Stefan reunites with his family to celebrate his grandmother’s eightieth birthday for the first time after his mother’s recent passing. This homecoming, driven by his urge to complete a film about his mother and an attempt to make amends by rescuing a stray dog, will ignite an introspective journey for Stefan. Inspired by the director’s real-life experiences and starring his actual family members, the film blends reality and fiction to conduct an intimate cinematic inquiry into bereavement and grief.
"The idea for this film came as my mother was battling cancer, and she had moved herself to our lake house because she wanted to be in nature and fight the cancer with alternative methods. Fifteen years before that, she won that battle, and she was certain when it came back that she’d win it again on her own. But by that time, it had already progressed. Photographing her, at first, the camera became a kind of tool for me to stay close to her. And because I couldn’t help her, I used it in a way to heal, to objectify this situation so I wouldn’t be so crushed by it all." (Stefan Djordjević)
Stefan Đorđević
Born in 1987 in Bor, Serbia. Stefan Djordjevic was initiated into cinema through the feature fiction Tilva Roš (2010), in which he played one of the two leading roles. He studied at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, where he received his BA and MA. His short fiction film The Last Image of Father premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and received awards at many film festivals. Wind, Talk to Me is his debut fiction feature.