Born in Zagreb in 1975, Dalibor Matanić directed theatre and music videos before his features. Fine Dead Girls (2002) examined homophobia and hatred in a Zagreb apartment block. The High Sun (Zvizdan, 2015), a three-part story of Croatian and Serbian lovers in the same village in 1991, 2001 and 2011, spanning the war and its aftermath, won the Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, and was Croatia's Oscar entry. The three parts feature the same actors in different roles.
Filmography
- Fine Dead Girls (2002)
- Zora (2008)
- The High Sun (2015)