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Into the Blue

Thirteen year old Julija and her mother flee their abusive household to find refuge on an idyllic croatian island where Julija grew up. Emotionally scarred, Julija is desperate to reconnect with her best friend, Ana. But Ana is in love with a boy and Julija is no longer a priority. Ana’s mounting rejection re-ignites Julija’s wounds and family history, awakening the monster of violence she thought she’s left behind.

  • Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
    Director
    If We Must Die (Short) , Oko za Oko: Eye for an Eye (Short) , Ripley (Short)
  • Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic
    Writer
  • Christina Lazaridi
    Writer
  • ZORAN DŽEVERDANOVIĆ
    Producer
    Idila, Hrepenenje, Niko
  • GRACIJA FILIPOVIĆ
    Key Cast
  • VANESA VIDAKOVIĆ NATRLIN
    Key Cast
  • DOMINIK DUŽDEVIĆ
    Key Cast
  • ANDRO REŽIĆ
    Key Cast
  • NATAŠA DANGUBIĆ
    Key Cast
  • MARIJA KOHN
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    U plavetnilo
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    drama
  • Runtime:
    22 minutes 7 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 8, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    100,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Croatia
  • Country of Filming:
    Croatia
  • Language:
    Croatian
  • Shooting Format:
    Apple ProRes 4444
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.39:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Berlinale - Special mention-Generation 14+
    Berlin
    Germany
    February 8, 2017
    Word premiere
    Special mention - Generation
  • ASPEN SHORTS FEST
    APEN
    United States
    April 6, 2017
    North America Premiere
    Official selection
  • Oberhausen International Short Film Festival
    Oberhausen
    Germany
    May 16, 2017
    Germany premiere
    Jury Award
Distribution Information
  • SND Films
Director Biography - Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović

Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic is a writer-director born in Dubrovnik whose dramas explore the darker side of desire, the limits of family, and the danger of secrets.
Her short Into the Blue — a tense coming of age set on the rocky cliffs over the Adriatic — was awarded a Special International Jury Mention at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, the Youth Jury Award at the 63rd Oberhausen Film Festival, the Heart of Sarajevo at the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival, Grand Prix at Chicago International Children Film Festival, and was nominated for a Student Academy Award.
Currently she is attending Jerusalem Film Lab and the Résidence du Festival of Cinéfondation in Paris where she is developing her first feature film, MURINA, about a Croatian family swept onto an island that reveals the hidden violence between parents, lovers, and their children.
Antoneta is an alumna of the Berlinale Talent Lab, Sarajevo Talent Lab, Nisi Masa Short European Pitch, La Femis Producing Atelier, the Marcie Bloom Fellowship, and First Films First.
She holds an MFA in directing from Columbia University in New York.

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