Rule No. 5: Shadow Your Man Closely
found footage
year: 2023
format: DCP, HD
duration: 9'59"
production: Filmska udruga Šuma
distribution: Bonobostudio
More About the Film
Rule No. 5: Shadow Your Man Closely assembles a film loop collage out of Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. train scene. One shot becomes the base for specific editing procedures through which the film narrative is reconstructed and a new plot is created.
Director, editor: Miro Manojlović
Producer: Vedran Šuvar
Sound design: Hrvoje Pelicarić
Music: Ana Kovačić, Miro Manojlović
Script consultant: Luka Bosanac
Colour grading: Tomislav Stojanović
Graphic design, poster: Hrvoje Živčić
Miro Manojlović (Zagreb, 1985) works in music, film and theatre. Since 2014 he has been working as an Art Associate at Academy of Dramatic Art and cooperates with numerous artists at home and abroad. His experimental films Showgirls (2011) and Klopka za mag.. i česte udaljenosti (2019.) won Maksimilijan Paspa Awards. He has created music for numerous films, theatre and dance performances, and actively works as a film author, editor and music composer. In his free time he is devoted to exploring merry mysteries of sound and vision.
Filmography
Rule No. 5: Shadow Your Man Closely (2023), D/O/L/A/C (2022), Klopka za mag.. i ceste udaljenosti (2019), Charlie, I Love You (2012), Showgirls (2011), Trapezakt (2011), Liebe Auf Den Ersten Blick (2011)
Awards
- Green DCP Award, 25 FPS Festival 2023
- Oktavijan Award for Best Experimental Film in 2023, Croatian Film Critics' Society
- Special Mention, Tabor Film Festival 2024
- Student Jury Award for Best Experimental Regional Film
Festivals
Guanajuato International Film Festival (20/7-31/7/2023)
25 FPS Festival (27/9-30/9/2023)
Bolton International Film Festival (4/10-8/10/2023)
Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival (13/10-22/10/2023)
Filmska Runda (20/10-21/10/2023)
Kinoskop Analogue Experimental Film Festival (17/11-19/11/2023)
Festival Tous Courts (28/11-2/12/2023)
Alternative Film Video (6/12-9/12/2023)
International Encounters Traverse (13/3-17/3/2024)
Hong Kong International Film Festival (28/3-8/4/2024)
Go Short International Short Film Festival (4/4-7/4/2024)
Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival Curta Cinema (17/4-24/4/2024)
Experiments in Cinema (23/4-27/4/2024)
V-F-X Festival, Ljubljana (15/5-18/5/2024)
In the Palace International Short Film Festival (29/6-6/7/2024)
Tabor Film Festival (6/7-7/7/2024)
Experimental Superstars (19/9-21/9/2024)
BEAST International Film Festival (25/9-29/9/2024)
Blue Danube Film Festival (1/10-5/10/2024)
Videomedeja International New Media Art Festival (10/10-12/10/2024)
Croatian Film Days (17/10-20/10/2024)
International Short Film Festival Leuven (29/11-7/12/2024)
Amarcort Film Festival (3/12-8/12/2024)
