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