Balada O Podravini

A big, featherless bird helps us discover Podravina and its inhabitants. It is autumn, the crops are in, and we are invited to a country fair and a funeral. We understand how the peasants approach life and the world around them through this animated film.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

director

Zeljko Nemec

production company

Zagreb Film

Duration

00:10:00:00

Production places

Yugoslavia

Production dates

1979

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014388

Language

English

Subject categories

Animation

Animation → Animated films - Yugoslavia

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Yugoslavia

Places → Yugoslavia

Short films

Short films → Short films - Yugoslavia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/76428--balada-o-podravini/ |title=Balada O Podravini |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=1 July 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

Yugoslavia, 1979

Please note