Murina

MURINA

A teenage girl who decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.

  •  Original Title: Murina
  • International Title: Murina
  • Director: Antoneta Alamat Kušijanović
  • Year: 2021
  • Countries: Brazil, Croatia, Slovenia, USA
  • Dialogues: Croatian, English
  • Length: 92 min
  • Genre: Drama
  • Cast: Gracija Filipović, Leon Lučev, Danica Curcic, Cliff Curtis

Selective list of festivals and awards: Cannes Film Festival 2021 – Winner of Golden Camera

Director’s Biography: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic is a writer-director born in Dubrovnik, based in New York. Her first feature film „Murina” was developed with support from the Résidence de Festival Cannes, Cinéfondation, First Films First by the Goethe-Institut, and Jerusalem Film Lab is produced by Martin Scorsese Sikelia, RT features and Antitalent. Her short Into the Blue, was nominated for a Student Academy Award, and won awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival, Oberhausen Film Festival, and the Festival de Premier Plans, Angers, among many others. Antoneta holds an MA from Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb and an MFA in screenwriting and directing from Columbia University in New York. She is an alumna of the Berlinale Talent Lab, Sarajevo Talent Lab, La Femis Producing Atelier, and the Marcie Bloom Fellowship and a member of the Academy.