Father

Otac

61st TIFF: Greek premiere

Nikola, a destitute day-laborer, has his two children taken away from him, and despite his heart-wrenching efforts all his appeals are turned down by the social services’ head. Hopeless yet determined to make a stand against the local administration’s corruption and bureaucracy, he decides to travel across Serbia on foot, all the way to the Belgrade-based ministry. A harsh social drama that gradually transforms into a spiritual quest of a life’s castaway, who seeks redemption and dignity.

 

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Direction: Srdan Golubović
Script: Srdan Golubović, Ognjen Sviličić
Cinematography: Aleksandar Ilić
Editing: Petar Marković
Sound: Nikola Medić
Actors: Goran Bogdan, Boris Isaković, Nada Šargin, Milica Janevski, Muharem Hamzić, Ajla Šantić
Production: Film House Bas Celik, A.S.A.P. Films, Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion, Vertigo, Propeler Film, SCCA/ Pro.ba
Producers: Jelena Mitrović, Boris T. Matić, Lana Matić, Alexander Ris, Cedomir Kolar, Marc Baschet, Danis Tanović, Danijel Hočevar, Amra Bakšić Čamo, Adis Djapo
Co-production: ZDF Arte, Arte France
Co-producers: Meinolf Zurhorst, Olivier Pere, Remi Burah
Sets: Goran Joksimović
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Serbia, France, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Production Year: 2020
Duration: 120΄
Distribution in Greece: Ama Films
Contact: The Match Factory
Awards/Distinctions: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Panorama Audience Award – Berlin IFF 2020, Fedeora Jury Award for Best Film in the Main Program, Jury Prize for a film in the Main Program, Stella Artois Prize – FEST IFF 2020, Best International Feature – Calgary IFF 2020

SrdanGolubović

Srdan Golubović is member of EFA and the President of the Board of Auteur Film Festival, Belgrade. He works as professor of Film Directing on the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. His three feature films Absolute Hundred (2001), The Trap (2007) and Circles (2013) premiered in major Festivals (including Toronto, Berlinale, and Sundance), winning numerous international and regional film awards and gaining international distribution. The Trap was also shortlisted for Oscar for the Best Foreign Film.

Filmography

2001 Absolute Hundrder | Apsolutnih sto
2007 Η παγίδα | The Trap | Klopka
2013 Circles | Krugovi
2020 Father | Otac