A CROSS IN THE DESERT
СВЯТАЯ ПЯТНИЦА. КРЕСТ В ПУСТЫНЕ / SVETA PETKA – KRST U PUSTINJI
director
HADZI-ALEKSANDAR DJUROVIC 
ROMANIA, JORDAN, SERBIA, 2021
123'
123'
Pious girl Paraskeva leaves her life among the people in the city of Constantinople and spends next 40 years in Jordan desert fighting temptations, sins and inner demons
Her only friend, mirror and reflection of the outside world is Muslim girl Zeinab from the Bedouin tribe. Based on true story and bestselling novel about one’s way from an ordinary woman to one of the most beloved and celebrated Orthodox Saints.
| Script | LJILJANA HABJANOVIC DJUROVIC, HADZI-ALEKSANDAR DJUROVIC |
|---|---|
| Camera | HADZI-ALEKSANDAR DJUROVIC, BOJAN RAKIC, SHAFIQ OLABI |
| Design | KIRIL SPASESKI, AYOUB NAHHAS |
| Music | ANA KRSTAJIC |
| Producer | MILOVAN DJUROVIC, KHALED HADDAD |
| Cast | MILENA PREDIC, MILICA STEFANOVIC, MARIAM AMER, SAMAIA AMAREEN, FILIP HAJDUKOVIC, ANDREJ SEPETKOVSKI, JADRANKA SELEC, DANIEL SIC, BRANISLAV TOMASEVIC, MLADEN SOVILJ |
| Production | ALEKSANDRIJA FILM, JORDAN PIONEERS |
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director:
HADZI-ALEKSANDAR DJUROVIC
HADZI-ALEKSANDAR DJUROVIC graduated directing on Academy of Arts in 2010. In 2011–2016 he was assistant professor on departments of TV and film directing. He directed 12 internationally awarded short fiction and documentary films, debut feature fiction “Love Comes After” (2013), feature documentary “You Leave, I’ll Stay!” (2015) that was in competition of Moscow IFF and 2 docu-fiction TV films in 2016 and 2017. “A Cross in the Desert” (2022) is his second feature fiction film.
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