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DIRECTOR: Goran Stanković

COUNTRY: RS, IT, HR, MK, ME, BA

YEAR/DURATION: 2025. • 89′

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Info

SCREENPLAY: Goran Stanković
CO-WRITERS: Maja Pelević, Ognjen Sviličić, 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: Ines Vasiljević, Stefano Sardo, Marina Andree Škop, Srđan Šarenac, Ognjen Antov, Marija Perović, Igor Vranjković
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

Special Award for Best Director — Cottbus Film Festival 2025
Special Mention by the Interreligious Jury — Tertio Millennio Film Fest 2025
Golden Sun Award for Best Film in the Southeast European Selection — Cinedays Festival of European Film 2025
Audience Award for Best Film — SEEfest Los Angeles 2026
Special Mention for the Bridging the Borders Award — SEEfest Los Angeles 2026
Special Mention for Best Cinematography — SEEfest Los Angeles 2026
Special Jury Award for Best Film — Transilvania International Film Festival 2026

The film had its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2025, in the Discovery section, followed by screenings at the following festivals:
Cottbus Film Festival 2025
Tertio Millennio Film Fest 2025
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival 2025
Cinedays Festival of European Film 2025
Havana International Film Festival 2025
International Film Festival of Kerala 2025
Göteborg Film Festival 2026
One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2026
SEEfest Los Angeles — South East European Film Festival 2026
Transilvania International Film Festival 2026

Synopsis

When Dejan arrives at a monastery-run commune for addiction treatment, he is welcomed by the charismatic Father Branko, who assigns Mionica, a former addict, as his mentor. In a community governed by strict rules, punishments and brutal treatment methods, Dejan quickly becomes the Father’s favorite. But after footage of violence from the commune is leaked to the public, Dejan, now Branko’s right-hand man, finds himself torn between loyalty to the man and the system that gave him a new purpose, and his own conscience.

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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.