Holy Defiance

2026

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"Once a month, hundreds of men kneel on Croatian squares to pray for patriarchy. One woman keeps showing up to defy them."

Overview

Since 2024, on central squares in many towns and cities across Croatia, groups of primarily elderly and middle-aged men calling themselves 'The Knights of the Immaculate Heart of Mary', gather together in communal prayer and advocating for Christian values, the importance of the patriarchy and enforcing limitations of women's rights, treating these squares as their own personal battlefield, upon which women have no place. Through the documentations of the reactions of law enforcement officials, ordinary passerbys and the 'Knights' themselves, as well as the defiant pieces of multimedia artist Arijana Lekić, Holy Defiance creates a vivid, lively, energetic and varied portrait of women's rights in post-war Croatia.

Status: Released

Language: HR

Production Information

Production Companies

Zagreb Film

Production Countries

Croatia

Spoken Languages

Croatian

Quick Facts

Original Title	Tiha misa
Release Date	June 11, 2026
Status	Released
Language	HR

Cast

Arijana Lekić

Self

Key Crew

Karla Jelić

Director

Karla Jelić

Writer

Vinko Brešan

Producer

Julia Martinovic

Producer

Nebojša Slijepčević

Producer

Sanja Borcic

Producer

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