Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day
Ivona Juka
2024
Four close friends, Lovro (21), Nenad (20), Stevan (22), and Ivan (20), fought against the Ustashas and Nazis by joining the partisans in WWII. Sixteen years later, they became renowned filmmakers. In 1957, in Communist Yugoslavia, their sexual orientation raises suspicion, and a communist party loyalist named Emir (52) is assigned to sabotage their careers and lives. The pursuit of freedom becomes a fight for survival for the artists, while Emir’s beliefs are challenged.
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Ivona Juka is an award-winning director whose films have screened at major A-list festivals. Her documentary FACING THE DAY made history as the first documentary to win the Heart of Sarajevo. Her fiction feature YOU CARRY ME premiered at Karlovy Vary, earned an EFA nomination, and was selected as Croatia's Oscar entry. Following acclaim from Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix acquired its worldwide rights. Her latest film, BEAUTIFUL EVENING, BEAUTIFUL DAY, is the official candidate for the 97th Academy Awards® and the Spanish Goya Awards.
If I Were Someone (2015); You Carry Me (2015); Some Other Stories (2010)
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