Studentski Program

18 min

Director and Screenplay: Kristijan Kostadinovski

Director of Photography: Ana Pavlovska

Cast: Dimitrija Markovski, Dejan Lilić, Jordan Simonov, Luka Jovanovski

Alek is a young man who works at a marketing agency. It is a monotonous job that suppresses his desire to create music. Alek finds himself in conflict between his desires and the life imposed on him by society.
Unable to stand up for himself, he feels trapped, like a stranger in his own life. He wants to quit and focus on music, but he doesn’t believe in himself, feels worthless, and is pushed to the edge — both literally and metaphorically.
As Alek spends his day, we see moments from the lives of people in the city who face similar, and even more severe, existential problems.

24min

Genre: Drama

Country of Production: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Director and Screenwriter: Vuk Popović

Production Company: Academy of Arts, University of Banja Luka.

Producer: David Lajšić.

Cast: Taksista – Ljubiša Savanović, Ranko – Senad Milanović, Baka – Radenka Ševo, Političar – Boris Šavija, Majka – Svjetlana Andrić, Kum – Vladimir Đorđević, Konobar – Aleksandar Blanić
Director of Photography: Luka Malić
Editor: Stribor Letić

A taxi driver from Sarajevo works and lives in Banja Luka. One morning, he receives a call from a relative in Stockholm regarding a job offer. Indecisive, he doesn’t accept the job immediately. During the day, he drives people around and spends the day lonely. He is a man of contemplation and spends most of his time listening to the people he meets. He goes to his godfather’s for dinner and postpones the relative’s call again. The next day, he visits a mental health institution to see his brother. In conversation with his brother, who is slowly losing touch with reality, he sits quietly and listens as his brother recounts a story about a dove. He faces a difficult decision — to leave or to stay?

18 min

Screenplay and Director: Sara Horvatić

Production / Producers
November 2023, VERN’ University, Producer: Sara Horvatić

Cast: Tea Harčević, Lav Novosel, Laura Anić Kaliger, Zdenka Šustić, Damian Humski, Davor Svedružić, Vlasta Ramljak, Toni Kukuljica, Vanja Gvozdić

Photography student Barbara is preparing her first solo exhibition — invisible problems become increasingly visible, and her fear-driven reactions lead to change.

17 min

Director: Karlo Gagulić

Screenplay by: Luka Šamadan

Main Cast: Ksenija Marinković, Ksenija Pajić, Martina Čvek, Filip Vidović, Željko Königsknecht, and Zijad Gračić

Production/Producers: VERN University (Producer Zara Grubešić), Playbox Production (Producer Karlo Gagulić)

A witty portrayal of the fragility of romantic relationships clashing with primitiveness. Through an ordinary family situation, the film exposes conflicting views on the sacredness of revealing vulnerabilities in seemingly happy relationships.

12 min

Director: Jose A. Ruiz

Cast: Lenin Castelanos, Ana Vidal, Ruben Martinez

Have you ever felt like you’re searching for something or someone?

That there’s someone made just for you? That there must be something more?

We don’t know what you feel, but we know what our characters feel.

Discover the places where the story unfolds and experience it to the fullest.

20 min / Comedy – Drama

Screenplay and Director: Paul Charreyron
Production: Charlotte Bedolla / charlottebedolla@hotmail.fr
Director of Photography: Ciael.
Sound: Léo François
Composer: Pablo Cortina
Cast: Pierre Teillard, Édouard Morgat, Sylvain Pineau

Though they haven’t seen each other in a long time, La Gish decides to reunite her two friends, Tropez and Tomtom, for a weekend of camping, fishing, and laughter — just like in the good old days. Except there are two problems: this trip takes them straight to the cliff where their fourth friend, Vince, died, and their friendship hasn’t survived.

Emotionally lost, La Gish now tries to mend the broken friendship between the bitter Tropez and the distant Tomtom. Together, they will try to reach their destination while finally going through the grief for Vince.