QUIT STARING AT MY PLATE

QUIT STARING AT MY PLATE

Ne gledaj mi u pijat

Directed by Hana Jušić
Croatia | 2016 | 105 min | drama | Croatian

Marijana’s life revolves around her family, whether she likes it or not. They live on top of one another in a tiny apartment, driving one another crazy. Then her controlling father has a stroke and is left completely bedridden, and Marijana takes his place as head of the clan. Soon, she is working two jobs to keep everything afloat, while her mother and disabled brother do their best to scupper the ship. Driven to the edge, Marijana finds comfort in seedy sex with random strangers; and this taste of freedom leaves her wanting more. But now that she has finally found freedom, what’s she meant to do with it?

Cast & Crew

Director: Hana Jušić
Screenplay: Hana Jušić
Cinematography: Jana Plećaš
Editing: Jan Klemsche
Cast: Mia Petričević (Marijana), Nikša Butijer (Zoran), Arijana Čulina (Vera), Zlatko Burić (Lazo)
Producers: Ankica Jurić Tilić (Kinorama), Peter Hyldahl (Beofilm), Morten Kjems Hytten Juhl, Maria Møller Christoffersen (Beofilm)

  • Hana Jušić
    Hana Jušić
    Croatia

Festivals & Awards
Bratislava International Film Festival – Best Actress
Seminci Valladolid – Best Film
Tokyo Film Fetsival – Best Director
Venice Days – Fedeora Award for Best European Film
Warsaw Film Festival – Special Mention in Competiton 1-2
Vilnius IFF – Best Actress
Sofia IFF – Special Mention for Best Actress
Crossing Europe Filmfestival – Crossing Europe Award Competition Fiction
FEST International Film Festival – Belgrade Victor Best Film- Main Program, Best Actress
PriFest International Film Festival – Program Honey and Blood, award for the Best Actress, Award for Balkan Best Director
Montenegro Film Festival – Golden Mimosa for Best Director
Leskovac International Festival of Directing – LIFF 2017 – Grand Prix Zivojin for Zika Pavlovic
Mojkovac’s Cinematic Autumn 2017 – Best Actress Award, Best Support Actor Award
NIFF Nordic International Film Festival 2017 – Award for Best Narrative Feature
goEast International Festival of Central and Eastern European Film – Special Mention
Nikola Tanhofer Award – DOP Jana Plecas
Vladimir Nazor Award for screenwriting and directing
Palic Film Festival – Prize of the International Critics’ Jury
Pula Film Festival – Croatian Society of Film Critics Award, Golden Arena Best Director, Golden Arena Best Actress, Golden Arena National Competition: Best Supporting Actress, Golden Arena Best Costume Design, Young Cinephiles Award Best Croatian Feature Film
Zagreb Film Festival – Special Mention Feature Film
Cinedays – CineBalkan, Best Film

press quotes

A fleeting glimpse of a certain humanity in the midst of so much soullessness.
Jana Plecas’ polished cinematography appears to seek out beauty even in the most extreme decay, alternating suggestive and almost surreal sequences with more documentary-like moments.
The cast members are perfectly in sync with each other.
Cineuropa

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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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