International Short Film Competition

UPON SUNRISE

After losing her job, a single mother engages in petty scams in an attempt to provide for her six-year-old son.

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ENGLISH TITLE:

Upon sunrise

Original title:

Kad svane

Director:

Stefan Ivančić

Country:

Serbia, Spain, Slovenia, Croatia

Genre:

fiction

Year:

2025

Length:

15’

Cast:

Milica Janevski, Dimitrije Baranov, Ramila Tomovic, Nadezda Djermanovic, Milica Stefanovic

Selective list of festivals and awards:

International Film Festival of Rotterdam 2025, Netherlands - World Premiere, Sarajevo Film Festival 2025, ​Bosnia and Herzegovina, FeKK - Ljubljana Short Film Festival 2025, Slovenia, ​Tirana International Film Festival​ 2025, Albania - Best Balkan Short Film Award, International Cinematographers’ Film Festival MANAKI BROTHERS 2025, North Macedonia

Director’s bio:

Stefan Ivancic is a film director, producer and programmer born in 1985 in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia.​He is a member of the selection committee of the Locarno Film Festival and is also a programmer at the Belgrade Auteur Film Festival. He teaches at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade.