Sarajevo City of Film: On the Set with the SMART GIRLS Film Crew

Photographs of the shooting you can see here!

Shooting of the film under the working title SMART GIRLS has been continued on Sunday, April 11th, within the 2010 Sarajevo City of Film Programme. On this occasion we have interviewed Hana Jušić and Sonja Tarokić, film directors and scriptwriters.

As put by the film authors themselves, film SMART GIRLS brings a story about two roommates with answers to all possible questions, raised in accordance with a guiding principle that nothing life brings can surprise them. This is a story about young know-it-all girls, who live in a society where the only important thing is not to step out from the usual set of values.

The two directors were inspired to make this film during their stay in Sarajevo, while taking part in the 3rd Sarajevo Talent Campus.

“During the Sarajevo Talent Campus we were lying in the bed, watching ‘Dancing with the Stars’ TV show, and eating wafers. We wanted to make a film about the women living in such a world, since we too were often required to function within it. Until now, we mostly dealt with the women’s issues, but from a more serious perspective. Therefore, we now decided to try working on a comedy and play with the stereotypes about women”, Hana Jušić pointed out.

Sonja Tarokić talked about the initiation of the cooperation on this project:

“Hana and I were colleagues during our graduate studies on film and TV directing in Zagreb, we get along well and have very similar sensibility. This is our first film together, although we have been supporting each other on the previous projects.”

While participating in the Sarajevo Talent Campus, Hana and Sonja met the actress Marina Vodeničar from Serbia, with whom they have applied to the 2010 Sarajevo City of Film Call for Entries. One of the roles in the film is played by a young actress from Croatia, Karla Brbić, whereas the decision on engagement of actors Edo Husić and Enes Salković was made at casting in Sarajevo.

Shooting of the SMART GIRLS is scheduled to be finished on Monday, April 12th.