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Glory be to Saint Nicholas
In the costal Croatian town of Šibenik a polynomial family prays, sings and takes care of the church of St. Nicholas, which keeps votive gifts of this saint, patron of sailors and travelers.
Awards
Bronze Tree prize, VIVA film festival, Sarajevo, 2015
Davor Borić
Born in Zagreb in 1966. Since 1996 he works for Croatian television (HTV) as a director and producer. Although his primary field of focus is religious program, he runs projects in other domains as well. With no formal film education, he has directed a number of documentary reports and several documentary shorts about various cities and parishes in Croatia as well as the live broadcasts of John Paul II as well as Benedict XVI when they were visiting Croatia. In the last few years he and his frequent co-writer and program editor Ljiljana Šišmanović, are also involved in a program aimed at preserving the cultural heritage of Croatia (Folk and Traditional Culture) by making ethnographic and anthropological documentaries about different Croatian customs and traditions. Since 2016 Borić is a member of the Croation Film Directors Guild. In the past few years his films have been in about 70 festivals, winning 19 awards in different categories.
Selected filmography
2016 – Carnival Day
2015 – Samson Umbrella Parasol
2015 – The Builder of Rome – The Pope from the Adriatic
2015 – The legend of Jagnjedovec
2014 – New Year’s Eve on the Island of Bisevo
2014 – The Legend of Veronika Desinićka
2014 – Love is not for Sale
2014 – May festival
2014 – Eastertide at Muster
2013 – Lute Players and Toast Proposers
2013 – Walnut, Stone, Weddings and Lambs
2013 – Quarantore of Komiza
2013 – Macko
2012 – Seven Tamburitza Players of Uncle Marko
2012 – The Gorgeous of the Evening
2011 – Glory be to Saint Nicholas
2006 – Following the memories