Horror Vacui
- Title: Horror Vacui
- Year of production: 2023
- Duration: 24`
- Director: Boris Poljak
- Screenwriter: Boris Poljak
- Camera: Boris Poljak
- Sound: Ruzina Frankulin
- Editing: Damir Čučić
- Music: -
- Producer: Hrvoje Selec
- Production: Hrvatski filmski savez
The term "Horror Vacui" was coined by Aristotle, and it means fear of empty space. It is used as a metaphor of the fear of the uncertain future that causes feelings of anxiety and loneliness. With its one-take sequences and free-associative editing style this meditative film sends out warning of the growing hyper-militarization of the world we live in, and what it causes to the human psyche. Due to the space and time of the events taking place in film being blurred, it can all happen everywhere at any time, in this globalized world.
- 2023. - International Film Festival Rotterdam (Short & Mid-length programme) (Rotterdam, DE)
- 2023. - ZagrebDox (regional competition) (Zagreb, HR)
- 2023. - Tabor film festival (Desinić/Veliki Tabor, HR)
- 2023. - Sarajevo Film Festival (documentary competition) (Sarajevo, BA)
- ZagrebDox 2023 – Small Stamp (Best Short Film In Competition Programme)