23.LFF
Opatija
26.-30.08.2025.

Film

Scenes with My Father

LFF21, In competition

ABOUT THE MOVIE

In "Scenes with My Father", filmmaker Biserka Šuran, takes her father on a trip down memory lane in which she revives scenes from their country of birth, former Yugoslavia. Memories are reflected in cinematic decor sets in which they converse about nationality, identity, love, dreams and regrets. Love letters, archive material and anecdotes from family members give the audience an insight into the trials and tribulations the family experienced when they were forced to leave their home country. This symbolic road-trip therapeutically heals wounds from the past as the director and daughter Biserka creates space to relate to her father’s experience and inevitable choices. The result is an inspiring conversation that many viewers might like to have with a parent.

Biserka Šuran

Biserka Šuran (Koper, Yugoslavia, 1989) is a Dutch-Croatian film director, living and working in Amsterdam. In 2015 she graduated as a documentary director from the Netherlands Film Academy with the short "Allez, Viens!". In 2018 she started developing "Scenes with My Father" within the IDFAcademy & NPO-fonds workshop. The film premiered at the IDFA festival in the Envision Competition and won the award for Best Documentary at the Trieste Film Festival in Italy. "Scenes with My Father" is her debut film.

Title: Scenes with My Father
Year of production: 2022
Duration: 46
Director: Biserka Šuran
Screenplay: Biserka Šuran
Photography: Abel van Dijk
Production: Biserka Šuran
Production company: Samostalna produkcija, Biser Productions