GOD WILL NOT HELP

GOD WILL NOT HELP

BOG NEĆE POMOĆI

Directed by Hana Jušić
Croatia, Italy, Romania, Greece, France, Slovenia | 137 min | 2025 | Croatian, Spanish | drama

A traditional mountain community goes into turmoil when a mysterious foreign
woman arrives claiming to be the wife of a man who left them many years ago.

Credits 

Director: Hana Jušić
Screenplay: Hana Jušić
Cinematography: Jana Plećaš
Editing: Jan Klemsche
Production Design: Laura Boni
Sound Design: Marius Leftărache

Cast: Manuela Martelli, Ana Marija Veselčić, Filip Đurić, Mauro Ercegović Gracin, Nikša Butijer, Tina Orlandini, Bogdan Farcaș, Ivan Skoko, Vinko Kraljević

Production Company: Kinorama
Co-production Companies: Nightswim, microFILM, Horsefly Films, Maneki Films, Perfo Production, ERT S.A.

With support of: Hrvatski audiovizualni centar, Eurimages, Italian Ministry of Culture (MIC), Romanian Film Center – CNC, Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center – Creative Greece | Co- Production Window, European Union – NextGenerationEU, Aide aux Cinémas du Monde – Centre national du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée – Institut français, Slovenski filmski centar, Viba Film, ERT S.A., HRT, Re-Act

  • Hana Jušić
    Hana Jušić
    Croatia

Festivals & Awards

World Premiere – Locarno Film Festival 2025 | Concorso Internazionale

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Hana Jušić
Croatia

Hana Jusic (September 20th 1983, Šibenik) obtained her MA degree in Film and TV
Directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. She previously graduated in
comparative literature and English language and literature from the Faculty of
Humanities and Social Sciences in 2007, and enrolled in the Postgraduate
Doctor’s Study of Literature and Film. She has written and directed several short
films before directing her feature film debut “Quit Staring at My Plate” in 2016,
Croatian-Danish co-production supported by Eurimages. Film premiered at
Venice Days 2016, after which it had a festival run of over a hundred festivals. It
got more than thirty awards which include: FEDEORA for Best European film at
Venice Days, Best Director award at Tokyo International Film Festival, Grand Prix
at Crossing Europe festival in Linz, Best Feature Film Award at Seminci in
Valladolid, Best Actress award at Villnius International Film Festival, among
others. Besides Quit Staring at My Plate, her screenwriting credits include two
feature films and the TV series The Last Socialist Artefact (2021) that she co-wrote
with two writers. The series premiered at Series Mania winning Best Series
Award in Panorama program. The series was screened at ARTE and Filmin.
‘Quit Staring at My Plate’ is her debut feature film as a director/screenwriter. The project was developed at screen­writing workshop Torino Film Lab, the programs Script & Pitch and TFL – FrameWork, intended for projects in pre-production.

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