Dario Juričan (born 16 December 1976) is a Croatian

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, producer, and

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. In 2019, he briefly changed his

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to Milan Bandić. Although he has written, directed and produced several fictional

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, he is best known for his feature documentary films ''Gazda'' and ''Gazda: Početak'', which examine Croatian businessmen

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and

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Early life and education

Juričan was born in

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, in 1976. He earned his bachelor's degree in

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and

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from the

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. Afterwards, he also earned his degree in filmmaking from the London Film Academy.

Film career

Juričan has been working as an

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director and producer since 2003. He is a staff member of the Blank Film Incubator workshop in Zagreb. His 2010 short film ''Imaš ti neku priču?'' () was screened in the competition program of the 64th

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. He was awarded for Best Screenplay at the 2012 Croatian Film Days for his film ''I, J, K, L''. In 2016, Juričan released his first

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documentary film ''Gazda'' () which focuses on Croatian businessman

and his company Agrokor. In 2018, Juričan released a sequel to ''Gazda'', ''Gazda: Početak'' (). It examines the failures of transition, privatization, and the justice system in

. The story revolves around

, one of the biggest

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s of the 1990s. Juričan plans to release a third part of The Gazda film series, ''Kumek'', which will focus on the

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. A part of that plan was to legally change his own name to Milan Bandić. His request to change his name was later rejected by the

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, but this decision has since been revoked and he is allowed to be named Milan Bandić again.

Political career

On 18 September 2019, Juričan announced that he will run for president at the

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. In November, the

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approved his running under his legal name and overturned a previous decision of the Ministry of Public Administration that forbade him to use the name of the Zagreb mayor. On 3 December, he submitted some 13,000 signatures to the State Electoral Commission. On the election day (22 December), he recorded 87,882 votes or 4.61% of the total votes which made him 5th on the first round rankings and unsatisfactorily for the second round.

Filmography

''Source''

Fiction films

* ''Daša'' (2008);

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* ''Školica'' (2008); Short film * ''Grand Prix'' (2009); Short film * ''U mojoj glavi anđeo'' (2009); Short film * ''Slikat ću ti rendgenom srce da svi vide da ga jebi ga nemaš'' (2010); Short film * ''Imaš ti neku priču?'' (2010); Short film * ''I, J, K, L'' (2011); Short film * ''Jednom bijah'' (2011); Short film * ''Slušaj kako puca staklo'' (2012); Short film * ''Bomba'' (2013); Short film

Documentaries

* ''Gradonačelnik Denis'' (2014); Short film * ''Gazda'' (2016) * ''Gazda: Početak'' (2018) * ''Kumek'' (2020)

References

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