Reizigers in de Nacht / Travellers into the night

A film by

the Netherlands | 10' | 04/2014 | fiction

A woman works in a gas station, alone, at night. People she doesn't know step into her world and out again, leaving her in her own little bubble. Until one night, a special kind of stranger walks in.

Crew Festivals

Ena Sendijarević

Biography

Ena Sendijarević is an Amsterdam based, Bosnian filmmaker. She studied Film Studies at the University of Amsterdam and the Freie Universität Berlin, before graduating from the Netherlands Film Academy as a writer/director in 2014. She wrote and directed several awarded short films, including TRAVELLERS INTO THE NIGHT (2013) and FERNWEH (2014), which have been shown at numerous international filmfestivals. Her latest short, IMPORT (2016), premiered at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs selection of the Cannes Film festival 2016. Ena is currently working on her debut feature project.

Filmography

  • Take Me Somewhere Nice / 2019 / 91′ / narrative feature
  • Import / 2016 / 16’ / narrative short
  • Fernweh / 2014 / 14’ / narrative short
  • Februari / 2013 / 14’/ narrative short
  • Reizigers in de Nacht / 2013 / 10’ / narrative short
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Crew

Director: Ena Sendijarevic
Screenplay: Ena Sendijarevic
Producer: Wibout Warnaar
Cinematographer: Emo Weemhoff
Sound: Tijn Hazen
Editor: Lot Rossmark
Cast: Bien de Moor, Ward Weemhoff, Felix Jan Kuypers

