Marija + Toma

Love, loss, migration and monuments: Serbian pensioners (and love birds) Marija and Toma look back at their journey to finding each other on their 15-month wedding anniversary.

Alesandra Tatić

Wild Pear Arts/Divlja Kruška is a production company centered on visual and media projects inspired by anthropological research in the Balkans and Southern Europe. The team—directors Alesandra Tatić and Eluned Zoe Aiano, with producer Greta Rauleac—came together with the shared goal of visualizing underrepresented perspectives artistically and militantly, with a focus on the Balkan region. With a common background in social research and a commitment to ethics and cultural sensitivity, the company’ s aim is to bring together the best of the creative documentary practice and social research.

Eluned Zoe Aiano

Eluned Zoe Aiano is a filmmaker, video editor, and translator with a background in Visual Anthropology. Her work generally focuses on Central and Eastern Europe and often addresses topics such as archetypes of womanhood and the importance of storytelling in daily life. She is currently working on her first feature documentary, Flotacija, with Alesandra Tatić. She also writes about film and is a regular contributor to the East European Film Bulletin.