2015
Vancouver Serbian FilmFest 2015.
We Will Be the World Champions - Drama, History, Sport
“We Will Be The World Champions” is a story about four pioneers who fathered the Yugoslav school of basketball, and whose merit is the development of this sport in Europe. The central event is the crucial game at World Cup 1970 between Yugoslavia and the United States. From the point of view of the main character, Nebojša Popović, we follow the growth and life path of enthusiasts, whose professional work, ideas and efforts made their major dream come true, the first gold medal for Yugoslavia in world championships. The movie is set on two different time levels: in present time and in reminiscence of Nebojša Popović. Their path started as far back as the World War II, and continued developing through a communist state, in which only in basketball could they find a place relatively free from politics.
Stairless
A retired professor of neuropsychiatry, Slaviša Petronijević, lives in his apartment with his daughter Milica, son in law Stojan and granddaughter Dragana. Slaviša is affected by Alzheimer's disease and life in community is becoming more complex, both for himself and for his household. Milica and Stojan want him to be placed in a nursing home, but Slaviša is trying to show them that everything with him still all right. Over time, that it is becoming increasingly difficult...
The Healing - Drama
A cinematic story of drama after the drama and war that rages on in people's hearts even after the war. The hero, an Orthodox Christian monk, finds himself on a road to spiritual healing through circumstances he could never have dreamed of. The story follows the path to spiritual uplifting, metaphorically introduced at the very beginning in the hero's walk to the secluded hermitage. The leitmotif of watering a dry, dead tree, repeated throughout the film, illustrates the absurdity of the monk's faith. The film raises a question about the boundaries of love given in Christ's commandment to „love your enemy“, thematizing the problem of forgiveness as prerequisite for a life of love and victory over death and meaninglessness. The permanent paralysis of the characters after the torment of war invokes forgiveness as the only means to ultimate healing.
Enclave - Drama
Nenad, ten years Christian boy from a Serbian enclave, determined to create a proper community burial for his late grandfather, crosses enemy lines and makes friends among the Muslim majority in deeply divided, war-torn Kosovo.
No One’s Child - Drama
In the Spring of 1988 a wild boy is found deep in the Bosnian mountains living amongst wolves. He is randomly given the name Haris and sent to an orphanage in Belgrade to be taken care of by Ilke. He becomes inseparable with another boy Žika and slowly starts to show progress. In 1992, after he became a fairly socialised young man, local authorities force him to go back to war torn Bosnia.
