Zemlja / Country: Srbija, Bosna i Hercegovina, Republika Srpska
Godina / Year: 2024
Trajanje / Runtime: 80 min
Produkcija / Production: Set Sail Films, Neoart
Reditelj / Director: Emilija Gašić
Scenario / Screenplay: Emilija Gašić
Producenti / Producers: Andrijana Sofranić Šućur, Miloš Ivanović, Đorđe Ćirić
Direktor fotografije / Cinematography: Ines Gowland
Montaža / Editing: Jovana Filipović
Scenografija / Production design: Maja Đuričić
Kostimi / Costumes: Senka Radivojević
Mart, 1999. Malo mjesto u Srbiji. Nakon očevog odlaska u vojsku, starije sestre Sonja i Dragana započinju video dnevnik. Dani prolaze dok snimaju mirnu prirodu oko sebe, drhtavno noćno nebo tokom vazdušnih napada i zadirkivanje svoje sedmogodišnje sestre Tijane. Stvari se mijenjaju kada misteriozni dječak i njegova stidljiva, mlađa sestra stignu iz Beograda i usele se u komšijsku kuću. Uskoro, nova prijateljstva, prvi poljupci i prva razočaranja zamjenjuju strah od bombi.
Just before their father is conscripted during the 1999 NATO bombing of Serbia, sisters Sonja (17) and Dragana (15) begin an Hi8 video diary, overwriting older recordings that periodically appear between the newly shot scenes. Days go by as they film the peaceful nature around them, the trembling sky at night during air raids and their teasing of their seven-year-old sister, Tijana. Things change when a mysterious boy and his shy, younger sister arrive from Belgrade and move into the neighbour’s house. Soon, new friendships, first kisses and first disappointments take over the fear of bombs.
O reditelju / Director’s bio: Emilija Gašić je nagrađivana srpska rediteljka rođena 1991. godine, koja trenutno živi na relaciji Njujork – Srbija. Diplomirala je kinematografiju na Školi umjetnosti Tisch Univerziteta Njujork. Scenario za svoj prvi dugometražni film 78 DANA je realizovala u okviru programa Venice Biennale College of Cinema 2020. Film je imao premijeru na Međunarodnom filmskom festivalu u Roterdamu 2024. godine i prikazan je na brojnim festivalima gdje je osvojio niz nagrada (Cyprus film days, Cinema Jove, Tofifest, Innsbruck IFF, Zerkalo IFF itd.).
Emilija Gasic is an award-winning Serbian filmmaker born in 1991, currently residing between New York and Serbia. She graduated with an MFA in Cinematography from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She developed her first feature film screenplay 78 DAYS within the frameworks of Venice Biennale College of Cinema 2020. The film premiered at Rotterdam IFF in 2024, was screened at numerous festivals and it won several awards (Cyprus film days, Cinema Jove, Tofifest, Innsbruck IFF, Zerkalo IFF etc.)
