Fantasy

by Kukla

Fantasy, 2025, fiction, digital DCP, 1,5:1 (3:2), 24, c, 98 min
Finished
SI, MK
Sina, Mihrije and Jasna are best friends in their early twenties. Their boyish lifestyles often lead them into conflicts with neighbourhood boys who perceive them as a threat. A young transgender woman called Fantasy catches their attention. Fantasy slowly mesmerises the girls and their paths take different directions. Despite her strong opinions against romantic relationships, Sina becomes romantically entangled. Jasna, who lives with her frustrated mother, decides to take a job on a cruise ship in France. Mihrije runs away with Fantasy to Macedonia to avoid an arranged marriage. Her feelings for Fantasy become more and more intense. After their return to Slovenia, all girls realise they’ve grown apart and feel estranged from each other. On her way home, Mihrije stops at Fantasy’s apartment and discovers she has disappeared. Each in her own way, Sina, Mihrije and Jasna build the first steps of their adult lives, far from the destiny they were supposed to have.
screenwriter
Kukla
director
Kukla
producers
Lija Pogačnik, Barbara Daljavec, Vlado Bulajić
co-producer
Dejan Krajčevski
associate producers
Peter Perunović, Kukla
executive producer
Ana Pejova
director of photography
Lazar Bogdanović
music composer
Relja Ćupić
film editor
Lukas Miheljak
production designer
Maja Šavc
costume designer
Damir Raković
key make-up artist
Tinka Prpar
sound designer
Julij Zornik
featuring
Sarah Al Saleh, Mia Skrbinac, Mina Milovanović, Alina Juhart, Suela Bako, Denis Porčič, Romir Zalla
production
December
co-production
RTV Slovenija, Krug Film, Gliser, 001, Gustav film, MB Grip, Sndkt, Instant
in collaboration with
Film Studio Viba Film
co-funding
Slovenian Film Centre, North Macedonia Film Agency, Creative Europe - MEDIA
distribution
Gustav film
sales
Totem Atelier
Kukla

Kukla is a film director and musician. In 2014, she graduated from the film academy in Ljubljana. In the past years, she has been mostly directing music videos, which have reached over 100 million views. Her last short film Sestre (Sisters) has won Grand Prix International at Clermont Ferrand Film Festival 2021. Fantasy is her first feature film.

“The film explores the reawakening of the long silenced female gaze, inviting women to see themselves through their own lens rather than through external expectations.”
5 Vesna Award awards (28th Festival of Slovenian Film, 2025) , The Heart of Sarajevo best performance (SFF - Sarajevo Film Festival, 2025)