MINORITY COPRODUCTIONS
OUR FATHER
CROATIAN PREMIERE
DIRECTOR: Marko Naberšnik
COUNTRY: RS, IT, HR, MK, ME, BA
YEAR/DURATION: 2025. • 89′
drama
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Goran Stanković
- CO-WRITERS: Goran Stanković, Ognjen Sviličić, Maja Pelević, Dejan Prćić
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Dragan Vildović
- EDITOR: Marko Ferković
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: Zorana Petrov
- COSTUME DESIGN: Dejana Sremčević
- SOUND: Miloš Drndarević
- SCORE: Alen Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz
- MAKE-UP: Ana Tepčević
- LEAD ACTOR: Vučić Perović
- SUPPORTING ACTORS: Boris Isaković, Goran Marković, Dado Ćosić
- SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jasna Žalica
- PRODUCER: Snežana van Houwelingen
- PRODUCTION COMPANY: This&That Productions (RS)
- CO-PRODUCERS: Stefano Sardo, Srđan Šarenac, Marina Andree Škop, Ines Vasiljević, Ognjen Antov, Marija Perović
- CO-PRODUCED BY: Nightswim (IT), PomPom Film (HR), KINO (ME) Dream Factory (MK), Novi film (BA), Cineplanet (RS)
- DISTRIBUTION: Duplicato Media
- SALES AGENT: Split Screen
Festivals and awards
Toronto International Film Festival 2025 – world premiere
Synopsis
When Dejan’s mother brings him to a monastery commune for treatment for addiction, he is welcomed by the charismatic Father Branko and placed under the supervision of Mionica, a former addict. In a community ruled by strict discipline, punishment, and brutal methods of rehabilitation, Dejan quickly becomes the Father’s favourite. But after footage of Father Branko’s violence leaks to the public and Mionica relapses into drug use, Dejan — now the Father’s right hand — must make a choice: save his friend or obey Branko’s order and brutally punish him in front of everyone.
Trailer
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About the director
Goran Stanković (Belgrade, 1984) is a Serbian director and screenwriter. He graduated in Film and Television Directing from the Academy of Arts in Belgrade and earned his MFA from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles in 2014. His graduation film Way in Rye was nominated for a Student Academy Awards, while his short films Ko čuva čuvare and Old Mountain, screened at more than 50 international festivals, won 17 awards. His first feature documentary, In the Dark, about Serbian miners, had its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in Amsterdam. He is one of the creators and directors of the TV series Tomorrow Is a New Day and Operation Sabre (co-created with Vladimir Tagić), which won awards at Canneseries in 2024, the Serial Killer Festival in Brno, and the Golden Magnolia Award at the Shanghai TV Festival. Together with producer Snežana van Houwelingen, he co-founded the Belgrade-based production company This and That Productions.
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