Remember my Song (Sjeti se moje pjesme)

Jelena Bosanac, Tanja Brzaković

The Jablan tavern existed in the 1980s and was located in a small village, Jugovo Polje, in Croatia, SFRY. Jablan was a symbol of “brotherhood and equality” for its owners, guests, musicians, and waiters. It was a place where people of different generations and education gathered – from workers and peasants to doctors, even music and sports stars of the ‘80s, it was a place where nationality and religious affiliation played no role. Nevertheless, the first shooting between Serbs and Croats took place in Jablan, which heralded the war in Croatia and ended Jablan’s carefree days. The film protagonists reconstruct the events, from the day the tavern was created, to its destruction, witnessing how a place of love and joy became an object of hatred and destruction within a few months.

Croatia, Serbia 2026, '61

DIRECTOR: Jelena Bosanac, Tanja Brzaković

SCENARIO: Jelena Bosanac, Tanja Brzaković

CAMERA: Boško Đorđević, Željko Felbar

MONTAGE: Hrvoslava Brkušić

PRODUCERS: Vanja Jambrović, Nebojša Miljković

PRODUCTION: Restart, Talas Film

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

World Premiere

Jelena Bosanac

Jelena Bosanac was born in Virovitica, Croatia. From 2006 to 2011, she studied acting at the Academy of Arts in Belgrade in the class of Mirjana Karanović. After her studies, she went to Italy to work with the theatre group Baal Teatro. In 2012, she got a role in the German-Serbian theatre play Froesche im hot Wassen. Jelena then decided to continue her master’s degree in Germany. She studied MA Performance Studies in Hamburg and then a master’s degree in theatre education at UdK in Berlin (graduated in 2018). Before her studies, she worked as an “au pair” in Germany, that experience inspired her to shoot her first documentary film The Road to Hollywood (2019). She has acted in numerous short films in Germany, including Vanished (2018), Gottes Wille (2019), Home (2020), Saint Jelena (2022), Istina (2023). Jelena lives in Berlin and works as a freelance actress, performer, theatre teacher and director.

Tanja Brzaković

Born in Belgrade, Tanja Brzaković studied film and TV directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. This study was followed by postgraduate studies at the University of Hamburg. Worked as assistant director and director in Belgrade, Hamburg and Berlin, screenwriter and assistant professor. Thanks to my many years of experience, she had the opportunity to direct 15 short feature films and documentaries, and four full-length documentaries. Tanja’s films have been screened at international festivals around the world and have won several awards, such as at the Shoking Short Award / 13th Street Festival, Sehsüchte in Potsdam, Munich – Silver Award for German Short Film, Bergischer Filmpreis, Golden Knight in Palermo. She is a recipient of scholarships from the Nipkow Program and the Künstlerinnen Programm of the City of Berlin. She is a member of the European Film Academy.