BALKAN SHORT DOX

Towards where to breathe

Director

Stefan Pavlović

Producer

Stefan Pavlović

Cinematographers

Abigail Avelar

Duško Pavlović

Editor

Stefan Pavlović

Music

Lara Sarkissian

Sound

Michael Bucuzzo

Stefan Pavlović

Contact

Stefan Pavlović
[email protected]

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2026

Netherlands

17 min 31 sec

Color

World Premiere

A voice drifts through water, air, and memory. Family images surface and repeat: a father swimming, animals rising for breath, a child suspended between swimming and flying. Words return, hesitate, and return again, searching for a way through breath and language, towards where to breathe.

Directors' Biography

Stefan Pavlović was born in the Netherlands to parents from former Yugoslavia. He studied filmmaking in California and creates films between documentary and fiction, blending improvisation with intimate storytelling. His work is rooted in real relationships and shared experiences.