development / fiction / drama / 100’
Jasna leaves her children and husband and returns to her childhood home, in order to care for her dying mother. However, her patience and kindness are not necessarily reciprocated, as Jasna is forced to confront the complex and fractured dynamic between parent and child.
A slow-burning meditation on loss, forgiveness and pain, MATER is provocative and blisteringly honest independent cinema.
Written and directed by: Jure Pavlović
Produced by: Jure Pavlović, Bojan Kanjera, Biljana Tutorov
Co-producers: Quentin Laurent, Srđan Šarenac
Developed through: Sources 2, Branko Bauer, Microwave, Maia, WEMW
Supported by: Croatian Audiovisual Centre – HAVC, Aide aux cinemas du monde – CNC, Film Center Serbia, Film Fund Sarajevo
Production: Sekvenca (HR)
Co-production: Les Films De L’œil Sauvage (FR), Wake Up Films (SR), Novi Film (BH), Peglanje Snova (HR)
Associate co-production: In Vivo Films (FR), Analog Vision (CZ)
HIGHLIGHTS:
Tallinn Black Nights FF – First Feature Competition (WP)
Best Croatian Film in 2020. – Oktavijan Critics Award
Best Actress, Photography, Sound Design and Debut Film – Pula Film Festival
Best Regional Film – FEST International Film Festival in Belgrade
Best Actress – Taormina Film Festival
Best Actress – San Jean De Luz
Special Mention – Cinedays Film Festival
Best Film – Bihac Avantura Film Festival