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2019 CINEMA MONTENEGRIN MONTENEGRIN CINEMA 2019 THE CONTENT FEATURE SHORT IN PRODUCTION FILMS FILMS I WAS TEN YEARS OLD • 55 VUD • 56 COMPLETED COMPLETED SPARKS • 57 THE DUOS • 9 PELOID • 35 PRE-PRODUCTION YOU HAVE THE NIGHT • 10 THE HEAD FULL OF JOY • 36 NEVERENDING PAST • 11 THE ROAD • 37 THE LAST NOMAD • 58 BORDERS, RAINDROPS • 12 MARTIN • 38 THE REARADMIRAL • 59 LAZY GUY • 13 ALL ALONE • 14 POST-PRODUCTION ANIMATIONS POST-PRODUCTION VISIT • 39 COMPLETED BREASTS • 15 IN PRODUCTION GET THE SKY • 16 CYPRESS • 63 THE SON • 17 DIVA • 40 MAMONGA • 18 EAGLES NEST • 41 TV SERIES TAGS THE HAPPINESS EFFECT • 19 A COMMON STORY • 20 PRE-PRODUCTION COMPLETED AJVAR • 21 ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS DEUCHE CAFFE • 67 IN PRODUCTION INTO AIR • 42 OUT OF REACH • 68 PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY FILM FCM THE BARK • 43 CENTRE OF MONTENEGRO AFTER THE WINTER • 22 THE ELEGY OF LAUREL • 23 STUDENT FILMS DOCUMENTARIES MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION PRE-PRODUCTION: COMPLETED COMPLETED SIRIN • 24 ALONE • 71 THE STORK • 25 WE ARE THE SONS OF HOLLY FATHER • 72 PRE-PRODUCTION CHILDREN • 26 YOUR ROCKS • 47 THE PLAN • 73 THE BAY • 27 AN OUTCAST COUNT OF AWAY • 74 GYM • 28 CINEMATOGRAPHY • 48 HIP • 75 IN PRODUCTION HEAVENS ABOVE • 29 SEPARATION, VIVID DREAMS • 49 THE GREAT TRAM ROBBERY • 30 TAM 4500 • 50 INDUSTRY CONTACTS • 76 SUPERMARKET • 31 OURS • 51 POST-PRODUCTION ADIEU, MONTENEGRO! • 32 POST-PRODUCTION COMPLETED THE BUSSINES OF REVENGE • 52 LIBRARIAN • 53 SOUL OF NATURE •54 INTRODUCTION The previous year, 2018, was exceptional for Montenegrin cinema: funding for film pro- duction was raised, Montenegrin films travelled the world festivals, followed by excellent ratings, bases for further progress were laid through the National Cinema Development Program, cash rebate was upgraded to 25% as an additional inspiration for production companies to shoot in our beautiful country, and finally, Montenegro has become a new member of the Eurimages Fund. This publication proves that Montenegrin cinema is currently in the stage of dynamic de- velopment and growth, with many talented filmmakers in front and behind the camera. We hope that these films, at different stages of production, will draw attention, and the call for cooperation is, as always, wide open. FEATURE FILMS 6 7 FEATURE FILMS COMPLETED: THE DUOS (omnibus) YOU HAVE THE NIGHT NEVERENDING PAST BORDERS, RAINDROPS LAZY GUY ALL ALONE POST-PRODUCTION: BREASTS GET THE SKY THE SON MAMONGA THE DUOS (omnibus) THE HAPPINESS EFFECT (SEE Factory 2019 - 51st Directors’ Fortnight May 15-25, 2019) A COMMON STORY AJVAR FILMS: MAŠA ŠAROVIĆ (SERBIA) & The Factory aims at the emergence of new talents on the international IN PRODUCTION: SHARON ENGELHART (ISRAEL) - FILM: scene, allowing young filmmakers couples, locals and internationals, to meet IN YOUR HANDS; DUŠAN KASALICA and create together. After Taiwan in 2013, Copenhagen and Helsinki in 2014, (MONTENEGRO) & TEODORA ANA MIHAI AFTER THE WINTER (ROMANIA / BELGIUM) – FILM: THE Chile in 2015, South Africa in 2016, Lebanon in 2017 and Tunisia in 2018, the THE ELEGY OF LAUREL PACKAGE; URŠKA DJUKIĆ (SLOVENIA) & Directors’ Fortnight, Obala Art