About Me

Mura Mura is an artistic organization dedicated to the production of film projects.

DINO TOPOLNJAK

Painter and filmaker born in 1985 in Čakovec, Croatia.

education

2007 - 2014 Academy of Applied Arts Rijeka, BA and MA
2015 - 2017 Film directing at film.factory, Sarajevo (mentor Bela Tarr) MA

FILMOGRAPHY (director and producer)

Elm's shadow (short) postproduction
Le Rappel
(creative documentary) in development
Ténéré
(feature film) in development
Ulix: Beginning (short), 15 min, 2025
Zoza
(documentary), 52 min, 2024
Ulysses:
Episode One (short), 2019
Sun
(experimental video), 42min, 2020

EXHIBITIONS

Stratum 2; Flora Gallery, Dubrovnik, 2025
Stratum;
Gallery O.K., Rijeka, 2025
7th Biennial of Painting;
Dom HDLU, Zagreb, 2023
Übergang;
Gallery Greta,Zagreb, 2019
Knjige za gledanje;
Knjige za čitanje; Gallery Šira, Zagreb, 2017
Parangal;
Otok Gallery – Art radionica Lazareti, Dubrovnik, 2015
Relapses;
Gallery-studio Paulić, Bakar, 2015
Erste fragmenti 11;
Gallery Kranjčar, Zagreb, 2015
Vlast tijela/Tijelo vlasti;
Labin ArtExpres, Lamparna Gallery, Labin, 2015
Signs Above The City;
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, 2015
Goverment/Body;
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, 2015
Dreams are still here;
Singular Gallery, Pula, 2014
Breaking Timeline;
HS Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, 2014
Drugo;
VN Gallery, Zagreb, 2014
Stražnji ulazi;
SKC Gallery, Rijeka, 2014
Bootmesse;
Düsseldorf, 2014
KroatienKreativ 2013;
MedienhausUdK, Berlin, 2013
action Book planting;
Rijeka, Frankfurt, 2013
action Parangal;
Ražanj, 2013

FILM INDUSTRY

Divlje pčele (TV series), 2025 - painter
The Buccaners (TV series), 2025 - painter
Dioklecijan (TV series) 2025 - painter
Good Children (director Filip Peruzovic), 2024 – set designer
SAS Rogue Heroes (director Steven Knight), 2024 - painter
Gladiator 2 (director Ridley Scott), 2024 - painter
Canary Black (director Pierre Morel), 2024 - painter
The Camino (director Birgite Staermose), 2023 - painter
The Head of Big Fish (director Arsen Oremovic), 2022 – set designer
Spotify Untold (TV series), 2022 – painter
Little waves (director Filip Peruzovic), 2023 – set designer
The Ipcress File (director James Watkins), 2022 – painter
Sixth Bus (director Eduard Galic), 2020 - props on set
Sportin life (director Abel Ferrara), 2020 – cameraman
Tribes of Europa (director Philip Koch), 2021 – painter
Divljaci (director Dario Lonjak), 2022 - props
Strike Back 8 (directed by Bill Eagles), 2019 - swing gang
Tutto il mio folle amore (director Gabriele Salvatores), 2018 - assistant painter
Age of Uskoks (HRT series), 2018 - coordinator for extras
Jelena Radan – Kad nas ne bude (music video) 2016 – director and set designer
Wedding Preparations in the Country (director Kouros Alaghband), 2016 - assistant director

WORKSHOPS AND RESIDENCIES

Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, 2024
Frankfurt – artist-in-residency programme ARL, 2013
SubArt international workshop, Ražanj, 2013
Forum for Creative Minds II: City and Climate Change; Goethe-Institut, Zagreb, 2011