Branko Vilus

About the artist

Branko Vilus – cinematographer, film editor and activist in the field of environment protection. He has for years been an activist with the association Zelena akcija (Green Action) and is the founder of “Green Action” video production. He has made over 200 reports (FadeIn/HTV-Croatian national television) and films. He is the co-founder of the association “Prozo” for the promotion of environment protection. Vilus is also the initiator of the Sisak Eco Film Festival. Formal education: School of Applied Arts and Design, Department of Set Design, Zagreb; finished in 1992; Faculty of Teacher Education, Department of Preschool Education Studies; graduated in 1998. 
 
Filmography:
 
Sol, maslina, kamen (2013)
Predsjednicki vlak (2009)
Waterstories (2006)
Blackberry (2008)
 
Source: www.dokweb.net 

Films

  • Salt, Olive, Stone / Sol, maslina, kamen, 20'

    Summer in the city. Promenades, beaches, boats, everywhere semi-naked sun-worshippers with sun protection. Not far away there is the magic quiet of a salt-pan and the archaic labour in the ponds. In an ancient olive grove the tree trunks embrace the stones in their soil. The olives are harvested to be packed in sea salt, and to yield oil, some of it for sunscreen products. Stones are dug from the earth and stacked to form shelters for man and beast or to mark the boundaries of pastures and fields. Salt, olive and stone are the last three bastions of a paradise sought by holidaymakers, but spared because unfound. Or does the tourists’ sun-tan oil get into the sea salt as they bathe?

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