''Excursion'' () is a 2023

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film written and directed by Una Gunjak. Starring Asja Zara Lagumdžija, Nađa Spaho, Maja Izetbegović,

Mediha Musliović Mediha Musliović (born 28 February 1975) is a Bosnians, Bosnian actress. She graduated in 1998 at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. Filmography Films TV series External links

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Izudin Bajrović Izudin Bajrović (born 9 February 1963) is a Bosnian theater, film and television actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 1986. Recent activity In 2017, Bajrović signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs ...

and Muhamed Hadžović. It was selected as the Bosnian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the

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. It is a co-production between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, France, Norway and Qatar. ''Excursion'' had its world premiere at the 76th Locarno Film Festival on August 4, 2023, where it competed for the Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present and was honored with a Special Mention.

Synopsis

Iman, who, as her ninth grade class prepares for a field trip, attracts the attention of an older boy. After a game of truths and dares, a rumor spreads through the school that Iman is

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and threatens the field trip, Iman finds herself in a storm of expectations and restrictions, and the events she caused spiral out of control.

Cast

* Asja Zara Lagumdžija as Iman * Nađa Spaho as Hana * Maja Izetbegović as Mediha *

* 1975 births Living people Actresses from Sar ...

as Razrednica *

as Dedo * Muhamed Hadžović as history teacher * Vedran Tuce as music teacher

Production

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began on April 22, 2022, and ended on May 29 of the same year in the Canton of

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Release

''Excursion'' had its world premiere on August 4, 2023, at the 76th Locarno Film Festival, then screened on August 16, 2023, in the out-of-competition section at the 29th

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Reception

Critical reception

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'' wrote: "''Excursion'' is especially strong when it comes to dramatising the social and emotional dynamics between those caught in the tricky middle-ground between girlhood and maturity".

Accolades

References

External links

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