MINORITY COPRODUCTIONS
LOST COUNTRY
DIRECTOR: Vladimir Perišić
COUNTRY: Serbia, France, Luxemburg, Croatia
YEAR/DURATION: 2023 • 98′
drama
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Vladimir Perišić, Alice Winocour
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sarah Blum, Louise Botkay Courcier
- EDITOR: Martial Salomon, Jelena Maksimović
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: Daniela Dimitrovska
- COSTUME DESIGN: Milica Kolarić
- SOUND: Olivier Goinard
- SCORE: Alen Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz
- MAKE UP: Veronique Dubray
- LEAD ACTRESS: Jasna Đuričić
- LEAD ACTOR: Jovan Ginić
- SUPPORTING ACTRESS:Helena Buljan, Ana Simeunović, Marija Škaričić, Branka Petrić, Dubravka Kovjanić, Vanja Ginić, Maja Jurić, Milica Stefanović, Milica Graovac
- SUPPORTING ACTORS: Miodrag Jovanović, Lazar Kocić, Pavle Čemerikić, Duško Valentić, Boris Isaković, Despot Ilibašić, Janko Milićević, Goran Navojec, Vinko Kraljević, Aleksandar Đurica, Andrej Jovović, Marko Arsić, Marko Bašić, Goran Tulić, Dragan Milosavljević
- FIRST TIME ON SCREEN: Jovan Ginić, Ana Simeunović, Miodrag Jovanović, Despot Ilibašić, Janko Milićević
- PRODUCERS: Janja Kralj, Nadia Turincev, Omar El Kadi, Vladimir Perišić
- PRODUCTION COMPANY: KinoElektron (France), Easy Riders Films (France), Trilema (Serbia)
- CO-PRODUCED BY: Red Lion (Luxemburg), Kinorama (Croatia), ARTE France Cinéma (France), Cosmodigital (France)
- CO-PRODUCERS: Vincent Quenault, Jeanne Geiben, Ankica Jurić Tilić, Philippe Perrot
- DISTRIBUTION: Zagreb Film Festival
- SALES AGENT: Memento International
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.
Festivals and awards
Cannes Film Festival – The International Critics’ Week 2023 – Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award (Jovan Ginić)
Montenegro Film Festival 2023 – Special Jury Mention (Jovan Ginić)
CinEast – Central and Eastern European Film Festival 2023
Zagreb Film Festival 2023 – Main Program: Feature Films
Film Festival Cottbus 2023 – spectrum
Sarajevo Film Festival 2023 – Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor (Jovan Ginić)
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2023 – Best of Festivals, Focus: Serbia and SEE Neighbours
Eastern Neighbours Film Festival 2023 – Current Relevant Cinema
International Film Festival of India in Goa 2023 – Cinema of the World
Melbourne International Film Festival 2023
Chicago International Film Festival 2023
Mostra – Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2023
Trieste Film Festival 2024 – Special Mention (Jovan Ginić)
Crossing the Screen International Film Festival 2024
Crossing Europe Film Festival 2024
Trailer
About the director
Vladimir Perišić
After studying literature at University Paris VII, Vladimir Perišić graduated in film directing at La Fémis in France. His first feature, Ordinary People (ZFF 2009) premiered at the Cannes Critics’ Week. He directed a segment of the omnibus Bridges of Sarajevo (2014), alongside directors Jean-Luc Godard, Sergei Loznitsa, Cristi Puiu and others. He is a selector for the Auteur Film Festival in Belgrade. Lost Country is Perišić’s sophomore feature.
Screening
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- INK – FRIDAY 12.7.2024.
11:00
- INK – FRIDAY 12.7.2024.
FREE ENTRANCE
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- KINO VALLI – FRIDAY 12.7.2024.
22:00
- KINO VALLI – FRIDAY 12.7.2024.
FREE ENTRANCE
