Experiencing Interruptions?

Why Don't You Dance?

A young couple is moving into an apartment to live together. Pressured by responsibilities, they leave the new home for a bicycle ride that brings them to a yard full of things for sale- things from the life one man is leaving behind.

  • Isidora Ratković
    Director
  • Isidora Ratković
    Writer
  • Academy of performing arts Sarajevo
    Producer
  • Helena Vuković
    Key Cast
    "Anja"
  • Saša Krmpotić
    Key Cast
    "Dino"
  • Mirsad Tuka
    Key Cast
    "Man"
  • Alen Alilović
    Director of photography
  • Vedrana Mijić
    1st Camera Assistant
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    23 minutes 19 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 1, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    300 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Country of Filming:
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Language:
    Bosnian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.66:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Academy of performing arts Sarajevo
  • Across the Globe Film Festival March 2021
    New York, Stokholm
    Monthly Finalist
  • Sarajevo Film Festival
    Sarajevo
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    August 17, 2021
    World Premiere
    BH Student Selection
  • Balkan Panorama Film Festival
    Izmir
    Turkey
    September 30, 2021
    Asian Premiere
    Official competition for the Yellow Umbrella Award
  • Betina Film Festival
    Betina
    Croatia
    August 18, 2021
    BAFF Regional Shorts
  • Canal de Panama International Film Festival
    Panama City
    Panama
    August 15, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Kraljevski Filmski Festival
    Kraljevo
    Serbia
    September 25, 2021
    Nomination for best International Short Film
  • VERACRUZ Short Film Festival
    Veracruz
    Mexico
    August 21, 2021
    Official student short film selection
  • Betina Film Festival
    Betina
    Croatia
    August 21, 2021
    Best Regional Short Film
  • Valjevski Filmski Susreti
    Valjevo
    Serbia
    December 10, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Međunarodni filmski festival Prvi Kadar
    Istočno Sarajevo-Zvornik
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    November 29, 2021
    Student short film Selection
  • Zagreb Film Festival
    Zagreb
    Croatia
    November 16, 2021
    Sarajevo Film Festival: Izbor Kratkih Filmova
  • International Film Festival Bosnia-Herzegovina Looks Around
    Bottrop
    Germany
    November 13, 2021
    Official Student Selection
  • HER International Film Festival
    Dublin
    Ireland
    November 26, 2021
    Ireland
    Official Selection
  • HER International Film Festival
    Dublin
    November 28, 2021
    Best of Festival Award
  • HER International Film Festival
    Dublin
    Ireland
    November 28, 2021
    Award for Best Student Film
  • HER International Film Festival
    Dublin
    Ireland
    November 28, 2021
    Best Directing Award
  • Postfest Sarajevo
    Sarajevo
    November 7, 2021
    Student Film Selection
  • A-Filmteensfest
    Prague
    Czech Republic
    December 1, 2021
    Czech
    1D Fictional Movie
  • A-Filmteensfest
    Prague
    Czech Republic
    December 1, 2021
    Third Award in Category 1D
  • Leskovac International Film Directing Festival- LIFFE
    Leskovac
    Serbia
    September 21, 2021
    Official Student Selection
  • Leskovac International Film Directing Festival- LIFFE
    Leskovac
    Serbia
    September 21, 2021
    Grand Prix Award for Best Young Director
  • Filmski Festival Obnova
    Novi Sad
    Serbia
    September 1, 2021
    Official Student Selection
  • Alexandre Trauner Film Festival
    Szolnok
    Hungary
    October 21, 2021
    Hungarian
    Official Student Film Selection
  • Alexandre Trauner Film Festival
    Szolnok
    Hungary
    October 21, 2021
    Special Award for Student Film
  • NGFF- New Generation Film Festival
    Belgrade
    Serbia
    November 25, 2021
    NGFF Official Selection
  • NGFF- New Generation Film Festival
    Belgrade
    Serbia
    November 25, 2021
    Festival Award
Director Biography - Isidora Ratković

Isidora Ratković was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegowina in 2000. She is a student of film and theater directing on ASU in Sarajevo. Her short film Baka (2018) was screened in BH Film programme of Sarajevo Film Festival, and her Ritam Odgađanja (2019) was awarded as the best film of Sarajevo Film Festivals Teen Action Programme. In november 2020., she won the award for best student project in development on 18. Zagreb Film Festival Youth Pitching Forum.

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