Short film

Something Sweet

2012 · 19 min

A quiet, tender slice of childhood where small cravings and a friend's departure carry unexpected emotional weight.

Directed by: Jelena Gavrilović
Genres: Drama
Starring: Mak Alijević, Jasna Đuričić, Rijad Gvozden

Overview: Ena, a 10 year old girl, who lives with her young mother and grandmother, has a constant urge to eat something sweet, and she never actually gets to eat some, by the end of the day ending up having a different “culinary”experience with her friend Ado who is in the eve of moving to Frankfurt.

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Directed by: Jelena Gavrilović
Genres: Drama
Starring: Mak Alijević, Jasna Đuričić, Rijad Gvozden

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
coming-of-age
class
friendship
isolation
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	0
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	0
Tension	2
Darkness	4
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Jelena Gavrilović
Written by: Tanja Šljivar
Starring: Mak Alijević, Jasna Đuričić, Rijad Gvozden, Selma Ćosić, Sara Dačić, Dora Glinac, Adi Hrustemović, Hana Kalač
Runtime: 19 min
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
Languages: Bosnian

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