The 50th Alexandre Trauner Art and Film Festival which takes place in the Hungarian town of Szolnok has just wrapped up. The festival has been named after the famous film set designer since last year. The Serbian film Dog Days of Summer by Nikola Stojanović has won the second prize in the short or animated film by a young director category.
The film is about a teenage girl full of life who moves to California and leaves behind everything she ever loved. In her dead working-class city in Serbia, she spends her last days with her two childhood friends. Abandoned places bring memories of childhood war, and the two boys are torn apart by their love for the same girl.
The film was directed by Nikola Stojanović, and written by Nađa Petrović. The producers were Tijana Savić and Anđa Zikić, the DOP Mladen Teofilović, and it was edited by Nikola Stojanović. The cast: Jelena Tjapkin, Nikola Pavlović i Mario Vrečo, Milijana Kravić, Boban Ilić, Jelena Radenović, Gordana Seizović, Sanja Stojanović.
The film was produced by the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade.