Serbia/ 2021/ 80’
DIRECTED BY: Tea Lukač
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sara Preradović
EDITED BY: Nataša Pantić
PRODUCER: Andrijana Sofranić Šućur
FESTIVALS & AWARDS: 55th KARLOVY VARY International Film Festival, East of the West competition, Czech Republic 2021, 14th BELDOCS International Documentary Film Festival, National competition, Serbia 2021, 17th CAMDEN International Film Festival, Official selection, USA 2021., 7th ULJU Mountain Film Festival, International competition, Republic of Korea 2022, 8 th ESSAY Film Festival, UK 2022, 18th ZAGREBDOX International Documentary Film Festival, Regional competition, Croatia 2022, 69th, MARTOVSKI International Film Festival, Official Selection, Serbia 2022.
Sitting in the back of a moving car, different passengers go on the road on the edge of a vast forest. They carry tales about hornet’s nests, petitions against nuclear waste, loneliness, carnival treats, folklore traditions, cemetery visits and roads leading home. The forest, serene in the sun, mysterious in the fog and wild on the river, frames the seven stories as they pass by.
Working in diverse fields from film to video art, Tea Lukač has directed short fiction films, documentaries, music videos and showcased at art exhibitions. Tea’s work thus far has traveled to film festivals worldwide, including Trieste, Jihlava and Dok.fest Munchen. She acquired Master’s degree with a documentary ‘The Most Important Boy in the World’ which premiered at IFF Beldocs in 2016 and won the awards for best music documentary at Doc’n’Rhytam IFF and best documentary at Balkan FF in Sweden 2017. Tea is a member of DokSerbia and an alumna of Ex Oriente. Her debut film, conceptual documentary ROOTS is set to premiere at the East of the West selection of Karlovy Vary IFF.