Nevena Desivojević's short film will have its world premiere at the In The Palace – International Short Film Festival.
The short film "Bright Summer Days" (2025, FIC, 14'), directed by Serbian filmmaker Nevena Desivojević, will have its world premiere at the 22nd edition of the In The Palace – International Short Film Festival, taking place from June 27th to 30th at the Palace of Culture in Pernik, Bulgaria.
The film portrays the emotional reunion of two sisters after years of separation, exploring the complexity of familial bonds and shared memories as the only thread connecting them. The production is a co-production between Serbia, North Macedonia, Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Republic of Srpska, with the participation of the Portuguese production company Terratreme Filmes.
In addition to "Bright Summer Days", two other Portuguese short films have been selected for the festival: "That's How I Love You" (Mário Macedo, 2024, Croatia/Portugal, FIC, 18') and "The Hunters" (David Pinheiro Vicente, 2024, Portugal/France, FIC, 30').
"That's How I Love You", by Mário Macedo, is a Croatian-Portuguese co-production, with a screenplay by Ivor Radmilović Pavlek. The film follows a young boy spending the holidays at his grandparents' house, where he learns a harsh lesson about mercy. It has been widely recognized, with 22 festival selections and two awards.
"The Hunters", by David Pinheiro Vicente, is a Portuguese-French co-production that portrays a bourgeois family on vacation at a countryside house in the 1970s, as an era of repression nears its end. The story focuses on teenage cousins and the latent tension that erupts into violence with the arrival of an outsider. The film was awarded Best Director at the Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival and has been selected for 13 festivals.
