DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic is a writer-director born in Dubrovnik, based in New York.

Her short Into the Blue, was nominated for a Student Academy Award, and won awards at the Beriln International Film Fesival, Sarajevo Film Festival, Oberhausen Film Festival, and the Festival de Premier Plans, Angers, among many others.

Antoneta’s first feature film MURINA developed with support from the Résidence du Festival Cannes, Cinéfondation, First Films First by the Ghoethe-Institute, and Jerusalem Film Lab is produced by Martin Scorsese Sikelia, RT features and Antitalent.

Antoneta holds an MA from Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb and an MFA in screenwriting and directing from Columbia University in New York. Antoneta is an alumna of the Berlinale Talent Lab, Sarajevo Talent Lab, La Femis Producing Atelier, and the Marcie Bloom Fellowship.

SYNOPSIS

SHORT

On a remote island off of Croatia, restless teenager Julija and her young mother live an isolated life under the oppressive rule of her retired father. But tides change when a charming family friend arrives to whom Julija begins to feel an undeniable connection. 

LONGER VERSION

Tensions rise between restless teenager Julija, her young mother Nela, and her oppressive father Ante when an old family friend arrives to their isolated home on a Croatian island. As Ante attempts to broker a life-changing land deal and Nela resists the foreigner’s advances, Julija pursues a deeper connection with this powerful new father figure over a weekend laid bare to desire and violence.

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