In the beginning of time, in an African-like village where the people believed in various wonders, the tribe shaman, disturbed by the vision of the mythical monster’s coming, chooses a young warrior who needs to go to the end of the world and find the White Girl, the only one who can help him conquer the demon and defeat eternal darkness.

The journey is uncertain, time is scarce and the village shaman is talkative.
 

director, script, design: Božidar Trkulja
animation: Dina Rončević
puppets, sets, additional design and animation: Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson
supervision and editing: Simon Bogojević Narath
music: Vladimir Sokačić, Božidar Trkulja
sound design and mix: Hrvoje Radnić
voices: Marko Dimić, Vladimir Sokačić, Božidar Trkulja, Ivana Vlašić
compositing and special effects: Goran Mitrović
producer: Vanja Andrijević

Awards:

• Best Regional Film Award, Kratkofil Plus 2012
• Best Film in Balkan Competition, Anibar 2012

Festivals:

Days of Croatian Film; Tabor Film Festival; Kratkofil Plus; Supertoon; Opuzen Film Festival; Anibar; Animanima; Anifest Rozafa; KROK; Se-Ma-For Film Festival; Tindirindis; Olympia Int'l Film Festival; Animateka Ljubljana; Corfu Animation Festival; Golden Kuker; SICAF
 

Božidar Trkulja (Zagreb, 1975) has been working as journalist, editor, film critic, comic book critic and columnist since 1997. He has written numerous articles and reviews focusing specially to animated film, his primary field of interest. He also writes music reviews for Croatian weekly and monthly publications. During the last ten years he has made several hundred artworks, held a few notable exhibitions and participated in several art colonies. In the Beginning of Time... is his first film.