ROUTE-3

SHORT FILM
BY THANASIS
NEOFOTISTOS

In a tram on Route-3, the Old Lady in the leopard dress treats the passengers with juicy oranges during a hot, but rainy day in the centre of Sarajevo. Nadja, the princess-teen in her pink hijab; Luka, the virgin bully; an Orthodox Priest; an old creepy man and many, many more ordinary people in this tram have nothing in common, but a juicy slice of orange. All except a shy, yet horny, teenager named Amar.

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● The film is part of the "Sarajevo City of Film", powered by Sarajevo Film Festival.

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"ROUTE-3"

An OBALA ART CENTAR PRODUCTION in a
CO-PRODUCTION with IMAGINA PICTURES S.A & DNA LAB

DIRECTED BY

Thanasis Neofotistos

WRITTEN BY

Marina Symeou

PRODUCER

Dimitris Tsakaleas

Armin Hadzic

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

Jovan Marjanović
Mirsad Purivatra

Izeta Građević

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Emina Kujundžić

CAST

Enes Kozličić

Lazar Dragojević

Simonida Mandić

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Carmen Tofeni

EDITING

Panos Angelopoulos

Saša Peševski

SOUND DESIGN & MIX

Christos Sakellariou

Studio Chelia

Kostas Chrysogelos (DNA Lab)

MUSIC

Kostas Chaliasas

GENRE: Coming-Of-Age Comedy

YEAR: 2019

RUNTIME: 13 min

FORMAT: 2K | 4:3 | 25fps | 5:1 Sound | DCP |

LANGUAGE: Bosnian

SUBTITLES: English, Greek, TBA.

COUNTRY: Bosnia&Herzegovina with Greece

PREMIERE: 44th TIFF (Toronto 09.2019)

WEBSITE: www.route3film.com

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● The Screenwriter of the film, Marina Symeou, was the main actress of the director's successful short film PATISION AVENUE (2018).

● Posters by Sevi Xeini

● The film is shot inside the most historical Tram of Sarajevo: the Vienna's Tram.

● The "Sarajevo City of Film" project's idea was to merge alumni Sarajevo Talents to work together and create a short film tribute to Sarajevo City. The Director, Screenwriter, Producer and DOP were all alumni Talents.

● LOGLINE:
"Sex, Hijabs & a Tram full of oranges!"

● While the film is in Bosnian language, the director doesn’t speak Bosnian.

"As someone who is familiar with the unpleasant feeling of being afraid to express my attraction to someone in public, I identify with Amar, a teenager discovering his “forbidden” sexual attraction for this beautiful Muslim girl. I understand how he feels trapped and judged by the strangers in this conservative, yet full of sexual energy, tram ride of the historic Route-3 in the centre of the charming city of Sarajevo."

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director's note

THANASIS NEOFOTISTOS is a Film Director, Writer & Architect. Member of European Film Academy, Berlinale Talents alumnus & Head Programmer of Student Int’l Competition of DramaISFF. His short films have premiered in 75^th Venice IFF, in 44^th TIFF Toronto & won in 42^nd Clermont-Ferrand, amongst others.