COMPETITION

Excursion

Ekskurzija

Una Gunjak
2023 - Bosnia and Herzegovina / France / - 1h33

Screenings : friday 26 - 4:45 pm - Centre de congrès - Auditorium - presented and followed by a debate with the film director saturday 27 - 2:00 pm - Grand Théâtre

In Sarajevo, a teenager in search of recognition reveals that she had sex for the first time during a game of “truth or dare” with her schoolfriends. Trapped by her own lie, she pretends to be pregnant and becomes the centre of a controversy that spirals out of control.

Una Gunjak was born and brought up in Sarajevo. Her first short film, The Chicken, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week in 2014 and won Best Short Film at the European Film Awards. Her following short, Salamat from Germany, made as part of the Lebanon Factory initiative, was screened at the Directors' Fortnight in 2017. Ekskurzija (Excursion) (2023) is her first feature film.

CAST AND CREW

Cast : Asja Zara Lagumdzija, Maja Izetbegovic, Nadja Spaho, Mediha Musliovic
Screenplay : Una Gunjak
Cinematography : Matthias Pilz
Editing : Clémence Diard
Music : Drasko Adzic

Production : Film House Bas Celik, Mer Film, Nukleus film, SCCA / pro.ba, Salaud Morisset

French distributor : JHR Films