1001 Nights

Rea Rajčić

Croatia | 2023 | 15 min

Credits:

Directing: Rea Rajčić

Cinematography: Marinko Marinkić

Editing: Klara Folnović

Sound: Luka Gamulin

Music: Dubravko Robić

Production: Eclectica / Tina Tišljar and Rea Rajčić

Synopsys:

1001 Nights tells the story of EMA (85) and MAJA (80), the most loyal viewers and the funniest critics of Turkish soap operas. For the last five years, Ema and Maja have spent every evening together, watching Turkish series in Ema’s apartment in the Mediterranean town Split as a way of coping with loneliness. This is a story about a microcosmos that appears where we least expect it, but when we need it the most. It is a story of a friendship that started when everything else ended.

Festivals / Awards:

• Toronto International Film Festival, Short Cuts – Short Film Competition Programme, Toronto, 2023 
• Zagreb Dox, Regional Competition, Croatia, 2024
• Docaviv, Short Competition Programme, Israel, 2024
• Norwegian Short Film Festival, TIFF Film Presentation, Norway, 2024
• Herceg Novi Film Festival, Short Film Competition Programme, Montenegro, 2024