SCÈNES MET MIJN VADER – SCENES WITH MY FATHER
Biserka Šuran | Netherlands, Croatia 2022 | 47 min. | Dutch, Croatian, English with English subtitles
TUESDAY, 21.05. | 5 pm
Kino De France, Saal 1 | TICKETS
together with ASTRAKAN 79
Austrian premiere
Biserka Šuran was two years old when her family fled the former Yugoslavia. Thirty years later, in search of answers to a repressed past, she invites her father into a conversation to explore her family’s history, the history of the Balkans and her own identity.
In an abandoned factory, she creates the setting for the dialogue. In SCÈNES MET MIJN VADER, props from the former Yugoslavia, love letters and anecdotes from relatives provide a glimpse into the past and help to create a space for an open dialogue between father and daughter. A deep-seated family trauma is revealed that is closely intertwined with the history of Europe.
Director: Biserka Šuran
Cinematography: Abel van Dijk
Editing: Nina Graafland
Sound: Jacob Oostra & Brandon Grötzinger
Production: Biser Productions
SCREENINGS & AWARDS
2022, IDFA, Netherlands, Envision Competition, Nominated for ‘Best Dutch Film.’
2023, Trieste Film Festival, Italy, Winner ‘Best Documentary.’
2023, ZagrebDox, Croatia, Winner ‘Best film by author under 35 years’, ‘Special Mention’ regional competition.
2023, Seefest L.A, U.S.A, Winner ‘Best Documentary.’
2023, UnderhillFest, Montenegro, official selection, regional competition.
2023, Beyond Borders | Kastellorizo, official selection, main competition, Winner ‘Best History Award’ and Winner of the ‘FIPRESCI Award’ of the 8th Beyond Borders | Kastellorizo International Documentary Festival.
2023, Liburnia Film Festival, Croatia, official selection, main competition.
2023, Netherlands Film Festival, Utrecht, official selection, debut competition, documentary short competition.
2023, Adelaide Film Festival, Australia, official selection, main competition.
2023, Retrospective ‘New Handwritings from the Balkans’, Hamburg, Germany
2023, Eastern Neighbours Film Festival, The Hague, Netherlands
2024, IFF-Integrazione Film Festival international competition, Bergamo, Italy
BIOGRAPHY
Biserka Šuran (Koper, Yugoslavia, 1989) is a Dutch-Croatian film director, living and working in Amsterdam. In 2015 she graduated as a documentary director from the Netherlands Film Academy with the short Allez, Viens!. Scenes with My Father is her debut film and premiered at the IDFA festival in the Envision Competition in 2022 and won the award for ‘Best Documentary’ at the Trieste Film Festival in Italy and the ‘FIPRESCI Award’ at Beyond Borders festival in Greece.
