snajka: diary of expectations

Written and Directed by: Tea Vidović Dalipi

documentary / 75' / croatia, italy, kosovo,

Snajka: Diary of Expectations is a participative-observational documentary about the Croatian-Roma couple Tea and Mirsad, their daughter Frida and an attempt of a life together, stretched between family pressure and compromises they are both willing to make. Their respective endowments were economically and culturally practically incompatible, so they had to face an unrewarding challenge of balancing their family baggage in the form of previous generations’ legacy on the road between Croatia and Kosovo. Joined in their wish to find a solution for their families’ unrealistic expectations, Tea and Mirsad will embark on a complex game of adaptation, which will finally prove to be a burden in their own intimacy. This extremely personal and intimate film unmasks a series of family rituals, traditional stereotypes, even cultural racism, amidst which two people in love are trying to find the right measure between fulfilling the image their parents have and the need to stay true to themselves and live by their own values. Tea and Mirsad obstinately try to be obedient children to their parents and, at the same time, free-spirited parents to their daughter Frida, which seems an impossible task, all the love notwithstanding.

Original Title: SNAJKA: DIARY OF EXPECTATIONS

 

Written & Directed by:Tea Vidović Dalipi

 

Produced by: Oliver Sertić (Restart)

Co-producers: Stefano Tealdi (Stefilm), Bujar Kabashi (Möbius)

Executive producers: Vedran Senjanović, Oliver Sertić

Associate Producer: Vanja Jambrović, Eroll Bilibani, Elena Fillipini, Edoardo Fracchia

 

Cinematographers: Tea Vidović Dalipi, Dinka Radonić

 

Editing by: Jelena Maksimović

 

Production Company: RESTART (HR)

in Co-Production with: STEFILM (IT), AL JAZEERA BALKANS, MÖBIUS (XK)

in association with: TABAHANA FILM (XK)

 

FESTIVALS

  • DOKUFEST 2023, Prizren, XK – official selection (‘Special Screenings’, eligible for audience award) / world premiere
  • SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL 2023, Sarajevo, BA – program ‘Human Rights Day’
  • MAKEDOX 2023, Skopje, MK – competition (‘Newcomers’)
  • LIBURNIA FILM FESTIVAL 2023, Opatija, HR – program ‘Restart’s Films’
  • RAB FILM FESTIVAL – RAFF 2023, Rab, HR – documentary competition / closing film
  • FREE ZONE FILM FESTIVAL 2023, Belgrade, Novi Sad, RS – competition (‘First Two Steps’)
  • POREČDOX 2023, Poreč, HR – competition / opening film
  • VERZIO FILM FESTIVAL 2023, Budapest, HU – ‘Doc Future Student and Debut’ competition
  • REVIEW OF DOCUMENTARY FILM ‘FIBULA’ 2023, Sisak, HR – official selection
  • NEPAL HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023, Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, NP – official selection
  • DOK.fest MÜNCHEN 2024, Munich, DE – program ’Best of Fests’
  • UNDERHILLFEST 2024, Podgorica, ME – regional competition
  • SHPEENADOX 2024, Labin, HR – main program
  • FOUR RIVER FILM FESTIVAL 2024, Karlovac, HR – special screening
  • KINOKOSOVA 2024, Bern, CH – official selection
  • AJB DOC 2024, Sarajevo, BA – program ‘AJB Screening’
  • SOFIA DOCUMENTAL 2024, Sofia, BG – program ‘Metamorphosis’
  • AKE DIKHEA? 2024, Berlin, DE – competition
  • BALCAN CROSSOVER 2024, Prague, CZ – official selection / opening film
  • EASTERN NEIGHBOURS FILM FESTIVAL 2024, Haag, NL – program ‘Documentaries Open Debates’
  • PRIMED 2024, Marseille, FR – competition (‘First Work’)
  • FIPADOC 2025, Biarritz, FR – program ‘Balkan Focus’

AWARDS

  • DOKUFEST 2023, Prizren, XK – audience award
  • FREE ZONE FILM FESTIVAL 2023, Belgrade, Novi Sad, RS – special mention (‘First Two Steps’)
  • VERZIO FILM FESTIVAL 2023, Budapest, HU – Doc Future Award / best debut film
  • AKE DIKHEA? 2024, Berlin, DE – best film

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