My Grandpa Is an Alien

Moj dida je pao s Marsa

60th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Former Yugoslavia, in the 80s. A little girl is playing “Space Invaders” on a Commodore 64 while listening to a pop megahit, when a spaceship crashes in her backyard. Thirty years later, 11-year-old Una, a tomboy with a vocation for mechanics, passed on by her eccentric yet endearing granddad, is living on the very same hill. When her grandpa gets abducted by aliens, she will team up with an extraterrestrial tiny robot left behind by the kidnappers, in a frenetic rescue-repatriation mission. A Spielberg-style adventure that elegantly combines tasteful CGI and charming old-school effects, conveying messages of hope, humanness, and humility.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Direction: Marina Andree Škop
Co-direction: Dražen Žarković
Script: Branko Ružić, Pavlica Bajsić
Cinematography: Sven Pepeonik
Editing: Marina Andree Škop
Sound: Daniel Angyal
Music: Stein Berge Svendsen
Actors: Lana Hranjec, Ozren Grabarić (voice of Dodo), Alex Rakoš, Nils Ole Oftebro, Petra Polnišova, Sven Barac, Tonka Kovačić, Lucija Šango
Production: Studio Dim
Producers: Darija Kulenović Gudan, Marina Andree Škop
Co-production: Wady Films, Filmbin, MasterFilm, Artileria, Senca Studio, Fabrika, Croatian Radiotelevision, Magiclab, Art Rebel 9
Co-producers: Adolf El Assal, Trine Aadalen Lo, Nicholas Sando, Dagmar Sedlačkova, Tomaš Michalek, Marko Škop, Jan Meliš, Ida Weiss, Perla Ovadija Mosca, Michal Křeček
Art Direction: Petra Kriletić
Costumes: Zorana Meić
Make Up: Mojca Gorogranc Petruševska
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Croatia, Luxembourg, Norway, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Production Year: 2019
Duration: 75´
Contact: Studio Dim, dim@dim.hr
Awards/Distinctions: Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects – Pula FF 2019

Marina Andree Škop

Sarajevo-born Marina Andree Škop graduated from the Academy of Drama Arts in Zagreb and went on to co-found film production company Studio Dim. She has worked as a producer and director in numerous music videos and commercials, while her first feature documentary Sevdah won the Audience Award at the Sarajevo Film Festival.

Filmography

2009 Sevdah (doc)
2015 Let's Play a Story: The Ant and the Grasshopper (short)
2019 My Grandpa Is an Alien

Dražen Žarković

Zagreb-born Dražen Žarković has directed three features, many documentary films, as well as some popular Croatian sitcoms. His film and TV work earned him a series of prizes and distinctions, while his most successful film, Tressette, was screened at a number of festivals and won seven international awards.

Filmography

2001 Ajmo zuti | Go, Yellow (TV Movie)
2006 Treseta | Tressette: A Story of an Island (TV Movie)
2013 Zagonetni djecak | The Mysterious Boy
2019 My Grandpa Is an Alien