Cherry Juice

supporting film "Balkan, Baby"

Storyline

Cherry Juice, which takes the viewer from Hamburg to Sarajevo, tells the story of two people for whom cinema means everything. Selma, a Bosnian screenwriter from Sarajevo, has written a screenplay processing her experiences as a refugee in Germany from the Bosnian War. But four weeks before the shoot is scheduled to begin, the project is cancelled.

About the film/director

As a child, Mersiha loved watching films and drawing, and by the time she was in high school, she was acting in German film and television productions, later attending acting school in Hamburg and since working as an actress in film and television, mostly for crime series like SOKO Munich. In 2015 she enrolled in The University of Art in Hamburg, directing several short films and a documentary before graduating in 2020 with her feature debut “Cherry Juice”, which she finished in July 2023.

Credits

Director:

Mersiha Husagic

Script:

Mersiha Husagic

Camera:

Oliver Nimz

Editor:

Mersiha Husagic

Animation:

Mersiha Husagic

Cast:

Niklas Löffler, Mersiha Husagic

Sound:

Alexander Precht

Music:

Casper Clemens, Alexander Precht, Markus Maria Hübner

Producer:

Mersiha Husagic, Birgit Gernböck

Contact:

Mersiha Husagic

E-Mail:

meri.husagic@googlemail.com

• Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany

• English, German, Bosnian / subtitles English
• 2023
• 88 min