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Dog Day

A young and enthusiastic dog-sitter Srna comes to work one day, where she discovers that the dog is dead, and the dog's owner has a list of weird requests for her. Trying to quiet her own guilt over a dog's death, even though she's not necessarily guilty at all, Srna agrees on everything.

  • Jelica Jerinić
    Director
    Girls Who Cut Their Hair Short
  • Jelica Jerinić
    Writer
    Girls Who Cut Their Hair Short
  • Jelica Jerinić
    Producer
    Girls Who Cut Their Hair Short
  • Maria Tyminski
    Key Cast
    "Srna"
  • Maija Paunio
    Key Cast
    "Maria"
  • Eeva Putro
    Key Cast
    "Ida"
    Tuntematon sotilas, Innuendo, Poissa
  • Antti Autio
    Key Cast
    "Jussi"
  • Mariana Nunes Gomes
    Editor
    Sõlm
  • Fiona Musanga
    Director of Photography
  • Srdjan Popov
    Sound Designer
  • Toni Teivaala
    Sound Mixer
  • Aleksa Vitorović
    Colorist
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 47 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 31, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    750 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Finland
  • Country of Filming:
    Finland
  • Language:
    Finnish, Serbian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:39:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Academy of Moving People and Images
  • Bašta Fest
    Bajina Bašta
    Serbia
    July 3, 2021
  • Valjevski Filmski Susreti
    Valjevo
    Serbia
    December 11, 2021
Director Biography - Jelica Jerinić

Jelica Jerinić is a Serbian-born and Helsinki-based filmmaker. She holds a BA and MA in Dramaturgy, from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. She is an alumna of: Academy of Moving People and Images, Sarajevo Talents, European Short Pitch, EFM Fiction Toolbox Programme and Torino Film Lab. She has directed four short films: a documentary, "Girls Who Cut Their Hair Short", fiction films, "Dog Day" and "Duck Roast", and an 8mm docu-fiction, "Sweet Memories". She is currently developing a short fiction film "Imaginary Numbers", supported by Film Center Serbia, Croatian Audiovisual Centre and Creative Europe Media. She is a co-founder of a Helsinki based film collective "Film Tonight!".

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Director Statement

"Dog Day" is a story about people’s need to be liked, and how far we are willing to go to get others to like us. Being liked is especially important to Srna - as a recent immigrant, she has an inherent need to fit in, to belong. In many ways, "Dog Day" is a reaction to my own experiences since I moved to Finland, and the story speaks of struggle I personally understand very well.