38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Then Comes the Evening

A sad se spušta veče

Maja Novaković

Image Then Comes the Evening
SerbiaBosnia and Herzegovina
2019 Documentaire 28 min
The poetic documentary depicts bittersweet everyday life of two old women living alone on the hills of Eastern Bosnia. The film emphasises intangible cultural heritage, through the presentation of chants and rituals for taming adverse weather, hail, and storms.
Screenplay : Maja Novaković
Image : Jasna Prolić
Sound : Prvoslav Živanović, Luka Barajević, Aleksandar Rančić
Editing : Marija Kovačina
Production : Students’ City Cultural Centre – Academic Film Centre in Belgrade, Milan Milosavljević
Maja Novaković (1987, Srebrenica) completed her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in the Department of Art History at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. She attended a film directing workshop at the Students' City Cultural Centre – Academic Film Centre in Belgrade. Novaković is Currently doing her PhD at the same university. She is a researcher at the Centre for Museology and Heritology there, and a research assistant at the Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.