06/09/2025
It’s a hard time for peacemakers.
After winning the main award at the 72nd P**a Film Festival, our national festival, screenings of Peacemaker (Mirotvorac) across Croatia are now being cancelled. While censorship may serve as advertising, freedom of speech and artistic expression would be far better.
Directed by Ivan Ramljak, one of Croatia’s most significant documentarians, Peacemaker (2025) examines the events leading to the 1991 murder of police chief Josip Reihl-Kir in eastern Croatia — a man who sought to prevent open armed conflict between Croats and Serbs.
I designed this tribute poster using a photograph of the car (Zastava 101) in which Josip Reihl-Kir, together with two other local officials, was killed.
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