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But, with the same observational technique, she is also able to convey all the mixed feeling of all her characters. Through the silent and suggestive observation of her heroine, KusijanoviД‡ nimbly shows the resurfacing of her buried pain, leading to the inevitable confrontation. She also succeeds in gently transmitting the growing loneliness, simmering pain, and disappointment of her protagonist, Julija, who desperately struggles to gain recognition and attention when she starts to feel she is increasingly being pushed away. She elegantly manages to convey the rising tension throughout the entire 20-minute film, leading to the obvious and foreboding tragic denouement. Her directing is precise and assured yet highly evocative and sensitive.

KusijanoviД‡ subtly and cleverly conveys the words of her partner in crime, screenwriter Christina Laziridi, to the screen. AnaвЂ™s mounting rejection re-ignites JulijaвЂ™s wounds and family history, thus awakening the monster of violence she thought she has left behind. But, Ana is in love with Pjero and Julija is no longer a priority. Emotionally scarred, Julija is desperate to reconnect with her best friend Ana. It is the story of thirteen-year old Julija, who, along with her mother, flees their abusive household in order to find refuge on an idyllic Croatian island where Julija grew up. Into the Blue was developed within the programs Berlinale Talents Short Script Station and the European Short Pitch in 2016. It is now having its regional premiere in the Short Film Competition at the 2017 Sarajevo Film Festival.

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Into the Blue, Antoneta Alamat KusijanoviД‡вЂ™s latest brilliant and mesmerizing short film started its festival circuit run at this yearвЂ™s Berlinale, where it won the Special Jury Mention for Best Short Film in the Generation 14Plus section, the first of a series of awards.

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