The Uncle

Yugoslavia, late 1980s. Parents and son are hastily making the final preparations for Christmas Eve dinner. Their beloved uncle from Germany will be parking his Mercedes in front of the house any moment now and everything has to be ready. But, hang on, are things really as they seem?

DIRECTOR’S BIO

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). The Uncle is his debut feature. David is developing several projects, including the next feature film with Andrija Mardešić.

Andrija Mardešić is a Croatian film and TV author. He has successfully directed projects in various genres: experimental and music videos, documentaries and promos. Still, Andrija's focus is cinema where he proved himself with a series of short films. Iris (2009), Two All Alone (2015) and Steppe Fox (2019) stood out at festivals in Croatia and abroad. With Hana Jušić and Dario Juričan he directed the omnibus Short Circuits for Croatian national broadcaster HRT in 2013.

As a screenwriter, Andrija co-wrote the medium-length horror film Zagorje Specialty (directed by David Kapac) and the short children's drama Party, which he co-wrote with David Kapac for HRT and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Andrija also works as a storyliner on the biggest TV projects in Croatia and he directed a TV drama #Don't Tell Anyone for HRT. The Uncle is his debut feature. Andrija is developing several projects, including the next feature film with David Kapac.