My Late Summer
(Nakon ljeta)

directed by Danis Tanović
Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, Romania, 2024, 100'

Cankarjev dom Cinema My Late Summer (Nakon ljeta)

screenplay: Danis Tanović, Anja Matković, Nikola Kuprešanin
Cinematography: Miloš Jaćimović
Editing: Redžinald Šimek
Igrajo: Anja Matković (Maja), Uliks Fehmiu (Saša), Goran Navojec (Ičo), Almir Palata (Andrija), Mario Knezović, Marija Škaričić, Mirela Brekalo, Snježana Sinovčić, Luka Juričić, Boris Ler, Ivana Roščić, Jadranka Matković
Producers: Lana Matić, Boris T. Matić, Jelena Mitrović, Jovan Marjanović, Miha Černec
Production: Propeler Film
Festivals, awards (selection): Venice 2024

A young woman arrives on a remote island to solve an inheritance issue. In a whirlwind of new emotions, and through a series of unpredictable situations involving eccentric locals, she will finally face questions from her past.

Maja comes to a small Croatian island to prove that the late sea captain Jakša was her father and to collect her fair share of the inheritance. Since the procedure can be lengthy, she decides to stay there for a while. The only option for her is to take a waitressing job at the bar owned by Mayor Ićo which also comes with free accommodation. There, she meets an older US expat of Yugoslav origin, Saša, who fancies himself an aspiring writer and has moved there for the nostalgic aspect of the place. A romance sets in, but his life situation is just as complicated as hers. As seemingly innocent incidents threaten to destroy the fragile ‘ecosystem’ of human relationships on the island, Maja’s past comes back to haunt her.

“It’s a comedy on the edges. It’s a film about growing up. What’s funny is the main character is 30 years old, but it’s a story of a woman who never grew up. About someone who had a bitter past, and she comes to this remote island when her father dies, to get a piece of his property. But in the end, she gets something completely different. And she grows up, in a way.” (Danis Tanović)

Danis Tanović
Born in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1969. He grew up in Sarajevo, where he was involved in music and studied film directing. When the Yugoslav Wars broke out in 1992, he interrupted his studies and took to the battlefield, camera in hand. Immigrated to Belgium in 1994 to study directing in Brussels (INSAS). His debut film, No Man's Land, won Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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