Serbia, B&H / 2020. / 43′ / Documentary

Written and directed by: Aleksandra Mitrić-Štifanić

Produced by: Srđan Šarenac, Stefan Malešević

Cast: Matija Štifanić, Ivan Štifanić, Sanja Petrović-Todosijević

Production company: Novi film doo, Beograd & Slovo film doo, Banja Luka

Matija Štifanić (12) belongs to the new generation, but unlike his peers, he wants to face a story from the past. His great-grandmother Milka Menjak Štifanić was sent to Auschwitz as a Partisan in 1943 with the first women’s transport from the territory of the German occupation zone in Serbia. He didn’t have a chance to meet her, but he read her memoirs. His great-grandmother’s story intrigues him, and he starts to investigate it.

 

Aleksandra Mitrić-Štifanić 

Born in 1982 in Sarajevo. Graduated Drama and Media Production from Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts. As the valedictorian of Production Department in 2001, won the Bojan Lukić award. Completed her master’s studies at the Academy of Arts in Belgrade in 2020. She has been working in film and TV production since 1996, first as an author of TV shows for children produced by RTV Republika Srpska, later as an executive producer of TV shows, commercials, presidential campaigns, industrial and documentary films and series. As an executive producer, she made several vital documentaries in the forum Theater East Sarajevo’s production. She was a jury member at several festivals, since 2007 she has been the selector and artistic director of the International Film Festival First Frame in East Sarajevo. In Republika Srpska, she completed two significant projects for the decentralization of film art. Journey is her first auteur documentary.