78 Days

78 Days
Serbian78 dana
Directed byEmilija Gašić
Screenplay byEmilija Gašić
Produced byMiloš Ivanović
Andrijana Sofranic Sucur
StarringMilica Gicić
Tamara Gajović
Viktorija Vasiljević
Pavle Čemerikić
Goran Bogdan
Jelena Đokić
CinematographyInés Gowland
Edited byJovana Filipovic
Production
company
Set Sail Films
Release date
  • 29 January 2024 (2024-01-29) (IFFR)
Running time
82 minutes
CountrySerbia
LanguageSerbian

78 Days (Serbian: 78 dana) is a Serbian drama film, directed by Emilija Gašić and released in 2024.[1] The film centres on the coming of age of sisters Sonja (Milica Gicić), Dragana (Tamara Gajović) and Tijana (Viktorija Vasiljević) during the Kosovo War in 1999, whose relationship becomes disrupted when Sonja and Dragana find themselves rivals for the affections of Mladen (Pavle Čemerikić), a young man from Belgrade who has moved to town with his family.[2]

The cast also includes Goran Bogdan as the girls' father Stefan who is drafted into military service, Jelena Đokić as their mother Nada, and Maša Ćirović as Mladen's younger sister Lela who befriends Tijana despite their older siblings' conflicts,[1] as well as Danijel Cvetkovic, Biljana Konstantinovic, Mile Cvijovic, Ivana Simovic and Andrija Martinovic in supporting roles.

The film premiered in January 2024 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.[1]

Awards

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The film won the Glocal Images Best Film Award at the 2024 Cyprus Film Days,[3] and both the Golden Tower for best film and the Gorki List Audience Award at the 2024 Palić European Film Festival.[4]

At the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, it won the Vanguard Award.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Marko Stojiljković, "Review: 78 Days". Cineuropa, 30 January 2024.
  2. ^ Douglas Johnson, "IFFR 2024 review: 78 Days (Emilija Gašić)". International Cinephile Society, 3 February 2024.
  3. ^ Vassilis Economou, "78 Days and Embryo Larva Butterfly win big at the 22nd Cyprus Film Days". Cineuropa, 23 April 2024.
  4. ^ Marko Stojiljković, "Emilija Gašić's 78 Days wins big at Palić". Cineuropa, 29 July 2024.
  5. ^ Gail Johnson, "Vancouver International Film Festival announces winners of 2024 juried awards". Stir, October 3, 2024.
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