Excursion | |
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Directed by | Una Gunjak |
Written by | Una Gunjak |
Produced by | Amra Baksic Camo Adis Djapo |
Starring | Asja Zara Lagumdžija Nađa Spaho Maja Izetbegović Mediha Musliović Izudin Bajrović Muhamed Hadžović |
Cinematography | Matthias Pilz |
Edited by | Clémence Diard |
Music by | Drasko Adzic |
Production companies | Film House Bas Celik Mer Film Nukleus film SCCA / pro.ba Salaud Morisset |
Release dates | August 4, 2023 (
Locarno) August 16, 2023 ( Sarajevo) |
Running time | 93 minutes |
Countries | Bosnia and Herzegovina France Norway Croatia Serbia Qatar |
Language | Bosnian |
Budget | €511,292 [1] |
Excursion ( Bosnian: Ekskurzija) is a 2023 drama film written and directed by Una Gunjak. [2] Starring Asja Zara Lagumdžija, Nađa Spaho, Maja Izetbegović, Mediha Musliović, Izudin Bajrović and Muhamed Hadžović. [3] It was selected as the Bosnian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. [4] It is a co-production between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, France, Norway and Qatar. [5]
Excursion had its world premiere at the 76th Locarno Film Festival on August 4, 2023, where it competed for the Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present and was honored with a Special Mention. [6] [7]
Iman, who, as her ninth grade class prepares for a field trip, attracts the attention of an older boy. After a game of truths and dares, a rumor spreads through the school that Iman is pregnant and threatens the field trip, Iman finds herself in a storm of expectations and restrictions, and the events she caused spiral out of control. [8]
Principal photography began on April 22, 2022, and ended on May 29 of the same year in the Canton of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. [1]
Excursion had its world premiere on August 4, 2023, at the 76th Locarno Film Festival, [9] then screened on August 16, 2023, in the out-of-competition section at the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival. [10] [11]
Neil Young from Screen Daily wrote: "Excursion is especially strong when it comes to dramatising the social and emotional dynamics between those caught in the tricky middle-ground between girlhood and maturity". [12]
Year | Award / Festival | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2023 | Locarno Film Festival | Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present | Excursion | Nominated | [13] |
Special Mention | Won | ||||
Adventure Film Festival "Avant & Una" | Unska sirena | Won | [14] | ||
Herceg Novi Film Festival - Montenegro Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Won | [15] | ||
Best Actress | Won |
Excursion | |
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Directed by | Una Gunjak |
Written by | Una Gunjak |
Produced by | Amra Baksic Camo Adis Djapo |
Starring | Asja Zara Lagumdžija Nađa Spaho Maja Izetbegović Mediha Musliović Izudin Bajrović Muhamed Hadžović |
Cinematography | Matthias Pilz |
Edited by | Clémence Diard |
Music by | Drasko Adzic |
Production companies | Film House Bas Celik Mer Film Nukleus film SCCA / pro.ba Salaud Morisset |
Release dates | August 4, 2023 (
Locarno) August 16, 2023 ( Sarajevo) |
Running time | 93 minutes |
Countries | Bosnia and Herzegovina France Norway Croatia Serbia Qatar |
Language | Bosnian |
Budget | €511,292 [1] |
Excursion ( Bosnian: Ekskurzija) is a 2023 drama film written and directed by Una Gunjak. [2] Starring Asja Zara Lagumdžija, Nađa Spaho, Maja Izetbegović, Mediha Musliović, Izudin Bajrović and Muhamed Hadžović. [3] It was selected as the Bosnian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. [4] It is a co-production between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, France, Norway and Qatar. [5]
Excursion had its world premiere at the 76th Locarno Film Festival on August 4, 2023, where it competed for the Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present and was honored with a Special Mention. [6] [7]
Iman, who, as her ninth grade class prepares for a field trip, attracts the attention of an older boy. After a game of truths and dares, a rumor spreads through the school that Iman is pregnant and threatens the field trip, Iman finds herself in a storm of expectations and restrictions, and the events she caused spiral out of control. [8]
Principal photography began on April 22, 2022, and ended on May 29 of the same year in the Canton of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. [1]
Excursion had its world premiere on August 4, 2023, at the 76th Locarno Film Festival, [9] then screened on August 16, 2023, in the out-of-competition section at the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival. [10] [11]
Neil Young from Screen Daily wrote: "Excursion is especially strong when it comes to dramatising the social and emotional dynamics between those caught in the tricky middle-ground between girlhood and maturity". [12]
Year | Award / Festival | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2023 | Locarno Film Festival | Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present | Excursion | Nominated | [13] |
Special Mention | Won | ||||
Adventure Film Festival "Avant & Una" | Unska sirena | Won | [14] | ||
Herceg Novi Film Festival - Montenegro Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Won | [15] | ||
Best Actress | Won |