BALKAN DOX
Lavender
Lavanda
Director
Mateja Raičković
Producer
Emily Emina Džindo
Cinematographers
Layan Nairoukh
Mateja Raičković
Noor Hanania
Valeria Salas Montero
Editor
Sara Ristić
Sound
Bojana Ruvidić
Website
Contact
Mateja Raičković
[email protected]
Emily Emina Džindo
[email protected]
2025
Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary
17 min 34 sec
Color
“Lavender” is a personal documentary that follows director Mateja Raičković on a journey of healing and self-reclamation. Through intimate conversations, family encounters, and moments of reflection in nature, the film explores themes of vulnerability, trauma, connection, and inner strength. It is a quiet and emotional meditation on transformation and acceptance.
Director
Mateja Raičković holds a BA in directing (Cetinje) and an MA in filmmaking (Budapest). Focused on documentaries, she has participated in Beldocs, BorderPass, and AJB DOC. Her film Lavender won Best Short at Underhill 2025. Južina is supported by Film Centre Montenegro.
Other films in BALKAN DOX
A Strange Colour of Dream
Antigona
Blue, Revolution and VHS Tapes
Bright Future
Ceasefire
Greetings from Secretariat
Human Fiction
I Have Never Been on An Airplane
Inventory
Merging Bodies
Possibility of Paradise
Soil and Wings
Stars of Roma Termini
The Divided City of Mitrovica
The Mountain Won't Move
The Track
TWST - Things We Said Today
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