World premiere

Sweet Sorrow

Local title
Magus kaotusvalu
Original title
Sunce mamino
Director
Kosta Djordjević
Country
Serbia, Croatia
Year
2023
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Main programme of Kinoff, Focus: Serbia and SEE* Neighbours, International Youth Competition Programme
Genre
dramedy, youth film
Subject
first love, child-parent relationships

After the death of his grandmother, Relja is faced with the dilemma of organizing her funeral, as his mother, Olga, refuses to do so due to their rocky relationship. Relja, who initially has little interest in the funeral, sees an opportunity to win over his crush Ana, who shows him emotional support during this difficult time. Against his mother's wishes, Relja takes on the task of organizing the funeral, using his wit and cunning to navigate between love and death. Will his risky plan succeed, or will it only make things worse for everyone involved?

Age recommendation: 14+

Director
Kosta Djordjević
Cast
Pavle Cemerikic, Branka Katic, Denis Muric, Alisa Radakovic
Producer
Milos Ivanovic, Kosta Djordjevic, Bojana Andric
Co-producer
Ivana Marinic Kragic
DoP
Bojana Andric
Editor
Vladimir Gojun
Composer
Filip Mitrovic
Sound
Micun Jaukovic
Production
Kinematografska kuca, Marinis Media
World sales
Film Republic
Runtime
Language
Serbian
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Director
Kosta Djordjević

Kosta Djordjević is a film and TV director from Belgrade whose short film "Street Walker" competed at Locarno / Pardi di domani and won him the prize for the best director at the International Student Film Festival Hyperion.
His first feature "Trolling" had international premier at Warsaw Film Festival in 2013 and wide national theatrical release in Serbia.
In 2019, "Love Cuts", his sophomore feature, won honourable mention at Dances With Films film festival and best film award at Evolution! Mallorca IFF.
Since 2018, Kosta has been directing regionally acclaimed TV series – "Black Sun", "Ubice Mog Oca" ("Legacy") and "ER".

Filmography:
Valik/Selected: Streetwalker (2004), Trolling (2013), Love Cuts (2019), Sunce mamino (Sweet Sorrow, 2023)

Just Film is presented by

Film Center Serbia
Croatian Audiovisual Centre

Screenings

7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening030701 / Magus kaotusvalu
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsKosta Djordjevic (Director), Bojana Andric (Producer, Director of photography), Milos Ivanovic (Producer), Branka Katic (Cast), Pavle Cemerikic (Cast), Filip Mitrovic (Composer)
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2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening061202 / Magus kaotusvalu
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsMyHits arutelu
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1st Hall Apollo Kino Jõhvi
Screening107102 / Magus kaotusvalu
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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1st Saku hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening131102 / Magus kaotusvalu
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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