POPULAR PULA
TUESDAY
DIRECTOR: Daina Oniunas-Pusić
CLOSING FILM
COUNTRY: USA, UK
YEAR/DURATION: 2023. • 111′
fantazija, drama
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Daina Oniunas-Pusić
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Alexis Zabe
- EDITOR: Arttu Salmi
- SCORE: Anna Meredith
- CAST: Arinzé Kene, Jay Simpson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Leah Harvey, Lola Petticrew
- PRODUCERS: Ivana MacKinnon, Oliver Roskill, Helen Gladders
- PRODUCTION COMPANIES: A24, BBC Film, British Film Institute, Wild Swim Films, Gingerbread Pictures
- CO-PRODUCER: Tim Field
Synopsis
Zora lives with her terminally ill daughter Tuesday. One day, Death in the form of a size-altering macaw arrives and sends Zora and Tuesday on an emotional journey about life, love, and death.
Festivals and awards
Telluride Film Festival 2023
BFI London Film Festival 2023
Trailer
About the director
Daina Oniunas-Pusić
is a Croatian multi award winning writer and director based in London. She learnt her craft while studying film and television directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb before relocating to the U.K. to study at the London Film School. In 2013 Daina was the recipient of the Jelena Rajkovic award for best Croatian filmmaker under the age of 30, which led to her making her first professional short film The Beast. The project was selected and won the NISI MASA European Short Pitch in 2014. The Beast premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2015 and has since screened at over 20 festivals picking up numerous awards including the Golden Pram Award at Zagreb Film Festival, Jury honourable mention in Slamdance and best short fiction at LA Film Festival. Her next project, a comedy short entitled Rhonna & Donna was selected from over 300 by Creative England to be produced as part of their Funny Girls initiative. The film had its world premiere at FLICKERS’ Rhode Island and screened at Telluride film festival and many more.
Screening
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- ARENA – WEDNESDAY 17.7.2024.
21:30
- ARENA – WEDNESDAY 17.7.2024.