Center and DW join to continue the adventure GABRIEL TZAFKA (GREECE / DENMARK) this coming year with SEE Factory. This Factory is supported by Film Center - FILM : THE RIGHT ONE; NEVEN Serbia, Film Centre of Montenegro, Ministry of Culture and Sport, Canton Sara- PRE-PRODUCTION: SAMARDŽIĆ (BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA) & jevo, North Macedonian Film Agency and Slovenian Film Centre, in association CAROLINA MARKOWICZ (BRAZIL) - FILM: with Atlantic Grupa, Academy of Performing Art, Sarajevo and SCCA/pro.ba on SPIT; ELEONORA VENINOVA (NORTH South Eastern Europe side and Cineli Digital on the French side. The Fortnight SIRIN MACEDONIA) & YONA ROZENKIER is proud to present the result of these discussions, five short films co-directed SKYPE (ISRAEL/SWITZERLAND) - FILM: THE by four tandems of young directors. CHILDREN SIGN. THE BAY GYM THE PACKAGE 13’ HEAVENS ABOVE SUPERMARKET DIRECTORS: DUŠAN KASALICA After several years in Paris, Damir, professional saxophonist, returns ADIEU, MONTENEGRO! (MONTENEGRO) & TEODORA ANA MIHAI to Sarajevo for a unique concert. One of his friends asked him to bring (BELGIUM / ROMANIA) CASTING: ALICE, BORIS LER, MARIJA PIKIĆ, PAHULJICA a gift to her best friend, Elma, who is waiting for Damir with some surprises... CONTACT: DOMINIQUE WELINSKI e: [email protected] 8 9 FEATURE FEATURE FILMS FILMS YOU HAVE THE NIGHT NEVERENDING PAST TI IMAŠ NOĆ IZMEĐU DANA I NOĆI Montenegro, Serbia, Quatar / drama / 82’ Montenegro, Serbia / drama / 77’ DIRECTOR: IVAN SALATIĆ PRODUCERS: After losing her job as a hostess aboard a ship, Sanja finds herself DIRECTOR: ANDRO MARTINOVIĆ Three stories about a father and a son in three time periods: the end of DUŠAN KASALICA, JELENA ANGELOVSKI stranded, with nowhere to go but home. Returning to her small coast- PRODUCER: IVAN ĐUROVIĆ World War II, during the fall of Berlin Wall and after Yugoslavia break- CO-PRODUCER: STEFAN IVANČIĆ CO-PRODUCERS: LAZAR RISTOVSKI, SCREENWRITER: IVAN SALATIĆ al hometown in Montenegro, she discovers the shipyard has filed for ANDRO MARTINOVIĆ SCREENWRITERS: down. In each of these stories, father and son find themselves in char- DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: IVAN bankruptcy, leaving many people out of work. Boats covered with tar- ANDRO MARTINOVIĆ, ANDREJ acteristic, borderline situations, in which they begin to question their MARKOVIĆ EDITOR: JELENA MAKSIMOVIĆ paulin are scattered around the forgotten landscape, set aside for bet- NIKOLAIDIS, JOSIP MLAKIĆ DIRECTOR own existence. Decisions they are forced to make will change their SOUND DESIGNER: JAKOV MUNIŽABA OF PHOTOGRAPHY: RADE VLADIĆ COSTUMES: LIDIJA ANDRIĆ PRODUCTION ter days. A storm comes, and one life is lost, while Luka waits for the EDITOR: ANDRIJA ZAFRANOVIĆ SOUND lives forever. DESIGNER: DRAGANA BAĆOVIĆ CAST: night in the woods, a night in which everything could change. DESIGNER: IGOR PEROVIĆ COSTUMES: IVANA VUKOVIĆ, MOMČILO PIĆURIĆ, JASNA GORDANA ANGELOVSKA PRODUCTION ĐURIČIĆ, BORIS ISAKOVIĆ, LUKA PETRONE DESIGNER: MILENKO JEREMIĆ CAST: LAZAR RISTOVSKI, TIHOMIR STANIĆ, MARKO BAĆOVIĆ, MIRKO VLAHOVIĆ, JOVAN KRIVOKAPIĆ, DUBRAVKA DRAKIĆ PRODUCTION CONTACT: MEANDER FILM AWARDS PRODUCTION CONTACT: ARTIKULACIJA FILM PRODUCED BY: MEANDER FILM (ME) e: [email protected] The Grand prix for the best film and PRODUCED BY: ARTIKULACIJA FILM (ME) www.artikulacija.me CO-PRODUCER: NON ALIGNED FILMS (RS) t: +382 67 643 444 award for the best camera at The CO-PRODUCER: ZILLION FILM (RS) e: [email protected] 24th Authors’ Film Festival (FAF) in MIMESIS (ME) t: +382 67 240 440 Belgrade 10 11 FEATURE FEATURE FILMS FILMS BORDERS, RAINDROPS LAZY GUY GRANICE KIŠE LIJENŠTINA Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia / drama / 93’ Montenegro / social drama / 83’ DIRECTORS : NIKOLA MIJOVIĆ, VLASTIMIR ‘Borders, Raindrops’ is a film about longing and belonging, set near DIRECTOR: ALEKSA STEFAN RADUNOVIĆ A young man named Miloš, separated from his wife, is forbidden to see SUDAR PRODUCER: VLASTIMIR SUDAR the Adriatic Sea. A city girl visits her family in the Balkan countryside, PRODUCER: ANDISHEH NAMVARI his child because he is unable to pay alimony. We see him trying to find CO-PRODUCERS: PREDRAG KARLO SCREENWRITER: ALEKSA STEFAN KALEZIĆ, GORAN ĐIKIĆ, VLADO LJEVAR awakening hope, love, and the sense of mystery. The story unfolds on RADUNOVIĆ DIRECTOR OF a job in order to be reunited with his baby boy. On his path he faces SCREENWRITERS: NIKOLA MIJOVIĆ, the borders of Bosnia, Montenegro and Croatia, and is mirrored in the PHOTOGRAPHY: GALEN HUMBER obstacles such as his own pride, apathy, corruption, and the econom- VLASTIMIR SUDAR DIRECTOR OF narrative structure of the film – broken in two halves and an epilogue. EDITOR: DEJAN UROŠEVIĆ SOUND ic conditions of his country. PHOTOGRAPHY: MILOŠ JAĆIMOVIĆ DESIGNER: IVAN MIHOCI COMPOSER: EDITOR: ALEXANDER FRY SOUND Her ghostly presence creates a connection between the two families, GAVRILO RADUNOVIĆ PRODUCTION DESIGNER: VANESA LORENA TATE divided by the newly formed borders – with no passports or umbrellas DESIGNER: ILIJA VUJOŠEVIĆ COSTUMES: MARIA JELESIJEVIĆ, DARA needed. CAST: SAVO ŠČEPANOVIĆ, TATIJANA MIHAJLOVIĆ PRODUCTION DESIGNERS: MARINOVIĆ, MILICA ŠČEPANOVIĆ, SEJFO MINA BURIĆ, TAMARA TRIČKOVIĆ SEFEROVIĆ, VUK SANDIĆ CAST: KRISTINA STEVOVIĆ, VAHIDIN PRELIĆ, ROBERT BUDAK PRODUCTION CONTACT: SITANONI FILMS AWARDS PRODUCED BY: SITANONI FILMS (ME) e: [email protected] Best Feature Film - Youth Film Festi- PRODUCTION CONTACT: BALKAN KINO AWARDS t: 382 67 533 184 val Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina - category „The Biggest 5“; Special www.bordersraindrops.com PRODUCED BY: BALKAN KINO (BA) 2nd prize for Best Film – Bergamo mention - Montenegro Film Festival e: [email protected] CO-PRODUCER: MONTENEGRO MAX FILMS Film Meetings 2019; ‘Prix Sauvage - Official Selection; Special mention (ME), MEDIAPLUS (RS), OSKAR FILM (BA) t: +44 (0) 79 68 208 984 2019’ - ‘L’Europe autour de l’Europe’ - Cinedays Film Festival Macedony - festival, Paris Category „CineBalkan“ 12 13 FEATURE FEATURE FILMS FILMS ALL ALONE BREASTS SAM SAMCAT GRUDI Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Netherlands, Montenegro, Croatia, Serbia / family drama / 100’ Bosnia and Herzegovina / drama / 74’ DIRECTOR: MARIJA PEROVIĆ DIRECTOR: BOBO JELČIĆ PRODUCER: Divorced father Marko is driven to the brink by limited contact with the Ana (42), Zorka (42) and Jelena (43) meet in their hometown for the PRODUCERS: MARIJA PEROVIĆ, 25-year high school reunion.