The debut film of screenwriter and director Emilija Gašić, "78 Days," which was shortlisted for the Best Pitch selection of the first Novi Sad film festival, was screened at the Rotterdam Film Festival IFFR 2024.
The plot summarizes how three sisters in a tiny Serbian town document their routines on a home video during the 1999 bombing. The days are boring until unexpected city kids, both boys and girls, move into a neighbor's home...
Milica Gicić, Tamara Gajović, and Viktorija Vasiljević were chosen for the role of the three sisters; their parents are played by Jelena Đokić and Goran Bogdan, and Pavle Čemerikić is also in the cast. Ines Gowland is the director of photography, Maja Đuričić is the set designer, and Senka Radivojević is the costume designer.
The project for this film was submitted to the competition of the Film Center of Serbia for the year 2021.
The production company behind the movie was "Set Sail Films." The narrative and project for the film were developed at the workshop of the Venice Biennale Cinema College festival, which is produced by Miloš Ivanović and Andrijana Sofranić Šućur.
Emilija Gašić is known as the author of the short films "An Unknown Friend," "Vrtlog," and "Waiting.".