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Sceneggiatura / Screenplay: Una Gunjak
Fotografia / Photography: Matthias Pilz
Montaggio / Editing: Clémence Diard
Musica / Music: Draško Adžić
Suono / Sound: Igor Čamo
Scenografia / Art Director: Emina Kujundžić
Costumi / Costume Designer: Katarina Pilić
Interpreti / Cast: Asja Zara Lagumdžija, Nađa Spaho, Maja Izetbegović, Mediha Musliović, Izudin Bajrović
Produzione / Produced by: SCCA/pro.ba.
Coproduzione / Co-produced by: Baš Čelik, Mer Film, Nukleus film, Salaud Morisset
Con il sostegno di / Supported by: Eurimages, Ministarstvo Kulture i Sporta Kantona Sarajevo, Fondacija za Kinematografiju Sarajevo, Hrvatski Audiovizualni Centar, Sørfond, Doha Film Institute, Hubert Bals Fund, Filmski Centar Srbije, Ministarstvo Kulture Republike Srbije
Distribuzione internazionale / World Sales: Salaud Morisset
In Sarajevo, a teenager seeking validation claims that she had sex for the first time during a game of ‘truth or dare’ among middle schoolers. Trapped in her own lie, she invents a pregnancy and becomes the center of a controversy that spirals out of control. The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and received a Special Mention in the ‘Cineasti del presente’ competition.
“We live situated between the old and the new, between the socialist and traditional past on one hand, and modern society on the other. When a few years ago, Bosnia and Herzegovina was shaken by a considerable scandal, where allegedly a group of seven 13-year-old girls from the same class became pregnant during a school trip, the reactions were that of outrage and disbelief … what held my attention even more, was the personal truth of these young girls. How are they managing their budding sexuality and what truly motivates their actions and desires in nowadays society? Especially in one so clearly defunct as the Bosnian one. Remotely inspired by this real-life event, Excursion is a film that wants to address this question by subverting the narrative above, as we get to see the point of view of the main character to talk about society: its norms, values, and the perpetual violence it operates on its individuals. Iman’s individual story thus serves as a vehicle to reflect the collective around her – the society she lives in.” (U. Gunjak)
Una Gunjak
Film director and writer Una Gunjak was born in 1986 in Sarajevo. Her first short film The Chicken premiered at the Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week in 2014 and then it was presented in more than 250 international festivals including the Trieste FF in 2015, winning many awards including the European Film Award for Best Short Film. Excursion is her first feature film.
Selected filmography
2008 Touch Me cm / sf 2014 The Chicken cm / sf; Premi / Awards: European Film Awards – Migliore cortometraggio / Best Short Film; Sarajevo FF – Migliore cortometraggio / Best Short Film; Ljubljana IFF – Menzione speciale / Special Mention 2017 Salamat from Germany cm / sf 2023 Ekskurzija; Premi / Awards: Locarno FF “Cineasti del presente” – Menzione speciale / Special Mention
