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Famous Čapljina people 1950

Jurinko Rajič

Author of animated films and the first director of NAFF - Festival of Animated Film

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1950
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Famous Čapljina people
Jurinko Rajič
Born in 1954 in Čapljina. He graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Zagreb, and began working in film as an animator in 1985 at 'Croatia film' in Zagreb. He worked on layout and animation for feature projects such as The Wonderful Forest, The Wizard's Hat, and The Wonderful Adventures of Apprentice Hlapić.

He is the author of animated films Emina, Spomenik, Paparazzo, Our Little Wave, Linđo, Our Jobs, Lilac, and Mostar Flyers, and was the founder and director of the Association of Animators KAN, camps, and schools of animated film for youth in Neum, Ston, and Mostar, and is best known as the founder and first director of NAFF - the Festival of Animated Film in Neum. The festival achieved success and by 2010 was ranked among the 36 best festivals in all categories in Europe.

He worked on feature projects of Croatia film 'The Wonderful Forest', 'The Wizard's Hat', 'The Wonderful Adventures of Apprentice Hlapić', where he worked on layout and animation.

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