18/03/2025 - The helmer's fourth feature is set around a family gathering on an island in wintertime

Last weekend, Zvonimir Jurić concluded the principal-photography phase of his fourth feature, Small Things. The film was shot on location in Zagreb, as well as on the islands of Pašman and Krk in the Adriatic Sea.

Small Things is Jurić’s first feature in 11 years. In the meantime, the Croatian filmmaker has worked on the TV series Road Patrol (2016), as well as on collective projects such as Transmania (2016), Seagull, Somehow (2024) and A Relatively Happy Day (2024). Jurić’s sophomore and third feature films, The Blacks (2009, co-directed with Goran Dević) and The Reaper (2014), respectively, both dealt with the 1990s war and its consequences for individuals, and both enjoyed healthy festival exposure in the country and abroad.

Small Things is set during one weekend in the winter on an island. An extended family gathers to discuss the sale of the property they inherited, but they are about to make some other important decisions.

The script was written by the filmmaker himself together with journalist, novelist, film critic and film festival curator Jurica Pavičić, while the cast is lead by Marija Škaričić (of Mare and Traces fame). The other roles are occupied by veteran actor Izudin Bajrović (glimpsed in Quo vadis, Aida?), Ivana Roščić (The Uncle), Juraj Lerotić (Safe Place), as well as by newcomers Bepina Baričević and Borna Mihovilović. 

The film was lensed by Marko Brdar and will be edited by Ana Štulina. Roko Antolić served as the production designer, while David Morhan designed the costumes. Make-up was handled by Ivana Lončar.

Small Things is a co-production between Croatian production company Kinorama (represented by the producers Ankica Jurić-Tilić and Dragan Jurić) and Serbian company Atalanta. It was supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Film Centre Serbia, Creative Europe – MEDIA and Croatian Radio-Television.