Best Director, Sarajevo Film Festival 2025

Original language: Romanian, English, Serbian

Subtitles: Romanian, English

Directed by: Ivana Mladenovic

Country: Romania, Serbia, Italy, Spain

Year of production: 2025

Length: 103 minutes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

If you wish for something hard enough, the whole Universe will work in your favour?

Stela fell in love with a Balkan musician - seeing him on TV. 

Determined to meet him, she accepts help from Vera, a glam starlet rumoured to be his mistress. Their worlds collide when Vera promises to rescue Stela from her poverty-stricken life by taking her to Bucharest, where she runs a sex products business.

Credits

Ivana Mladenovic – Director

Ivana Mladenovic, Adrian Schiop, Momir Milosević – Script

Marius Panduru – Cinematography

Vanja Kovačević – Editing

Dejan Kragulj, Oriol Campi – Sound

Ada Solomon, Ivana Mladenovic – Producers

Ines Vasiljevic, Stefano Sardo, Bernat Manzano – Co-producers

Casting

Katia Pascariu

Cendana Trifan

Miodrag Mladenovic

Arnold Kelsch

Cătălin Dordea

Adrian Radu