Mrs. J, a former administrative clerk, decides to complete all her chores: wash a sink full of dishes, go to the store, and dig up an old family pistol. Her late husband’s pistol. She is determined to kill herself with that gun on the anniversary of her husband’s death. In a week’s time. She is prepared to finish all private and administrative works so that she may commit suicide in the way she wants. But to start doing all that she needs just one thing – a certificate about her employment over the past 20 years. In a country which is going through social transition, this will be highly complicated. Because living in transition is complicated. And to die is even more complicated.

Original Title: Rekvijem za gospođu J.
English Title: Requiem for Mrs. J.
Production Companies: SEE Film Pro (Serbia) with Geopoly film (Bulgaria) and Skopje Film Studio (Macedonia)
Co-production Companies: Alexander Rodnyanski (Russia), Surprise Alley (France)
Executive ProductionCompany: Art & Popcorn
Language: Serbian
Duration: 94 min
Genre: Drama, Dark comedy
Supported by: Eurimages, Film Center Serbia, Bulgarian Film Center, Macedonian Film Agency, CNC (France)
Year of production: 2017


Director: Bojan Vuletić

Writer: Bojan Vuletić

Director of photography: Jelena Stanković

Production design: Zorana Petrov

Edited by: Vladimir Pavlovski

Costume designer: Lana Pavlović

Make-up artist: Jasmina Mina Lilić

Sound designer: Boris Trayanov

Producers: Nenad Dukić (SEE FILM PRO, Serbia) with Pavlina Jeleva (Geopoly Film, Bulgaria) and Tomi Salkovski (Skopje Film Studio, Macedonia)

Co-producers: Alexander Rodnyanski (Russia), Alice Ormières (France)

Executive producer: Miroslav Mogorović (Art & Popcorn)

Line producer: Stefan Mladenović (Art & Popcorn)


Mirjana Karanović

Jovana Gavrilović

Danica Nedeljković

Mirjana Banjac

Vučić Perović

Valčo Karamasev

Srdjan Todorović

Boris Isaković


Awards:

goEast Film Festival (Wiesbaden, Germany) – Grand Prix – Golden Lily
Pune International Film Festival (Pune, India) – Special Jury Award
AL ESTE DEL PLATA (Buenos Aires, Argentina) – GRAN PRIX
Sofia IFF (Sofia, Bulgaria) – FIPRESCI AWARD
Mediterranean Film Festival of Tetouan (Tetouan, Morocco) – Mustapha Mesnaoui award
Mohamed Rekkab award
Otranto FFF (Otranto, Italy) – Goden Lighthouse
45th FEST – Belgrade International Film Festival (Belgrade, Serbia) –
The Best Screenplay Award for Bojan Vuletić
The Best Director Award for Bojan Vuletić
The Best Actress Award for Mirjana Karanović
Belgrade Victor for the best film in the national selection

Vrnjacka Banja FF (Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia) – Best Screenplay- Bojan Vuletić
10th Leskovac IFF, LIFFE (Leskovac, Serbia) – 3rd Award for the Best Film
Green Montenegro IFF (Zabljak, Montenegro) – 1st Prize (Ecology of Soul)

SOFEST (Sopot, Serbia) – Best Director- Bojan Vuletic

Festivals:

Berlin International Film Festival Berlin Germany – 2017 Panorama Special
FEST Belgrade International Film Festival Belgrade Serbia – 2017 national selection
SOFIA International Film Festival Sofia Bulgaria – 2017 Competition
Kino pavasaris Vilnius IFF Vinius Lithuania – 2017 Competition
Lucca IFF Lucca Italy – 2017 Competition
goEast Film Festival Wiesbaden German – 2017 Competition
Espoo Cine Film Festival Espoo Finland – 2017
Transilvania International Film Festival Cluj Romania – 2017 Supernova
Moscow IFF Moscow Russian Federation – 2017
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Karlovy Vary Czech Republic – 2017 Another View
Sopot Film Festival Sopot Serbia – 2017 Competition
Golden Apricot International Film Festival Yerevan Armenia – 2017 Competition
Odesa International Film Festival Odessa Ukraine – 2017 Competition
Funf Seen Film Festival Starnberg Germany – 2017
Herceg Novi Montenegro International Film Festival Herceg Novi Montenegro – 2017
T-Mobile New Horizons FF Wroclaw Poland – 2017 Discoveries (Panorama)
Vrnjacka Banja / Film Screenplay Festival Vrnjacka Banja Serbia – 2017 Competition
Sarajevo Film Festival Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2017 In Focus
Pristina IFF Pristina UNMI Kosovo* – 2017 Competition
Palic European Film Festival Palic Serbia – 2017 Competition
Der Neue Heimattfilm Freistadt Austria – 2017 Competition
Vukovar FF Vukovar Croatia – 2017 competition
Sakhalin Film Festival Sakhalin Russia – 2017 Special Program
Nis Film Festival Nis Serbia – 2017 Competition
Otranto Film Fund Festival Otranto Italy – 2017 Competition
10th Leskovac IFF Leskovac Serbia – 2017 Competition
Central and Eastern European Film Festival Luxembourg Luxembourg – 2017
Copenhagen IFF Copenhagen Denmark – 2017
Al Este Del Plata Buenos Aires Argentina – 2017 Competition
International Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier Montpellier France – 2017
Seville European Film Festival Seville Spain – 2017 The New Waves
Thessaloniki International Film Festival Thessaloniki Greece – 2017
Arras Film Festival Arras France – 2017 East Visions
Bratislava Film Festival Bratislava Slovakia – 2017 Cinema Now, Opening and Closing Film
Ljubljana International Film Festival Ljubljana Slovenia – 2017 Perspectives
Mostar International Film Festival Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2017
Cairo International Film Festival Cairo Egypt – 2017 Festival of Festivals
International Film Festival of India, Goa Goa India – 2017 Cinema of the World
Seoul Independent Film Festival Seoul South Korea – 2017
Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen de Bruxelles Bruxelles Belgium – 2017
Tbilisi International Film Festival Tbilisi Georgia – 2017 Forum of European Cinema
Pune International Film Festival Pune India – 2017
Balkan Florence Express Firenze Italy – 2018
Bengaluru International Film Festival Bengaluru India – 2018
Francophone Days Tirana Albania – 2018
Francophone Days Tunis Tunis – 2018
Francophone Days Pretoria RSA – 2018
Mediterranean Film Festival of Tetouan Tetouan Morocco – 2018 Competition
Titanic Film Festival Budapest Hungary – 2018 Festival Favourites
Beijing International Film Festival Beijing China – 2018 Beijing Film Panorama
Ankara Film Festival Ankara Turkey – 2018