VIRGINS (DEVELOPMENT)

BOŽICE (orig. title)

feature | fiction | drama | 90′

logline: In a psychiatric hospital on a tiny Croatian island, a simple and naïve virgin in her late 30s befriends an addict in rehab who encourages her to explore her sexuality and eventually own her womanhood.

director: Dora Šustić
writer: Dora Šustić
production: Antitalent (HR)
producers: Maja Pek-Brünjes, Tea Matanović

workshops/markets: Eastweek Scriptwriting Workshop For New Talents 2017, Sarajevo Film Festival Script Station 2019, Mediterranean Film Institute (MFI) Script 2 Film 2021, Connecting Cottbus, cocoPITCH 2021 (Project Development Jury Award)
supported by:  Croatian Audiovisual Centre (script and project development support), RE-ACT (co-development fund 2022)
status: project development