Technical specifications
Film name (Original): Ispod Površine
Film name (English): Beneath the Surface
Year of production: 2025
Country of Production: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Film Length: 9’12’’
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Screening Format: DCP
Film Color: Color
Language: Serbian
Subtitles:  English
Genre: Thriller/Horror/Drama








CREW
Director, Writer and Main animator
Maja Ćetojević




Producer
Ivona Bijelić




Background designer
Andrea Grujić




Animators
Dajla Alibegović
Jovan Pajić
Anja Milinković




Cleanup Artists
Katarina Terzić
Tijana Šipka
Sunčica Soldat
Milica Puzić
Maja Ćetojević




Compositing 
LMC Studio
Milica Puzić




Sound Designer
Predrag Blagojević




Music 
Jovan Erceg




Voices
Ana - Isidora Radulović
Petar- Senad Milanović / Pavle Pavić
Konobar/Petko - Miodrag Jovanović
Marina - Milica Puzić
Jovana - Maja Ćetojević








Mentors
Mladen Đukić 
Igor Đurić


Production
Akademija umjetnosti Banja Luka / Academy of Arts Banja Luka  
Studio Dashak


Created with the financial support of
Audio vizuelni centar Republike Srpske / Audio-visual center of Republika Srpska






LOGLINE
Naivna djevojka pristaje da igra naizgled bezopasnu igru koja će je dovesti do borbe za život.


A naive girl agrees to play a seemingly harmless game that will lead her to fight for her life.






SYNOPSIS
Naivna djevojka Ana po nagovoru njenog momka i društva odlazi u oronuli podrumski pab. Dočekuje ih konobar neobičnog izgleda i nudi im da zaigraju naizgled bezopasnu igru izvlačenja slamki. “Kratka slamka ćorak, duga slamka piće”, pravila igre su jednostavna sve do momenta kada se broj dugih slamki znatno ne smanji.




At the urging of her boyfriend and company, the naive girl Ana goes to a dilapidated basement pub. They are greeted by an unusual-looking waiter who offers to play a seemingly harmless game of drawing straws. "Short straw blank, long straw drink", the rules of the game are simple until the moment when the number of long straws is significantly reduced.


Urged by her boyfriend and friends, naive Ana enters a decaying basement pub. A strange waiter invites them to a game of drawing straws "Short straw blank, long straw drink", the fun turns dark when long straws begin to disappear.






DIRECTOR BIO
Maja Ćetojević (2000, Banja Luka), diplomirala 2025. na Akademiji umjetnosti u Banjoj Luci na dramskom odsjeku, smjer Animirani film. Kroz višegodišnji rad razvijala autorski i izvođački pristup animiranom filmu. 2D animacija je glavni medij kroz koji istražuje priču i atmosferu. Bavi se narativima koji istražuju tamnije strane ljudskog iskustva, kroz psihološke elemente. Radila na raznim projektima u sektoru reklame i filma. 




Maja Ćetojević (2000, Banja Luka), graduated in 2025 from the Academy of Arts in Banja Luka at the drama department, majoring in Animated Film. Through many years of work, she developed an authorial and performing approach to animated film. 2D animation is the main medium through which she explores story and atmosphere. She engages with narratives that explore the darker side of the human experience, through psychological elements. Worked on various projects in the advertising and film sector.