Greece-based sales company Heretic has boarded world sales on Stefan Djordjevic’s feature debut Wind, Talk To Me.
The film was today selected for its world premiere in the Tiger Competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (January 30-February 9, 2025).
Wind, Talk To Me is produced by Dragana Jovovic together with Stefan Ivancic and Ognjen Glavonic for Serbia’s Non-Aligned Films, and Djordjevic’s Katunga. It is made in co-production with Vanja Jambrovic for Croatia’s Restart, Josko Rutar for Slovenia’s Spok Films and Miha Cernec for Slovenia’s Staragara.
Inspired by Djordjevic’s own experiences, the film sees a man go on an introspective journey when reuniting with his family after his mother’s recent death.
Backers include Film Center Serbia, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, Creative Europe Programme – Media of the European Union, the Slovenian Film Centre, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, vision sud est and Viba Film.
“Not long ago my mother passed away,” said Djordjevic. “After she passed away, something beautiful emerged from the pain—our family came together in a way we hadn’t before. I began reflecting on how to approach the material I had filmed with my mother.
“I knew it was powerful, as her spirit radiated so strongly through every frame. But I also realised I didn’t want to create a conventional documentary about her, nor did I want to make a film about the past and present. My goal was to create a sense of timelessness.”
Ioanna Stais, head of sales and acquisitions at Heretic, described the film as “a delicate and ethereal tapestry of memory, love, and loss—a film that feels like a whispered secret between past and present.”
Wind, Talk To Me previously participated in the First Cut Lab Re-Act 2023 for films from Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia and Italy’s Friuli Venezia Giulia region; and received a special mention in the Industry Village at last year’s Les Arcs Film Festival.
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