MARE
O.V. in Croatian and English subtitled in Spanish and English
Calmly and without any fuss, Mare achieves two things any good film should aspire to: building a solid, charismatic and credible character, and accurately portraying a vital state that is difficult to define. The character is Mare ( the one for whom Marija Skaricic won a prize in Sarajevo), a married woman with children who, despite living in Dubrovnik, an airport city, has never flown. Her life's state is a low-profile dissatisfaction paid for by the routine, lack of encouragement and endless obligations of being a mother and wife, which Mare finally notices following a passionate affair with a Polish worker, in a film of outstanding honesty and emotional solvency.
Andrea Štaka
Andrea Štaka lives in Zurich, Switzerland. She graduated from the MFA film program at the Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK. Her films Hotel Belgrad and Yugodivas have brought her great recognition at film festivals such as Locarno and Sundance and have won several awards. Both films were nominated for Best Film at the Swiss Film Awards and theatrically released. Her first feature film Fraulein won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival, the Heart of Sarajevo and the Swiss Film Award for Best Script. Her second feature film Cure – The Life of Another (2014) screened in competition at the Locarno Film Festival and was awarded at the Film festival Max Ophüls Preis among others. Mare (2020), her third feature film, won two awards at Sarajevo. She is a member of the European Film Academy.