holiday at the seaside

holiday at the seaside

short film (16mins, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Croatia, 2013)

Amalia, a girl of thirteen, gets her first period one day before leaving for the seaside with her family. Having a distant relationship with her parents, she decides to take care of “problem” on her own. But the parents have a secret of their own.

cast: Andreea Vasile, StefanStatnic, Mara Purza

director: Cristina Groşan

writers: Cristina Groşan Stephen Statnic

producers: Dora Nedeczky, Luka Venturin, Dragana Jovanovic

DOP: Ákos Nyoszoli

production designer: Dragan Denda

costume desginer: Amila Hodzic

editor: Anna Meller

sound: Gábor Erdélyi

music: 12z

Selected Festivals:

  • 19th Sarajevo International Film Festival, Bosnia&Herzegovina
  • 26th Instanbul International Short Film Festival
  • 27th Exground International Film Festival, Wiesbaden
  • 6th Seen & Heard International Film Festival, Melbourne
  • 8th Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, Greece
  • 12th Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
  • 9th International Short Film Festival ŻUBROFFKA, Poland
  • 1st International Festival Youth Film, ZERO PLUS, Russia
  • 27th International Film Festival LOVE & ANARCHY, Helsinki, Finland
  • 36th Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France // Collections section
  • 11th Eberswalde International Short Film Festival, Germany
  • 11th CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival, Hungary
  • 7th Northern Wave International Film Festival, Iceland
  • 13th St.Petersburg International Festival of Debut and Student Films BEGINNING, Russia
  • 10th Manlleu International Short Film Festival, Spain
  • 12th The Nordic Youth Film Festival, Norway
  • 2nd Friss Hús International Short Film Festival, Hungary
  • 12th Mediterranean Short Film Festival Of Tangier, Morocco
  • 8th Kinofest International Digital Film Festival, Bucharest
  • 2nd FICSAM International Film Festival, Faro
  • Hungarian Film Week, Budapest

 – the film was screened at more than 40 festivals worldwide –

Awards:

  • 19th Sarajevo International Film Festival / Atlantic Group Award (Feature Prize Fund)    
  • 12th The Nordic Youth Film Festival, Norway / Special Mention for Best Short Film of the International Competition
  • 12th Tirana International Film Festival, Albania / Best Balkan Film
  • 4th REC Internationales Junges Filmfestival – The Silver Clip award

Programmes

  • Sarajevo City of Film Programme 2013
  • 35th Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival // 5th EuroConnection Short Film Co-Production Forum 2013
  • Sarajevo Talent Campus 2011

Development workshops and markets:

  • selected for pitching at the EuroConnection CoProduction Forum at the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2013
  • project selected for development and financing in the framework of the Sarajevo City of Film programme 2013