BUBBY DREAMS IN GREEN
2021., mid-length documentary, director: Ranko Pauković
Restart in co-production with Dokument Sarajevo (BA)
Bubby is a former miner with an incredible natural talent for painting. After an accident he lost one eye, and is now gradually losing sight in his remaining eye. At his new workplace there is not much work, so all days long he paints magical landscapes and still lives. The film about Bubby is a story about horrifying consequences of using coal upon lives of people who mine it, as well as of people who are forced to breathe it in, and that's all of us.
About author Financial support
Croatian Audiovisual Center - project development grant
Ranko Pauković studied film at the Academy of Dramatic Art in his hometown of Zagreb, Croatia. A few years ago, he made his feature-length documentary debut as a director, 'Bijela Kuća' ('White House'), about the unique white stone found on the island of Brač, Croatia and the people who earn a living from quarrying it. In 2018 his short documentary '90 Seconds in North Korea' premiered at Sheffield DocFest and was screened at many other important festivals like MoMA’s Doc Fortnight, Festival dei Popoli in Florence, Sarajevo FF, Message to Man in St. Petersburg... His last documentary 'Na kraju tame' ('The End of Darkness') about the last European female mine workers premiered at AJB Docs in Sarajevo and later screened at several other film festivals in Europe. The film was broadcasted by Al Jazeera Balkans.
