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.

December is a Ljubljana-based production company founded in 2013 by Vlado Bulajić and Lija Pogačnik (EAVE, EFA, FPS). With debut features Inventory (dir. Darko Sinko, 2021, San Sebastián) and Bitch, a Derogatory Term for a Woman (dir. Tijana Zinajić, 2021, Valencia) December established its presence internationally. The company later produced documentaries 2017 (dir. Goran Vojnović, 2022) and The Last Cowboy (dir. Tadej Čater, 2024, Sarajevo), and a debut feature Fantasy (dir. Kukla, 2025, Locarno), winner of the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Female Cast Ensemble and five FSF awards. International co-productions include The Diary of Diana B. (2019), Safe Place (2022), Dražen (2024), and Mother Mara (2024).