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This Desirable Device

Este Aparelho Tão Desejado · This Desirable Device

Mina Simendić

2026, SRB, DEU, 17', M12


International Medium-Length & Short Film Competition

25 Nov 2026 · Batalha Centro de Cinema - Screening Room 2 · 17H45

27 Nov 2026 · Passos Manuel · 17H30


A filmmaker’s attempt to leave Serbia for Germany meets the material limits of shooting on 16mm. As words, images and translations cross borders, the camera itself becomes an expensive and desirable object. Mina Simendić considers migration as a transaction shaped by language, class and political conditions, asking who is allowed to move, speak and produce images.