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“God Will Not Help” is Hana Jušić’s sophomore feature film.

World premiere at the Concorso internazionale: 78th Locarno Film Festival 2025

A Kinorama Production in co-production with Horsefly Films, Micro Film (Romania), Nightswim (Italy), Maneki Films (France), Perfo Production (Slovenia), ERT (Greece)

Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Eurimages, Italian Ministry of Culture (MIC), Romanian Film Center CNC, Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center – Creative Greece | Co-Production Window, European Union – NextGenerationEU, ERT S.A., Filming in Croatia, Aide aux Cinémas du Monde – Centre national du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée – Institut français, Slovenian Film Centre, Viba Film, HRT,  Re-Act

story

A Chilean woman, Teresa, comes into a firmly structured and isolated mountain community of Croatian shepherds in the early 20th century, claiming to be the widow of their émigré brother. Her arrival heavily changes the dynamics between the members of the community and brings unrest, but Teresa also brings freedom.

Director

Born in 1983; obtained her MA degree in Film and TV Directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. She previously graduated in Comparative Literature and English Language and Literature from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in 2007, and enrolled in the Postgraduate Doctor’s Study of Literature and Film. She has written and directed several short films before directing her feature film debut, Quit Staring at My Plate in 2016, a Croatian-Danish co-production supported by Eurimages. The film premiered at Venice Days 2016, after which it traveled to over a hundred festivals. It received over thirty awards including: FEDEORA for Best European Film at Venice Days, Best Director Award at Tokyo International Film Festival, Grand Prix at Crossing Europe Festival in Linz, Best Feature Film Award at Seminci in Valladolid, Best Actress Award at Vilnius International Film Festival, among others. Besides Quit Staring at My Plate, her screenwriting credits include two feature films and the TV series The Last Socialist Artefact (2021) that she co-wrote with two other writers. The series premiered at Series Mania, winning the Best Series Award in the Panorama program.

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