– competition program – Audience Award; * Film for A!, Private art gymnasium award for best film 2018,

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, Croatia; * FEST International Film Festival 2018,

, Serbia, main competition program, Jury Award for the best film in the region given by film critics 'Nebojša Đukelić'.

Other festival screenings

Guwahati International Film Festival The Guwahati International Film Festival (GIFF) ( as, গুৱাহাটী আন্তঃৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় চলচ্চিত্ৰ মহোৎসৱ) is an annual film festival held in Guwahati, Assam, India.The State Go ...

2018,

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- programme World Cinema *

Oaxaca FilmFest Oaxaca FilmFest was an eight-day long international film festival that was permanently cancelled in 2022 without taking place, once it could no longer hide the fact that it devolved into a calculated scam to prey on unknowing filmmakers. At its st ...

2018,

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- official competition *

Raindance Film Festival Raindance is an independent film festival and film school that operates in major cities including London, Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Budapest, Berlin, and Brussels. The festival was established in 1992 by Elliot Grove to ...

2018,

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- non-competitive programme Narratives *

Manaki Brothers Film Festival The International Cinematographers Film Festival "Manaki Brothers" (known short as Manaki Film Festival) is an annual international film festival organized by the Macedonian Film Professionals Association (MFPA). The festival is held in Bitola, ...

2018,

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, Macedonia - programme "European Cinema Perspectives" * LIFFE - Leskovac International Film Festival 2018,

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* Betina Film Festival 2018,

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* Dalmatia Film Festival 2018, towns of

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, Croatia * Film Meetings in Niš 2018,

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, Serbia * 19th Mediteran Film Festival 2018,

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- non-competitive programme *

Prishtina International Film Festival The Prishtina International Film Festival, also known as the Pristina Film Festival and PriFilmFest, is a film festival held annually in Pristina, Kosovo, that screens prominent international cinema productions in the Balkan region and beyond, ...

2018,

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- competition programme "Honey and Blood" * International Film Festival Tonneins 2018,

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- official selection * Five Days of Zagreb in Sarajevo 2018,

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, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Philadelphia Independent Film Festival 2018,

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2018,

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, USA - program "Feature Program" * LET’S CEE Film Festival 2018,

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- program Artis International * European Union Film Festival 2020,

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, Canada

References

External links

*
Official site

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