How I Learned to Fly

Leto kada sam naucila da letim

A seemingly boring vacation with two old ladies turns into a life-changing experience for 12-year-old Sofia as she kisses a boy, reunites with her estranged family, and faces mortality on an idyllic island in the Mediterranean.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Available at the Agora Market TIFF63.

Direction: Radivoje Andrić

Script: Ljubica Luković, based on the novel The Summer I Learnt to Fly by Jasminka Petrović

Cinematography: Dušan Joksimović

Editing: Dejan Urošević

Sound: Vladan Korać (design), Momchil Bozhkov (mix)

Music: Vasil Hadžimanov

Actors: Klara Hrvanović, Olga Odanović, Snježana Sinovčić, Žarko Laušević

Production: Sense Production

Producers: Maja Popović Milojević, Milan Stojanović

Co-production: Kinorama, Art Fest, Silverart

Co-producers: Ankica Jurić TIlić, Mira Staleva, Stefan Kitanov, Katarina Krnacova

Costumes: Momirka Bailović

Production Design: Tajana Čanić Stanković

Make Up: Petya Simeonova, Atanas Temnilov

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovakia

Production Year: 2022

Duration: 89΄

Contact: Pluto Film Distribution Network GmbH

Awards/Distinctions: ECFA Award for best European Children’s Film – Buff FF, The CIAL (Environment Award) – Giffoni FF, Award Golden Arena for Best Croatian Contribution to a Minority Co-Production & Audience Award – Pula IFF

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Radivoje Andrić

Radivoje Andrić is a film and television director whose work has not only gained great popularity among audiences in the region, but some of his films have achieved cult status. His first feature Three Palms for Two Punks and a Babe (1998) had a regional audience of 280,000 and the film was screened at Cottbus, Sofia, Moscow, Prague, and London, among others. He is the acclaimed director of 40 episodes of the series Mile against Transition (2003–2007) and the author of the children’s book How to Make a Film, which educates children on the complex process of filmmaking. The book was also published in Indonesia, China, and Poland.