Azra

by Tijana Zinajić

Azra, fiction, digital DCP, c
In progress

AZRA (45) is a professional photographer who has a family portrait studio. Day in and day out, she is surrounded by wedding couples and families, who follow her instructions and pose and smile for the camera. For some time now, she has wanted to divorce her husband NIKO (50), who emotionally and physically abuses her. But with his psychological manipulation and threats that, in the case of their divorce, he will get custody of their daughter JELENA (10), Niko again and again forces Azra to desist.

screenwriters
Tijana Zinajić, Deja Crnović, Iza Strehar
director
Tijana Zinajić
producers
Lija Pogačnik, Vlado Bulajić

production
December
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, Creative Europe - MEDIA

December
Lija Pogačnik
lija@decemberfilm.si
Vlado Bulajić
vlado@decemberfilm.si

Tijana Zinajić (1973) studied French and Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana and later graduated in Theatre Directing from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television. She works as a theatre director, film director, actress and acting coach and has worked as a casting director for many Slovenian films and series. She has received numerous national and international awards for her work. Azra is her second feature film.

Production company December, founded in 2013 by Vlado Bulajić and Lija Pogačnik, has consistently demonstrated its ability to produce innovative and critically acclaimed projects. Their journey started with three short films, one of which won over 25 international awards, laying the foundation for our first two feature films, both released in 2021. “Inventory” by Darko Sinko premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, and “Bitch, A Derogatory Term for a Woman” by Tijana Zinajić premiered at the Valencia Film Festival. In 2022, they released their first documentary “2017” by Goran Vojnović, followed by “The Last Cowboy” by Tadej Čater, which premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2024. Among international co-productions are the Croatian “The Diary of Diana B” (2019) by Dana Budisavljević, “Safe Place” (2022) by Juraj Lerotić and “Dražen” (2024) by Danilo Šerbedžija, as well as the Serbian feature “Mother Mara” (2024) by Mirjana Karanović.