Hotel Sunja
“War isn't what TV news show”
1992•37m•Released
WarDocumentary
In 1992, the Yugoslav army and Serbian paramilitary forces captured one-third of Croatia as the country was engulfed in a state of war. A squad of fighters is defending their position in the small but strategically significant village of Sunja, where the invaders have surrounded them on three sides. Ivan Salaj, a young and gifted director who was still enrolled in film school at the time, chooses to use their story as the subject of his student film. Considered one of the most important films from a period when Croatian independence was still at stake, it provides an accurate portrayal of life on the front lines. What makes Hotel Sunja even more special is that it was made by a group of students who risked their lives to make the movie.
Director
Ivan Salaj
Writer
Ivan Salaj
Languages
Croatian
Studio
Akademija dramske umjetnosti (ADU)
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