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‘Petty Thieves’ Trailer Released for Croatian Director Mate Ugrin’s Karlovy Vary Debut
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‘Petty Thieves’ Trailer Released for Croatian Director Mate Ugrin’s Karlovy Vary Debut

The feature debut stars Gavrilo Jović and Tea Ljubešić and follows two tourism workers who strike a deal after one turns to minor thefts. The film premieres in Karlovy Vary’s Proxima competition on July 5.

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A trailer for Petty Thieves, the feature directorial debut of Croatian filmmaker Mate Ugrin, was released by The Hollywood Reporter as the film prepares to premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The movie is scheduled to debut in the festival’s Proxima competition, part of the 60th edition of Karlovy Vary, on Sunday, July 5.

The film’s synopsis places the story in the peak of the tourist season on Croatia’s Adriatic coast. According to festival-facing materials summarized in the trailer coverage, Rio, a loner who works as kitchen help at a local hotel, supplements his income through minor thefts directed at foreign visitors. The setup shifts when Andrea, a young worker, learns about Rio’s thieving and the two reach what the synopsis describes as an unusual agreement to steal together and share profits.

Press notes quoted in the trailer coverage describe the thefts as more than opportunistic misbehavior. They characterize the “petty thefts” as “gestures of solidarity among people with little power,” alongside an undercurrent of alienation tied to unstable work and the difficulty of feeling at home in a place that seems designed mainly for visitors. In other words, the movie ties everyday survival strategies to a broader emotional and social gap between workers and the transient guests they serve.

The trailer coverage also indicates that beyond the story’s practical arrangement, Petty Thieves includes a romantic storyline involving sexual exploration and a love affair, which is framed in the press materials as adding “longing and tenderness” to the themes. The film’s narrative, as presented in the coverage, uses a small-scale partnership that deepens over time into a relationship described as unexpected closeness.

The cast is led by Gavrilo Jović, Tea Ljubešić, Snježana Sinovčić, and Izudin Bajrović, according to the same trailer report. The report also points to Ugrin’s prior work in short films, including Everything Ahead (2021), which premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival and won the Heart of Sarajevo for best short film.

Ugrin’s progression from shorts to a feature debut comes as Karlovy Vary’s Proxima competition continues to spotlight European filmmakers and emerging voices. Petty Thieves will join the festival’s lineup for the July 5 opening of the Proxima program, with further festival programming and audience response expected after the premiere.

For now, the only confirmed public timing for Petty Thieves remains its Proxima competition slot at Karlovy Vary on July 5, along with the availability of the newly released trailer previewing the film’s character dynamics, work-life conditions in a tourist economy, and the interplay between small acts of theft, emotional bonds, and belonging.

Why It Matters

  • Petty Thieves adds to Karlovy Vary’s Proxima competition programming with a debut feature that focuses on workers on the margins of a tourism economy.
  • By framing minor thefts as solidarity and alienation rather than only rebellion, the film is positioned to connect personal conduct to labor and housing-like belonging questions raised by seasonal work.
  • The July 5 premiere date sets a concrete public milestone for festival attendees and industry buyers following the trailer release.
  • The movie’s attention to instability in service work may draw audience interest in how European cinemas portray low-wage labor and the power imbalance between visitors and those who host them.

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Key Facts

  • Petty Thieves is the feature directorial debut of Croatian filmmaker Mate Ugrin.
  • The film premieres in Proxima competition at the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Sunday, July 5.
  • The trailer coverage describes a story set during the Adriatic tourist season, centered on a hotel kitchen worker who commits minor thefts against foreign visitors.
  • When Andrea learns about the thefts, the two make an agreement to steal together and share the profits, which grows into closeness.
  • Press materials cited in the trailer report describe the thefts as gestures of solidarity among people with little power and as rooted in alienation from unstable work.
  • The cast is led by Gavrilo Jović, Tea Ljubešić, Snježana Sinovčić, and Izudin Bajrović.
  • The report describes the film as including sexual exploration and a love affair that contribute longing and tenderness to the themes.
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