My Late Summer
Dir. DANIS TANOVIĆ
Danis Tanović returned to the Sarajevo Film Festival in August 2024 with his newly released film My Late Summer, a romantic comedy that follows a young woman’s journey of self-discovery on a remote island. Maja arrives expecting only to settle a family inheritance matter, but amid reawakened emotions and a series of unexpected events, she’s drawn into confronting unresolved questions from her past.
The island’s residents live eccentric lives under the influence of Ićo, the town mayor, and his business partner, Nediljko, who manages an eco-marijuana business. As Maja grows closer to Saša, she begins to uncover the complexities of her family ties. Her initial search for an inheritance transforms into a deeper exploration of identity, reconciliation, and forgiveness.
Sunday, 1 December – 19:00h
ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 98 MIN
DUTCH PREMIERE
NAKON LJETA | 2024 | Danis Tanovic | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia
PRODUCTION
Lana Matić, Boris T. Matić, Jelena Mitrović, Jovan Marjanović, Mirsad Purivatra, Anamaria Antoci, Miha Černec, Jožko Rutar
SCREENPLAY
Anja Matković, Nikola Kuprešanin, Danis Tanović
DOP
Miloš Jaćimović
EDITING
Redžinald Šimek
CAST
Anja Matković, Uliks Fehmiu, Goran Navojec, Mario Knezović, Marija Škaričić, Mirela Brekalo, Snježana Sinovčić, Luka Juričić, Boris Ler, Ivana Roščić, Jadranka Matković
DIRECTOR’S BIO
Danis Tanović (Zenica, 1969). He studied at the Sarajevo School of Drama, though his studies were interrupted by the Balkan war in 1997, and later at INSAS in Brussels. His debut film, No Man’s Land, won Best Screenplay at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, the European Film Awards, and Best Foreign Language Film at the 2002 Academy Awards. With 42 awards, No Man’s Land became one of the most awarded debut films in cinema history. Tanović’s subsequent films, An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker and Death in Sarajevo, both won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, in 2013 and 2016 respectively. He currently resides in Sarajevo.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
I wanted to show that when fear begins to spread within a group, even if the group was functioning quite well, behaviors change. I find this phenomenon strange, but it’s as if everyone starts trying to protect themselves, each for different reasons: for financial concerns, because they have children, because they’re afraid of losing their job, or to preserve a professional position, as is the case with the high school principal, who also has the threat of losing a grant hanging over her. This is how fear spreads. And the students end up being the biggest losers in all of this.
