Country: Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
Year: 2015
Duration: 92'
Jasmin, who was once a successful actor in the former Yugoslavia, lives in Toronto after having left Sarajevo to escape from the civil war. He works as a bricklayer, barely making ends meet, and juggles auditions and tryouts in the attempt to relaunch his career. He is cast in a role which brings back memories of painful events he had never gotten over and has to face reality once and for all, making his peace with a past that still weighs down on him.
Biography
film director
Igor Drljača
Igor Drljača (Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina, 1983) moved to Canada in 1993 after civil war broke out in the former Yugoslavia. In 2011, he completed his studies in film production at York University. The cofounder with Albert Shin of the production company TimeLapse Pictures, he has directed the shorts Mobilni Snovi (2008), On a Lonely Drive (2009), Woman in Purple (2010) and The Fuse: or How I Burned Simon Bolivar (2011). In 2012, he debuted in feature films with Krivina, which was presented at the Toronto Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Mobilni Snovi (cm, 2008), On a Lonely Drive (cm, 2009), Woman in Purple (cm, 2010), The Fuse: or How I Burned Simon Bolivar (cm, 2011), Krivina (2012), The Waiting Room (2015).
Declaration
film director
“The idea behind The Waiting Room is rooted in the experiences of performers from former Yugoslavia in Toronto. It combines fiction with biographical elements, and is partially inspired by lead actor Jamin Geljo’s life in Toronto. Jasmin was successful actor in pre-war Sarajevo, and was part of a wildly popular televised stage show Audicija, many of whose members are still successful actors today. Jasmin, like many others, left his homeland during the war in the 1990s, aware that this would be likely permanent, but always hoping to return.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay
Igor Drljača
soggetto/story
Igor Drljača, Jasmin Geljo
fotografia/cinematography
Roland Echevarria
montaggio/film editing
Ajla Odobašić
scenografia/production design
Rachel McParland
costumi/costume design
Tiffany Briseno
musica/music
Mitchell Akiyama
suono/sound
Alex Turner, Matthew Chan, Rob Hutchins
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Jasmin Geljo (Jasmin), Filip Geljo (Daniel), Maša Lidzek (la figlia/daughter), Ma-Anne Dionisio (Patricia), Cynthia Ashperger (Azra), Željko Kekojević (Zoran), Goran Slavković (Miro), Christopher Jacot (Derek), Inka Malović (Svetlana), Tatjana Čornij (Melisa), Daniela Vlaskalić (Vanja), Emir Geljo (il padre/father), Dragana Varagić (la sorella/sister)
produttori/producers
Igor Drljača, Albert Shin, Munire Armstrong, Jordan Barker, Borga Dorter
produzione/production
TimeLapse Pictures, Gearshift Films, YN Films
contatti/contacts
TimeLapse Pictures
Albert Shin
albert@timelapsepictures.ca
www.timelapsepictures.ca
Igor Drljača
soggetto/story
Igor Drljača, Jasmin Geljo
fotografia/cinematography
Roland Echevarria
montaggio/film editing
Ajla Odobašić
scenografia/production design
Rachel McParland
costumi/costume design
Tiffany Briseno
musica/music
Mitchell Akiyama
suono/sound
Alex Turner, Matthew Chan, Rob Hutchins
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Jasmin Geljo (Jasmin), Filip Geljo (Daniel), Maša Lidzek (la figlia/daughter), Ma-Anne Dionisio (Patricia), Cynthia Ashperger (Azra), Željko Kekojević (Zoran), Goran Slavković (Miro), Christopher Jacot (Derek), Inka Malović (Svetlana), Tatjana Čornij (Melisa), Daniela Vlaskalić (Vanja), Emir Geljo (il padre/father), Dragana Varagić (la sorella/sister)
produttori/producers
Igor Drljača, Albert Shin, Munire Armstrong, Jordan Barker, Borga Dorter
produzione/production
TimeLapse Pictures, Gearshift Films, YN Films
contatti/contacts
TimeLapse Pictures
Albert Shin
albert@timelapsepictures.ca
www.timelapsepictures.ca
