Eclectica

Pogana

1920s on a remote Dalmatian island. A woman, Pogana is sold as wife and mother to a Sailor and his five daughters. When her unlikely husband is lost at sea, Pogana is left at the mercy of villagers and cruel customs. She decides to marry Sailor’s mortal remains, his bones she fishes out of the sea.

Feature fiction, 90'
(in development)

Directed by

David Kapac

Screenplay

Andrija Mardešić
David Kapac

Idea by

Ivana Roščić

Producer

Rea Rajčić

Support

Script development supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre

Project development supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre

Workshops and development

Baltic Event co-production market 2023

About the director

David Kapac is a Croatian screenwriter, director and creative producer. He started his career with student short films, all regularly screened at festivals in Croatia and abroad, including his graduation film, medium-length horror film Zagorje Specialty, co-produced with the national broadcaster HRT and premiered at the Pula Film Festival in 2011. After graduating, David focuses on working in television, achieving seven-figures viewership in Croatia and the Region for the shows he ran either as director or creative producer. In 2017 he returned to film, co-writing the screenplay for a short film Party which represented Croatia in 2018 as part of the project ‘Drama for Children’ of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). His debut film The Uncle premiered at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2022. David is developing several projects, including the next feature "Pogana" with Andrija Mardešić.