You Have The Night
Spring Grants 2018
Ivan Salatic / Feature Narrative / Montenegro, Serbia, Qatar / 83 min / Original Language: English, Italian, Serbo-Croatian / Interests: Drama, Social Issues, Family, Identity
Synopsis
After losing her job as a hostess aboard a ship, Sanja finds herself stranded, with nowhere to go but home. Returning to her small coastal hometown in Montenegro, she discovers the shipyard has filed for bankruptcy, leaving many people out of work. Boats covered with tarpaulin are scattered around the forgotten landscape, set aside for better days. A storm comes, and one life is lost, while Luka waits for the night in the woods, a night in which everything could change.
Credits
- Director
- Ivan Salatic
- Screenwriter
- Ivan Salatic
- Producer
- Dušan Kasalica
- Production Company
- Meander Film
About the Director
Ivan Salatić was born in Dubrovnik in 1982 and grew up in Herceg Novi. After finishing art school in Belgrade, he started getting involved in film. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Cetinje. With his short films, in which he combines documentary and fiction, he participated in many international festivals, most importantly in the Venice Festival 2015 with his short film 'Backyards'. He has completed the Master Film Studies at the HFBK in Hamburg and is currently working on the finalisation of one fiction and one documentary feature.
Awards and Festival History
Festivals
"Venice IFF 2018, Critics’ Week (WP)
Sevilla IFF 2018
Thessaloniki FF 2018
Viennale IFF 2018
Rotterdam IFF 2019
Munich FF 2019
Manarat FF 2019
Sarajevo FF 2019"
Firebird Award, Hong Kong IFF 2019