“CAT’S CRY” Screening – OFFA

Sunday, June 22, 2025 2:00 PM EDT
Cineplex Square One Mississauga

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CAT’S CRY

 Canada/Serbia/Croatia | Drama | 1hr 35m | Trailer

Eastern Canadian Premiere

Sponsor: PSW to the Rescue

SYNOPSIS: In a small Serbian town, Milena dreams of fame and independence amidst the allure of a Serbian music channel. Her aspirations and plans for the future are challenged when she gives birth to a baby with a rare genetic condition called “Cat’s Cry”. While her partner Igor and his family refuse to take responsibility for the baby, her father, Stamen, a retired factory worker, urges Milena to leave Igor and return home, offering to raise the child together. Overwhelmed and fearful of her future, Milena disappears. Now Stamen and his new wife, Vera, must fight a flawed Serbian social system for custody of their granddaughter, while Milena struggles to find her own way forward.

DIRECTOR: Sanja Zivkovic

STARRING: Jasmin Geljo, Andrijana Đorđević, Sanja Mikitišin

FILM FACT: Writer Goran Paskaljevic is one of Europe’s most respected independent directors.  He passed away after writing the script, then his children asked Sanja to make the film.He was born in 1947 in Belgrade (Serbia) and he studied at the well-known Prague school of cinema (FAMU). He has made 30 documentaries and 17 feature films (Cabaret Balkan, Special Treatment, Someone Else’s America,

Q&A: will include Actor Jasmin Geljo, plays Stamin (Grandfather).

SHORT FILM: Baby (dir. Andrea Ramolo), Music in the Pocket (Dir. Dir. Veronika Kostyuk)

HOST: Cynthia Crofoot