We are often not aware of how much film, television and TV series is a source of support for many, helping them to understand, analyse and question life, overcome hardship, and most importantly, talk to each other. Even if what they watch are Turkish soap operas. 1001 Nights tells the story of Ema (85) and Maja (80), the most loyal viewers and the funniest critics of Turkish soap operas. For the last five years, Ema and Maja have spent every evening together, watching Turkish series in Ema’s apartment in the Mediterranean town Split as a way of coping with loneliness. This is a story about a microcosmos that appears where we least expect it, but when we need it the most. It is a story of a friendship that started when everything else ended.
Croatia 2023, '13
DIRECTOR: Rea Rajčić
SCENARIO: Rea Rajčić
CAMERA: Marinko Marinkić
MONTAGE: Karla Folnović
MUSIC: Dubravko Robić
PRODUCERS: Tina Tišljar, Rea Rajčić
PRODUCTION: Eclectica
FESTIVALS & AWARDS:
Toronto IFF (2023)
Rea Rajčić
Rea Rajčić (1989, Split, Croatia) has a master's degree in film production from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb where she now works as a professor. Her independent production company Eclectica was founded in 2015 to focus on fiction and documentary author-driven projects with a strong audience potential, working mostly with first time directors. She is the winner of the Young Producer award at the Sofia International Film Festival 2016, and was awarded for best pitching at European Short Pitch 2018, Sofia Meetings 2019, Connecting Cottbus 2020 and CineMart IFFR 2022 with various feature projects. She was part of Emerging Producers and Rotterdam Lab in 2020. 1001 Nights is her first professional film as a director.