Academy-award winning director, cameraman involved in minor scuffle in Dubrovnik

A Croatian daily has reported that Czech film director Jiří Menzel, along with others, was involved in a minor scuffle with a local man during filming in the town of Dubrovnik. The filmmaker and his cameraman exchanged words with an angry restaurant owner who showed his displeasure at the crew blocking a sign to his venue. Afterwards the director described the incident as “silly”. The Czech filmmaker, who holds an Academy Award for his film Closely Watched Trains, has been in Croatia directing two documentaries about the country for Croatian TV.