Synopsis:

Serbia, 1996. During the student demonstrations against the Milosevic regime, 15-year-old Stefan has to go through the hardest revolution of all. He has to confront his beloved mother, spokesperson and accomplice of the corrupted government that his friends are rising against.

Crew:

Screenwriters: Vladimir Perišić i Alice Winocour
Producers: Janja Kralj, Nadia Turincev, Omar El Kadi, Vladimir Perišić
Co-producers: Jeanne Geiben, Vincent Quenault, Jeanne Geiben, Ankica Jurić Tilić, Phillipe Perrot
DOP: Sarah Blum, Louise Botkay Courcier
Editor: Martial Salomon, Jelena Maksimović
Sound: Roman Dymny
Mix: Olivier Goinard
Music: Alen Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz
Art director: Daniela Dimitrovska
Costume designer: Milica Kolarić
Make-up & hair: Véronique Dubray

Cast:

Stefan: Jovan Ginić
Marklena: Jasna Đuričić
Milan: Miodrag Jovanović
Bogdan: Lazar Kocić
Tile: Duško Valentić
Hana: Ana Simeunović
Professor: Boris Isaković
Miki: Pavle Čemerikić
Ivana: Marija Škaričić
Vera: Helena Buljan

Production: KinoElektron, Easy Riders Films (Francuska), Trilema (Srbija), Red Lion (Luksemburg), Kinorama (Hrvatska), Arte France Cinéma, Cosmodigital (France)

International Sales: Memento International

Production supported by Croatian Audiovisual Centre

Awards

Critc's Week - Cannes Film Festival 2023, Cannes, France - Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award for Jovan Ginić
Sarajevo Film Festival 2023, Bosnia and Herzegovina - competition programme - Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor to Jovan Ginić

Festivals

Critc's Week - Cannes Film Festival 2023, Cannes, France - official competitoin
Wroclaw New Horizons 2023, Wroclaw, Poland - Discoveries section
Melbourne International Film Festival 2023, Melbourne, Australia - International section
Sarajevo International Film Festival 2023, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Competition
Oslo Pix Festival 2023, Oslo, Norway
Athens International Film Festival 2023, Athens, Greece
Hamburg Film Festival 2023, Hamburg, Germany - VETO! - for political cinema
Bogota International Film Festival 2023, Bogota, Colombia
Chicago International Film Festival 2023, Chicago, USA
El Gouna Film Festival 2023, El Gouna, Egypt
Mostra - Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2023, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Morelia International Film Festival 2023, Morelia, Mexico - Non competitive section
CinEast 2023., Luxembourg, Luxembourg - programme Cinescope
Zagreb Film Festival 2023, Zagreb, Croatia - competition programme
Film Festival Cottbus 2023, Cottbus, Germany - programme Spectrum
TAIFAS - Festival of Film, Art and Balcanic Culture 2023, Timisoara, Romania