Serbian filmmaker Emilija Gašić’s debut feature is an inventive, compelling and moving coming-of-age story.
Set in the first half of 1999, this filmed footage story follows three sisters who begin a Hi8 video diary in their countryside home after father is conscripted during the 1999 NATO bombing of Serbia. They capture each other as they put make-up on, pick cherries, play party games, get into fights, fall in love or help their mother cook. This vulnerable and intimate world is perhaps their only shelter from the reality of bombing, sirens and war.
Back in the Nineties, everyone had those Hi8 cameras that they would predominantly use for special occasions such as summer and/or winter holidays, Christmas, Easter, weddings, birthdays, baptisms, graduations, and other celebrations, perhaps even funerals depending on the proclivities of the family, but never for the display of quotidian life and even less so family dynamics. This...
Set in the first half of 1999, this filmed footage story follows three sisters who begin a Hi8 video diary in their countryside home after father is conscripted during the 1999 NATO bombing of Serbia. They capture each other as they put make-up on, pick cherries, play party games, get into fights, fall in love or help their mother cook. This vulnerable and intimate world is perhaps their only shelter from the reality of bombing, sirens and war.
Back in the Nineties, everyone had those Hi8 cameras that they would predominantly use for special occasions such as summer and/or winter holidays, Christmas, Easter, weddings, birthdays, baptisms, graduations, and other celebrations, perhaps even funerals depending on the proclivities of the family, but never for the display of quotidian life and even less so family dynamics. This...
- 2/23/2024
- by Tara Karajica
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Serbian director Emilija Gašić will follow International Film Festival Rotterdam premiere “78 Days” with the “atmospheric and tense” psychological thriller “Witches,” she reveals to Variety exclusively.
“I’ve always been drawn to scary elements in films — especially if there are moments of comic relief. Growing up in Serbia, I was surrounded by stories and legends. There are so many superstitions and traditions that date back to pagan times.”
Her new film will focus on a woman going through menopause, without support from her loved ones or the healthcare system. Desperate, she turns to an elderly woman for help, a folk healer from a nearby village. Soon, she is asked to perform a series of rituals in order to lift a supposed curse.
“In some villages, there are still these revered healers. I am interested in tapping into this heritage because it’s so rich and really unlike anything else we have seen,...
“I’ve always been drawn to scary elements in films — especially if there are moments of comic relief. Growing up in Serbia, I was surrounded by stories and legends. There are so many superstitions and traditions that date back to pagan times.”
Her new film will focus on a woman going through menopause, without support from her loved ones or the healthcare system. Desperate, she turns to an elderly woman for help, a folk healer from a nearby village. Soon, she is asked to perform a series of rituals in order to lift a supposed curse.
“In some villages, there are still these revered healers. I am interested in tapping into this heritage because it’s so rich and really unlike anything else we have seen,...
- 2/3/2024
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The Croatian film and TV sector is expected to get a financial boost of more than 5 million Hrk from international streaming platforms through the Croatian Electronic Media Act, which came into effect in October 2021, the Croatian Audiovisual Center (Havc) has told Film New Europe.
Netflix is expected to participate with 3 million Hrk and other contributors will include HBO Max, Disney+ and Amazon Prime.
According to the new law, streamers will have to invest 2 of their revenues generated in Croatia in local production or acquisition. Network operators will invest 10 of the revenue generated by their own services. Private broadcasters will set aside 5 percent of their annual revenue for independent productions in Croatia.
“With our new law, we have introduced a series of interlinked measures to promote independent production in Croatia. The law is not prescriptive as to how the new funds will be invested. Sure there was resistance as the law was taking shape,...
Netflix is expected to participate with 3 million Hrk and other contributors will include HBO Max, Disney+ and Amazon Prime.
According to the new law, streamers will have to invest 2 of their revenues generated in Croatia in local production or acquisition. Network operators will invest 10 of the revenue generated by their own services. Private broadcasters will set aside 5 percent of their annual revenue for independent productions in Croatia.
“With our new law, we have introduced a series of interlinked measures to promote independent production in Croatia. The law is not prescriptive as to how the new funds will be invested. Sure there was resistance as the law was taking shape,...
- 6/13/2022
- by Milena Zajović
- Variety Film + TV
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