On a search for a summer adventure two American girls come across a small hotel in Eastern Bosnia and unknowingly release its haunting past.
Needing to mend a broken heart, shy and quiet Meg and her free-spirited BFF Jess set out on a girls-only SUMMER ABROAD trip to Bosnia. It’s all fun in the sun until their car breaks down and with no other option in sight, they decide to stay in a local hotel while waiting for it to be fixed. While Jess finds a distraction in a handsome local boy, Meg starts to suffer from horrid visions in and around the hotel, and quickly starts to suspect this place is more than just a charming spa in the country.
Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sabina Vajrača immigrated to the U.S. as a war refugee, and started her directing career in NYC theater.
Her first film, the critically-acclaimed feature documentary BACK TO BOSNIA, premiered at AFI Fest, screened at 30+ festivals worldwide, and was featured in BBC’s "Top 100 of the Greatest Films Directed by Women." It's now streaming on multiple platforms, including Amazon.
Since then she wrote, directed, and produced commercials, music videos, and over a dozen films including the multiple-award-winning VARIABLES, the Warner Bros./USC feature period drama VOODOO MACBETH, and the short drama SEVAP/MITZVAH, which was the 2024 Oscars® contender and won the 2023 Humanitas Prize.
She also assisted writer/director Max Mayer on his feature drama ADAM, starring Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne (2009 Sundance), and shadowed directors on MADAM SECRETARY and 9-1-1.
Her other accolades include the DGA SFA Grand Prize, Claims Conference grant, Alfred P. Sloan grant, numerous film festival awards, and nominations for the Student Oscars and Student BAFTA.
Sabina’s a member of Film Fatales and BAFTA, and an alumna of Ryan Murphy’s Half Directing Mentorship, Hayama Residency, Stowe Story Labs, and Almanack Screenwriters. She holds an M.F.A. in Film and TV Production from USC School of Cinematic Arts and is repped by Vision Entertainment and GGSSC.
ScreenCraft Film Fund 2024 - SemiFinalist
TableRead My Screenplay 2023 - QuarterFinalist
Capital Funds Screenplay Competition 2023 - Top 100
