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dir. HANA JUSIC, SONJA TAROKIC

DUTCH PREMIERE

A fresh, unexpected, comic story about the loss of virginity. The joint work of two established female directors that plays with stereotypes and conventional social norms.

While Marija is set with her boyfriend, her roommate Nikolina is still a virgin. But, after realising that the social practices have changed, she has to follow her duties and restructure her beliefs.

SHOWTIMES | Special Feature with Frigidance, Liberation in 26 Pictures & Route – 3

Sunday, 26 November – 11:30

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PAMETNICE | 2010 | 24 min | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia

PRODUCTIONAndrada Romagno, Isa Zivanovic, Edin Pasovic, Dijana Olcay-Hot, Nives Zemba, Valentina Oresic – Obala Art Centar
CASTKarla Brbic, Marina Vodenicar, Edhem Husic, Enes Salkovic
SCREENPLAYHana Jusic, Sonja Tarokic
CINEMATOGRAPHYMarko Brdar
EDITINGTimur Makarevic
LANGUAGEBosnian
SUBTITLESEnglish

FESTIVALS & AWARDS (SELECTION) 

Days of Croatian Film, 2011 – Best Actress | Sarajevo Film Festival, 2010 – British Council Award

DIRECTOR’S BIO 

Sonja Tarokić (1988) has an MA degree in film directing and a BA degree in literature. She is the author of several short films. On Shaky Ground was screened at Rotterdam IFF and awarded the best Croatian short at Zagreb Film Festival, while her other films (You Bitch!, I’m a Self Made Woman, Smart Girls, Red) were screened and awarded at numerous international festivals.

Hana Jušić (born 1983) is a Croatian film director and screenwriter that majored film directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. So far, she has written and directed several short films such as Chill (2011), Terrarium (2012) and Gnats, Ticks, Bees (2012). She has also written the script for a children’s hit film Mysterious Boy (2013). Jušić received high acclaim for her 2016 feature film debut, Quit Staring at My Plate.

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