We easily recall the images, smells and tastes that have marked our lives, but what about the sounds? What about the voices of those who are no longer with us? What ultimately stands the test of time?
An intimate acoustic work by director Hrvoje Korbar and sound engineer Marija Pečnik Kvesić, La nave partira (The Ship Sails On) is a nostalgic dedication to family legacy, an audio reconstruction of fragments of personal and family memories and a farewell to a lost world and its languages.
Starting from the recording tapes the author found while clearing up the apartment after the death of his grandparents, the authors construct a collage of documentary footage, ambient sound, poetic autofictional texts and musical memories. The ephemeral nature of sound and human voice stands in opposition to the material nature of objects and images, the impermanence of memory trying to find its final form.
Winner of Best Short Form at the Prix Marulić (2024)
Producer: Adriana Kramarić
Director: Hrvoje Korbar
Sound engineer: Marija Pečnik Kvesić
Other key staff: Actors: Maruška Aras, Rok Juričić Composers: Sara Jakopović, Lovro Stipčević