Ana is from the town of Vukovar and she has been living in Zagreb for years as a refugee. We watch her coming back to her Vukovar home. She is happy, because she is to attend her 45th high-school reunion, where she will meet her friends, both Serbs and Croats.
Ivona Juka, born in Zagreb in 1975, is a film director and screenwriter. She studied acting, as well as film and TV directing at the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her short films Garbage (2003) andEditing (2006) have been awarded and competitively screened at numerous international festivals. Her film, View From a Well (2011), was named best short film at the American International Film Festival, where Ivona also received the award for best director. She is the author of Facing the Day (2006), a successful and award-winning documentary screened at 2014 ZagrebDox. The feature film You Carry Me (2015) premiered at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival and has, among others, won six awards at the Pula Film Festival and four at the Montenegro Film Festival. The film was nominated for a European Film Award and longlisted for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Film category.
General sponsor
Plavi Poni
Croatia
2004, 23'
Directed by:
Ivona Juka
Cinematography:
Luka Jančin
Edited by:
Ivor Ivezić