10 Nov Film Screening: „78 Days“ – Director: Emilija Gašić
20 November, 20:00h @ Hotel Grand, Congress Hall, First Floor
Award-winning Serbian filmmaker Emilija Gašić was born in 1991 in Yugoslavia and currently resides in New York City. She graduated with an MFA in Cinematography from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Growing up in a small town amid news of war, a dying country, and uncertainty deeply shaped her artistic sensibility and her observant style in creating tension and atmosphere in film.
The film follows sisters Sonja (17) and Dragana (15) just before their father is conscripted during the 1999 NATO bombing of Serbia. They begin a Hi8 video diary, overwriting older recordings that periodically appear between newly shot scenes. Days pass as they capture the peaceful nature around them, the trembling sky at night during air raids, and playful teasing of their sevenyear-old sister, Tijana. Their world changes when a mysterious boy and his shy younger sister arrive from Belgrade and move into the neighbor’s house, bringing new friendships, first kisses, and first disappointments that temporarily eclipse the fear of bombs.
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