Below the Surface

Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Year: 2025

Duration: 9’09’’

Production: Studio Dashak, AU Banja Luka

Director: Maja Ćetojević

Screenplay: Maja Ćetojević

Producers: Ivona Bijelić

Director of Photography

Editingža: Goran Puzić

Set Design: –

Costumes: –

Sound Design: Predrag Blagojević

Cast

Ana – Isidora Radulović Petar – Senad Milanović / Pavle Pavić Waiter/Petko – Miodrag Jovanović Marina – Milica Puzić Jovana – Maja Ćetojević

Sinopsis

Naive girl Ana, at the urging of her boyfriend and friends, goes to a rundown basement pub. They are greeted by a waiter with an unusual appearance, who offers them to play a seemingly harmless game of drawing straws. “Short straw ćorak, long straw piće,” the rules of the game are simple until the moment when the number of long straws is significantly reduced.

 

Director

Maja Ćetojević (2000, Banja Luka), graduated in 2025 from the Academy of Arts in Banja Luka, Drama Department, Animated Film program. Through years of work, she developed an authorial and performative approach to animated film. 2D animation is the main medium through which she explores šegodišnji rad razvijala je autorski i izvođački pristup animiranom filmu. 2D animacija je glavni medij kroz koji istražuje story and atmosphere. She deals with narratives that explore žuju the darker sides of human experience, through psychological elements. She has worked on various projects in the advertising and film sector.

 

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