September Dawn
Serbia, 25 mins
When a gawky teenager devises a silly plan to impress his crush, they unexpectedly find themselves stranded on a remote island. As his harebrained scheme unravels, they must navigate the dangers of the wilderness and their own insecurities in this darkly comedic tale of self-discovery.
Writer/Director: Ivan Djurovic
Producer: Donovan Tolledo, Jelena Pranic
Director of Photography: Igor Marovic
Editor: Dragan von Petrovic
Sound Design: Milos Drndarevic
Cast: Darija Vucko, Teodor Vuckovac
Contact: Ivan Durovic, id2320@columbia.edu
Program H
Sunday, May 14th at 7pm ET
About the Writer/Director
Ivan is a filmmaker from Serbia who graduated from Columbia University School of the Arts in 2022. He has directed four short films that premiered and were showcased at major film festivals, including Munich, Nancy, and Thessaloniki. In 2020, he directed the EXIT Festival's Life Stream project in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme. Currently, he is in the final post-production stage of a feature documentary about the EXIT Music Festival, featuring renowned artists such as David Guetta, Paul Kalkbrenner, Amelie Lens, Sabaton, and Solomun.
About the Producer
Donovan Tolledo is a writer and producer born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Manila and Chicago. He recently received his MFA in creative producing. His work at Columbia won multiple grants and screened at Newfest and Outfest Fusion Film Festival. His thesis short, Fat Lip, received support from Panavision New Filmmakers Program and was a CUFF Jury Selects recipient. The feature-length script for Fat Lip landed him the 2022 Outfest Screenwriting Lab Fellowship and CUFF Faculty Honors. He is also a 2023 Film Independent Project Involve Producing Fellow
Jelena Pranic is a cultural manager and film producer from Serbia, based in Belgrade, with an M.A. degree in Management in Culture and Media from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. As a producer she has worked on 8 short films. So far, she has made three short movies with Ivan Djurovic.