The Chaotic Life
of Nada Kadić
2018 | Bosnia y Herzegovina y México | 85 min | bosnio
A mother with her little autistic daughter on a trip through Bosnia and Montenegro
Synopsis
Clueless, unable to finish what she starts, always doing a thousand things at once, but with a deep desire to get out of her routine and change her life. Nada, a single mother who just realized that her daughter has syptoms of being on the autism spectrum, will undertake a road trip to her hometown to reconcile with her past and accept her new reality.
"We must live life as it comes." Sin Embargo
Credits
Production company — Cine Vendaval
Directed by — Marta Hernaiz Pidal
Script — Aida Hadžibegović , Marta Hernaiz Pidal
Production — Jorge Bolado, Marta Hernaiz Pidal
Cinematography — Jorge Bolado
Editing — Marta Hernaiz Pidal, Mariana Rodríguez
Sound — Jorge Bolado, Abraham Chacra, Daniel Loustaunau, Mariana Rodríguez, Víctor Romero, Toyomi Makita
Music — Jorge Bolado
Cast — Aida Hadžibegović, Hava Đombić
Animation — Arturo Ambriz, Roy Ambriz, Beto Petiches
Art direction — Safet Đombić
Graphic design — Beto Petiches
Festivals
• Berlinale, Alemania 2018
• Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias, Colombia 2018
• Jeonju International Film Festival, Corea del Sur 2018
• First International Film Festival of Xining, China 2018
• Sarajevo International Film Festival, Bosnia y Herzegovina 2018
• Nara International Film Festival, Japón 2018
• Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón, España 2018
• Cambridge International Film Festival, Inglaterra 2018
• Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia, México 2018
• Mostra International Cinema de Sao Paulo, Brasil 2018
• Festival International de Films de Femmes Creteil, Francia 2019
• Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz, Austria 2019
• 68 International Forum at Cineteca Nacional, México 2019
among others ….
Awards
• Postproduction award from Impulso Morelia at Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia, México, 2016
• Grand Prix, Festival International de Films de Femmes, Francia 2019
• Best Editing at Ficsur International Film Festival, Argentina, 2019
• Best Debut Film at Festival Internacional de Cine de Hermosillo, México 2019
• Audience Award at Festival Internacional de Cine de Hermosillo, México, 2019
• Award for Best Young Director at Festival Internacional de Cine de Hermosillo, México, 2019
• Audience Award at Bosnian and Herzegovinan New York Film Festival, USA, 2019
