One and done, as someone may be wont to say. For the most part, I am happy watching short films once. That is the first quality I noted in ‘Into the Blue’. What is less predictable is the deeper meaning that is connoted, one that reveals itself further upon repeat viewings. At least, that is the more predictably part, so to speak, as Kusijanović and her team attempt to encompass much of life’s bigger questions to be denoted within a shorter diegetic timeframe. Certainly for fans of the genre, this is a narrative triangle that is a familiar trope to coming of age stories that forms much of the bread and butter of this category. You can probably tell how the rest of the story will unfold, I believe. Though at first it may seem like an easy one to reestablish, theirs is a relationship complicated by the presence of Pjero (Dominik Duzdevic). Here, as they attempt to flee an abusive present, Julija is keen to reconnect with her childhood friend, Ana (Vanesa Vidakovic Natrlin). It tells the story of Julija (Gracija Filipovic), a thirteen year-old who returns her mother (Natasa Dangubic) to the island where she had grown up. She holds an MFA in directing from Columbia University in New York.Fikri Jermadi leaves the shallow end of the pool to ruminate over Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s deep dive.Īt first glance, ‘Into The Blue’ is a short film which provides a relatively run-of-the-mill affair. Currently she is attending the Résidence du Festival of Cinéfondation in Paris where she is developing her first feature film, MURINA, about a Croatian family swept onto an island that reveals the hidden violence between parents, lovers, and their children.Īntoneta is an alumna of the Marcie Bloom Fellowship and numerous labs, including: the Berlinale Talent Lab and Short Film Station, Sarajevo Talent Lab and City of Film, Nisi Masa Short European Pitch, La Femis Producing Atelier, Bloom/Spiegel Partnership Meetings and First Films First. Her short Into the Blue - a tense coming of age set on the rocky cliffs over the Adriatic - was awarded a Special International Jury Mention at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and the Youth Jury Award at the 63rd Oberhausen Film Festival, and has screened at major festivals around the world: Sarajevo, Odense, Brest, Aspen, and more. Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic is a writer-director born in Dubrovnik whose dramas explore the darker side of desire, the limits of family, and the danger of secrets.
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