Croatian Programme - Croatian Film

Jasna returns to her childhood home in order to care for her dying mother. She is called home to Croatia, where she finds herself enveloped in a very different and quickly suffocating environment.

Croatia, Serbia, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2019 | 97' 
drama 

DIRECTOR Jure Pavlović | SCREENPLAY Jure Pavlović | CINEMATOGRAPHY Jana Plećaš | EDITORS Jure Pavlović, Dragan Von Petrović | PRODUCTION DESIGN Jana Plećaš | COSTUME DESIGN Katarina Zaninović | SOUND Martin Semenčić | MAKE UP Jasna Rossini | VISUAL EFFECTS Tomislav Vujnović | LEAD ACTRESSES Daria Lorenci-Flatz, Neva Rošić | SUPPORTING ACTRESSES Anka Vučković, Vera Zima, Jasminka Vrdoljak, Violeta Jelčić, Lilli Jellinek | SUPPORTING ACTORS Berislav Šušnjar, Dušan Todorović, Vinko Vuković Liska, Marijo Jurković, Milivoj Barbir, Pavo Norac-Kevo, Hrvoje Barbir - Barba, Stephan Baumecker, Till Patz | PRODUCERS Bojan Kanjera, Jure Pavlović, Biljana Tutorov | COMPANY Sekvenca | COPRODUCERS Quentin Lauren, Srđan Šarenac | COPRODUCED BY Wake Up Films (Serbia), Les Films De L'œil Sauvage (France), Novi Film (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | DISTRIBUTION Sekvenca | WORLD SALES Syndicado

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS  Tallin Black Nights Film Festival, 2019, Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston 2020, Vilnius Film Festival Kino Pavasaris, 2020, FEST 2020. (Nebojša Đukelić Critics’ Award for Best Regional Film), Taormina Film Festival (Award for Best Actress – Daria Lorenci Flatz), Bihać Avantura Film Festival (Award for Best Film), Festival Mediteranskog filma Split, Brač Film Festival, Rab Film Festival

Jure Pavlović (Split, 1985) graduated in film and TV directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. His short films have been screened at more than two hundred festivals, including the ones in Berlin and Clermont-Ferrand, and have received numerous awards (Grand Prix at the Days of Croatian Film, Ljubljana Film Festival, Rhode Island Film Festival, and awards at Vilnius, Chicago, Tangier, Drama, etc.). His short film Picnic has won the prestigious European Film Academy Award (EFA) for Best Short Film.