Festivals

  • Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands (9 – 13 April, 2014)
    Dutch Competition – Won: Go Short / VEVAM Award for Best Dutch Short Film
  • Palm Springs International ShortFest, United States (17 – 23 June, 2014)
    Short Film Competition
  • International Festival Signes de Nuit, Germany (29 July – 3 August, 2014)
    International Competition – Won: Night Award
  • Milano Film Festival, Italy (4 – 14 September, 2014)
    International Short Film Competition
  • Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, United Kingdom (16 – 21 September, 2014)
    International Competition
  • Lille International Short Film Festival, France (18 September – 5 October, 2014)
    International Competition
  • Netherlands Film Festival, the Netherlands (24 September – 3 October, 2014)
    Gouden Kalf Competitie
  • Timishort Film Festival, Romania (2 – 5 October, 2014)
    International Competition
  • Beginning – Petersburg International Festival of Debut and Student Films, Russia (10 – 17 October, 2014)
    Out Of Competition: Night Screening
  • Curtocircuíto – International Short Film Festival, Spain (6 – 11 October, 2014)
    Official Competition
  • Festival Les Enfants Terribles, Belgium (16 – 19 October, 2014)
    Short Film Competition Won: Youth Jury Award
  • FIKE – International Short Film Festival, Portugal (21 – 25 October, 2014)
    International Competition Won: Best Fiction
  • Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada (25 – 30 October, 2014)
    Short Film Competition
  • Noordelijk Film Festival, the Netherlands (5 – 9 November, 2014)
  • Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom (5 – 20 November, 2014)
    International Short Film Competition
  • Images En Vues International Short Film Festival, Canada (7 – 9 November, 2014)
    Official Selection
  • ALCINE – the Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid Film Festival, Spain (7 – 14 November, 2014)
    European Competition
  • Brest European Short Film Festival, France (11 – 16 November, 2014)
    European Competition Special Mention International Competition
  • Cinesonne – European Film Festival Esonne, France (11 – 23 November, 2014)
    European Competition
  • Louis International Film Festival, United States (13 – 23 November, 2014)
    Competition
  • Cinemagic – International Film Festival for Young People, United Kingdom (17 – 28 November, 2014)
    Out of competition: School program
  • Sleepwalkers – Student and Short Film Festival, Estonia (18 – 22 November)
    International Competition Program
  • Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore (28 – 30 November, 2014)
    Imagine Programme
  • Poitiers Film Festival, France (28 November – 7 December, 2014)
    Competition
  • Festival Tous Courts, France (1 – 6 December, 2014)
    International Short Film Competition Won: Youth Jury Award
  • ZubrOFFka – International Short Film Festival, Poland (3 – 7 December, 2014)
    Competition: Whole Wide World
  • International Festival Signes de Nuit, Thailand (21 – 22 February, 2015)
    International Competition
  • FEC European Short Film Festival, Spain (11 – 15 March, 2015)
    International Competition
  • Internationaal Filmfestival Assen | Vrouw & Film, the Netherlands (14 – 15 March, 2015)
    Out of Competition: IFA KersVers
  • European Beauvais Film Festival, France (11 – 17 April, 2015)
    Short Films Competition
  • Filmfest Dresden, Germany (14 – 19 April, 2015)
    International Competition Won: Golden Horseman of the Youth Jury
  • NexT International Film Festival, Romania (15 – 19 April, 2015)
    Out of competition: Best of Brest
  • BeFilm The Underground Film Festival, USA (20 – 25 April, 2015)
    Competition
  • BioBioCine – Festival Internacional (24 – 27 April, 2015)
    International Competition of Schools Short Film
  • International Festival Signes de Nuit, Portugal (2 – 7 June, 2015)
    International Competition
  • International Festival Signes de Nuit, Germany (25 June – 1 July, 2015)
    International Competition Won: Main Award
  • Festival du Film court d’Aigues-Vives, France (24 – 25 July, 2015)
    Competition
  • Festival Internacional de Curtmetratges Mas Sorrer, Spain (31 July – 2 August, 2015)
    Official selection
  • Le long week-end du court, Canada (25 – 27 September, 2015)
    Non-competitive
  • National Student Film Festival Fenacies, Uruguay (28 September – 4 October, 2015)
    Fiction Short Films Competition
  • Arts and Algorithms International Shorts Film Festival, USA (5 – 11 October, 2015)
  • Kalpanirjhar International Short Fiction Film Festival, Kolkota (1 – 6 November, 2015)
    Out of competition: Best-Of Filmfest Dresden
  • Interfilm International Short Film Festival, Germany (10 – 15 November, 2015)
    Out of competition: Body Talks – Dance Films
  • Magma – mostra di cinema breve, Italy (25 – 28 November, 2015)
    Official Competition
  • MOV – Festival Internacional de Cinema Universitário de Pernambuco, Brazil (9 – 12 December, 2015)

Official Selection Won: Dramatic Performance Award

  • Prague Short Film Festival, Czech Republic (20 – 24 January, 2016)
    Out of Competition: In Motion
  • cineDDDança Film Festival, Brazil (25 – 26 April, 2016)
    Short Film Section
  • Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium (27 April – 8 May, 2016)
    Dutch Film Focus
  • Festival de Cinema de Avanca, Portugal (27 – 31 July, 2016)
    Out-of-competition: FEC Festival’s favorite films
  • BuSho – Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary (30 August – 4 September, 2016)
    Out-of-competition: FEC Festival’s favorite films
  • Filmfest Dresden, Germany (4 – 9 April, 2017)
    Out of competition: Open Air Screening
  • Festival International du Film de Nancy, France (25 August – 3 September, 2017)
    Carte Blanche Filmfest Dresden
  • Montecatini Short Film Festival, Italy (21 – 26 October, 2017)
    Special Program: FEC Festival selection
  • Les Expressifs, France (5 – 8 October, 2017)
  • Short Waves Festival, Poland (20 – 25 March, 2018)
    Festival Club Screening curated by Dresden Filmfest
  • Globe International Silent Film Festival, United States (21 – 29 April, 2018)
    Official Selection Won: Best Director & Best Script
  • Festival Jeunes Pousses de Nevers, Belgium (8 February, 2019)
    Carte Blanche Les Enfants Terribles
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