The Ghosts You Draw On My Back

Fiction | 2023 | 15 min.
Premiere: Sarajevo Film Festival

Synopsis:
Teenage Sara travels to a small provincial town to attend the memorial service of her grandmother. The usually quiet village is occupied with the construction of the new railway. While fighting her wounds and fears, Sara finds shelter in a worker from the construction site.

Director: Nikola Stojanović
Writer: Nadja Petrović, Nikola Stojanović
Producer: Čarna Vučinić
Production: Non-Aligned Films (RS)
Supported by: Film Center Serbia

Distribution: Varicoloured

Downloads & links
Trailer  ·  EPK  ·  poster (HQ)  ·  stills

Awards
Best Short Film @ BAFICI – Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente
Best Director @ Cottbus Film Festival
Special Mention @ Fribourg International Film Festival
Special Mention @ Winter Apricots Prilep International Film Festival
East Wave Jury Mention @ BEAST International Film Festival
Special Jury Prize @ Seanema Film Festival

Festivals & screenings
Sarajevo Film Festival
Cottbus Film Festival
Fribourg International Film Festival
BAFICI – Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente
Free Zone Film Festival – Balkan Horizons
L’Europe autour de l’Europe – European film Festival Paris
20MINMAX Short Film Festival
CinÉast Luxembourg
Ismailia International Festival for Documentary and Short Films
Cinehill Motovun Film Festival
Winter Apricots Prilep International Film Festival
MedFilm Festival
OpenEyes Filmfest Marburg
BEAST International Film Festival
Crossing Europe Linz
In the Palace – International Short Film Festival
Beach Film Festival Ohrid
Seanema Film Festival
Martovski Festival – Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival
Bašta Fest
Japanese Serbian Film Festival
Pančevo Film Festival
Kraljevo Film Festival