Screenings
September 02 15:00
DSEGH HOUSE OF CULTURE
Valerija
Croatia, 2023, 16’
in Croatian w/ Armenian/English subtitles
Director and Scriptwriter: Sara Jurinčić
Cinematographer: Ivan Slipčević
Producer: Vanja Jambrović, Sara Jurinčić
Editor: Tomislav Stojanović
Sound: Jens Christian Bo Johansen
Production Company: Restart, NOMAD STUDIO
This hybrid film takes us on a journey into a world without men, and further into the underworld, intersecting the present with eternity. On our island, women choose the image that will represent them after they are gone, while the rhythm of the ritual connects us with our roots. Through a participatory process, the author silently questions: „How does it feel to have a family tree consisting only of women? What do our ancestors whisper from their silent portraits? “
Awards
Heart of Sarajevo: Best Short Documentary Film, Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2023; Grand Prix, International Competition, 25FPS International Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, 2023; Grand Prix and the Best Camera prize, Rabat International Author Film Festival, Morocco, 2024; Cervantes Award for the Best Creative Short Film, MedFilm Festival Rome, Italy, 2024; Best Short Documentary Film, International Competition, Florence International Film Festival, Italy, 2024; Special Mention, Tangier International Film Festival, Morocco, 2024; Special Mention for the Best Camera, Mediteran Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2024; Honorable Mention, Minimalen International Film Festival, Trondheim, Norway, 2024.
Sara Jurinčić
Filmmaker from Croatia based in Copenhagen. Graduated MA at AF Zagreb in 2015. and 2017, she graduated from Restart documentary film school. Her new experimental-documentary short film Valerija, already won 12 international awards, including The Heart of Sarajevo, European Film Awards nomination at ZINEBI Film Festival, and Grand Prix at Rabat Int. Film Festival, 25FPS, and many more, including being shown on over 50 intl. film festivals. From 2018. On, she established NOMAD STUDIO and VOID LAB, art and spatial experiment labs. She has been part of emerging talent programs at CPH:DOX, IDFA, Dok Leipzig, Sarajevo Talents and EW Talent Lab. Her graduation short film “September 3.2105” won multiple awards and was shown at more than 40 international film festivals, with an international premiere at the Oberhausen film festival. She is now developing her debut feature-length film, 13.4443°, 144.7937° Trench, and her new short film Closing Time.
Filmography
Valerija (2023).