Main Competition

Director: ZRINKO OGRESTA
SERBIA, CROATIA
2021, 85'

On the eve of Mirjana’s 20 year work anniversary, when she is to receive an award at a modest celebration, her interactions with her loved ones illustrate her whole life: the one behind her, the one she is living and the one that is yet to come. «A Blue Flower» is a film about a woman, about a mother and a daughter, a film that evokes emotional associations and urges us to take a long hard look at ourselves.

Zrinko Ogresta was born in Virovitica, Jugoslavia. Croatian screenwriter and film director, professor of film directing at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb and a member of the European Film Academy in Berlin. Ogresta’s films were screened and awarded at renowned international and local festivals (Berlin, Venice, Karlovy Vary, London ect. Some of the most notable works are «Fragments» (1991), «Washed Out» (1995), «Here» (2003), «On the other side» (2016).