Floating

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Floating

Floating
Jelena Milunović
International Competition Animated Film
Animated Film
Serbia,
Croatia,
Germany
2025
7 minutes
Serbian
Subtitles: 
English
German premiere

When the woman in curlers opens the door, Papa is blown away: Like a breath of air, a storm or tornado, he is blown in and back out. Even in his own apartment he is ungraspable: He grows and shrinks, becomes fragile or threatening, knocks everything down. And then he literally flies away, hurling eggs at passers-by. Caught in all this is his daughter, who at first can only helplessly stand by and who finds it increasingly difficult to visit him – the steps grow higher, the floor turns into chewing gum. Finally, she looks up at the sky and sees him hover there.
What to do when one’s father suffers from mental illness? How to deal with it when the responsibility (of care) switches sides so early in life? Jelena Milunović explores this, using bold, very tender and not always obvious parables. She sets strong colour accents: The depressed episodes are in claustrophobic black and white, the ecstatic highs are colourful free-hand drawings. And the red balloon, which briefly appears in the beginning as a metaphorical vehicle of hope, might point the way to bringing the two of them back together.


Marie Ketzscher

Contains mentions of mental health conditions

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28.10.
#242
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29.10.
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Director
Jelena Milunović
Script
Jelena Milunović
Producer
Miloš Ivanović
Co-Producer
Draško Ivezić, Jelena Milunović, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Sound Design
Luka Barajevic
Animation
Jelena Milunović, David Lovrić
Animation Technique
2D Digital

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Main Contact
Jelena Milunović
jelena.milunovic9@gmail.com
Nominated for: mephisto 97.6 Audience Award