Friday, 19 June 2026 at 6 pm
From 17 to 19 June 2026, Documenta – Centre for Dealing with the Past is organising the second edition of the ‘No-Oblivion’ Festival, dedicated to the culture of remembrance, human rights and social responsibility. The festival brings together researchers, artists, journalists, activists and representatives of civil society with the aim of opening up a space for dialogue on the legacy of the 1990s, the challenges of confronting the past and the importance of preserving memory in contemporary society.
The Boy Who Rushed
Biljana Čakić-Veselič, Factum, 2001., 53' min
An intimate story about the author's search for her brother who went missing in action during war in Croatia in 1991. In a way, the film is a follow-up of the author's grandmother whose husband was killed in World War II. For the rest of her life the grandmother was awaiting his return. The Boy Who Rushed won numerous national and international awards, including the annual Vladimir Nazor Award for Film.
It was shown at more than twenty international festivals. In 2001, it was Croatian candidate for Oscar for Best Documentary Film. The Boy Who Rushed is one of the best and most awarded Croatian documentaries in the past two decades.
