Some Other Stories (Neke druge zgodbe)
Five
countries, five women, five stories all revealing the social pulse in the
territories of the former Yugoslavia. This omnibus film’s narratives are
focused on young generations, their dilemmas, doubts, hopes and relationships
to current topics. All five stories, dramaturgically-wise, share a common
subject – a pregnancy, motherhood and the birth of a new life in all imaginable
meanings of this existential phenomenon.
The
project’s origins go back to 2005, when the film critic Nenad Dukić, following
a discussion with his colleagues from the region, engaged the participating
artists and producers. With five producers and five women directors from five
countries all equally involved in the process of film preparation and
production, this is the first creative and production collaboration between all
of the countries which formed the state of Yugoslavia (with the exceptions of
Montenegro and Kosovo, which gained their independence after the project had
already started).
Hanna Slak (1975), director of the Slovenian section,
graduated from Ljubljana’s film academy AGRFT. She is a screenwriter
and director of the internationally awarded feature films Blind Spot (2002) and Tea
(2007), as well as short and documentary films. Some Other Stories is Slak’s second omnibus film, the first being Desperado Tonic (2004). Ivona Juka (1975), Ana Maria Rossi (1972), Ines
Tanović (1965) and Marija Džidževa
(1970) are all making their full-length feature film debuts; thus far, they
have directed short films (Juka, Tanović), feature-length documentaries (Juka,
Džidževa) and films for television (Rossi).
Directed by: Ivona Juka, Ana Maria Rossi, Ines Tanović, Marija Džidževa,
Hanna Slak; Screenplay: Ivona Juka, Ana Maria Rossi, Ines Tanović, Gorče
Stavreski and Vardan Torzija, Hanna Slak; Photography: Mario Oljača, Radoslav
Vladić, Erol Zubčević, Dejan Dimeski, Sven Pepeonik; Editing: Ivor Ivezić,
Andrija Zafranović , Mateja Rackov, Nijaz Kožljak, Igor Andreevski, Hanna Slak;
Music: Brian Crosby, Vlada Divljan, Igor Čamo; Producers: Dunja Klemenc (Studio
Maj), Anita Juka (4 Film), Nenad Dukić (SEE Film Pro), Tomi Salkovski (Skopje
Film Studio), Alem Babić (Dokument), Ian Davis (DIG Productions).
Cast: Nera Stipičević, Goran Bogdan; Nataša Ninković, Sergej Trifunović;
Nina Violić, Fedja Štukan, Emir Hadžihafizbegović; Iva Zendelska, Slaviša
Kajevski; Lucija Šerbedžija, Marko Mandić, Petra Govc, Maruša Kink,
Ludvik Bagari, Manca Dorrer.
Organisation: Cinemania
Group; Co-organisation: City of Women, Kinodvor, Studio Maj.
