17/10/2023 - The Bosnian helmer’s tenth feature, after debuting with No Man’s Land in 2001, is a love story set on the Croatian island of Prvić

Actors Anja Matković and Uliks Fehmiu on the set of After the Summer (© Aleksandar Ljubičić)

On Tuesday 10 October, the shoot for the newest film by Danis Tanović was completed on the Croatian island of Prvić. The movie, titled After the Summer, is envisioned as a comedy-drama with an unlikely late-summer romance at its core. That romance transforms into a story of acceptance and love towards the other, the island, one’s own roots and, most importantly, oneself.

After the Summer is the tenth feature directed by Tanović, the filmmaker best known for his debut feature, No Man’s Land [+see also:
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Matković also plays one of the two lead roles in this movie. Her principal acting partner is Uliks Fehmiu, most recently seen in Ines Tanović’s The Son [+see also:
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After the Summer is being produced by Lana Matić and Boris T Matić for Croatian production house Propeler Film. The co-producers are Jelena Mitrović, Miha Černec, Joško Rutar, Mirsad Purivatra, Jovan Marjanović and Anamaria Antoci, while Baš Čelik (Serbia), Tramal Films (Slovenia), Obala Art Centar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Tangaj Production (Romania) serve as the co-producing companies. The film has been financially supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Slovenian Film Centre, Film Center Serbia, the Sarajevo Canton Cinema Foundation, the Romanian National Film Center, BH Telecom and Creative Europe – MEDIA.