EVERYTHING AHEAD, 2021
director: Mate Ugrin
short fiction, 24:14 min
Branka is a young caretaker who has recently moved to an island to look after an elderly woman. After the harsh winter is over and her job is finished, Branka decides to stay on the island for the summer season. She gets a job in tourism, but the pay is meager and the job exhausting, making it just a temporary solution.
Mate Ugrin (born 1986 in Pula, Croatia) graduated in Filmmaking from the Academy of Arts (Belgrade, Serbia) in 2012. He holds a Master of Arts from the University of Fine Arts Hamburg (Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg) and finished the Meisterschüler program at the Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin). He directed several shorts, among which Recent Places (2016) and Meanwhile (2017) which was premiered at the Hamburg International Short Film Festival and won the German FIRST STEPS Award.
CAST
Tea Ljubešić
Nevena Šegota
Kristijan Kovilić
Maruška Aras
Felix Cadot
CREW
Director: Mate Ugrin
Screnwriter: Mate Ugrin
Producer: Tena Gojić
Co-producer: Tiphaine Robion
Cinematographer: Ivan Marković
Editors: Jelena Maksimović, Mate Ugrin
Sound designer: Jakov Munižaba
Production and costume designers: Hana Grebenar, Iva Maria Jurić
Production: Dinaridi Film, Vertical Production
Supported by: HAVC, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
WORKSHOPS AND MARKETS
Euroconnection Forum Clermont-Ferrand
Brusseles Co-production Forum
FESTIVALS
Sarajevo Film Festival 2021 – Best Short Film in the Official Competition
Zagreb Film Festival 2021 – Special Mention at Checkers Programme
Auteur Film Festival 2021 – Brave Balkan
Leuven International Film Festival 2021 – Official Competition