Dir. Una Gunjak | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, France, Norway, Qatar | 2023
An emotionally charged teen drama about social masks and the suffocating absurdity of patriarchal society. Special Mention of the Locarno Film Festival
new gaze
93 min.
Fiction
debut
15, 19 november ONLINE. from 00:00 to 23:59
Excursion
Dir. Una Gunjak | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, France, Norway, Qatar | 2023
An emotionally charged teen drama about social masks and the suffocating absurdity of patriarchal society. Special Mention of the Locarno Film Festival
new gaze
93 min.
Fiction
debut
15, 19 november ONLINE. from 00:00 to 23:59
The parents of schoolchildren from Sarajevo stay up late discussing their children's upcoming excursion to Venice. Many of the adults are worried about the kids' safety, recalling a recent story on social media about how seven girls returned from a similar trip pregnant. Meanwhile, in the neighboring classroom, a noisy group of children play "truth or dare": teenagers spin the bottle, squeal, roll their eyes, and make endless videos for Instagram. At some point, everyone turns their attention to a 15-year-old Iman, a quiet straight-A student with a pink pixie cut: her classmates are asking if it is true that she had sex with a highschooler. Out of thirst for attention, the girl confirms the rumor and, what's more, announces that she is pregnant. An innocent lie soon gets out of control and grows into a stormy scandal that will not only jeopardize Iman's reputation and the upcoming excursion but will also plunge the heroine headlong into the sobering reality the conservative Bosnian society lives in.
The parents of schoolchildren from Sarajevo stay up late discussing their children's upcoming excursion to Venice. Many of the adults are worried about the kids' safety, recalling a recent story on social media about how seven girls returned from a similar trip pregnant. Meanwhile, in the neighboring classroom, a noisy group of children play "truth or dare": teenagers spin the bottle, squeal, roll their eyes, and make endless videos for Instagram. At some point, everyone turns their attention to a 15-year-old Iman, a quiet straight-A student with a pink pixie cut: her classmates are asking if it is true that she had sex with a highschooler. Out of thirst for attention, the girl confirms the rumor and, what's more, announces that she is pregnant. An innocent lie soon gets out of control and grows into a stormy scandal that will not only jeopardize Iman's reputation and the upcoming excursion but will also plunge the heroine headlong into the sobering reality the conservative Bosnian society lives in.