Father – Otac

Otac

DIRECTED BY: Srdan Golubović COUNTRY: Serbia YEAR: 2020 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): Serbian SUBTITLES: German RUNNING TIME: 120 min

SECTION: Previews at Cinecittà 2021

SCREENINGS

SYNOPSIS
A small town in Serbia. Nikola, day laborer and father of two, is ordered to give up his children to social services after poverty and hunger drive his wife to commit a desperate act. Until he can provide adequate conditions for their upbringing, the children will be placed in foster care. Despite Nikola’s best efforts and several appeals, the head of the social services centre refuses to return his children and his situation seems hopeless. But when Nikola discovers the local administration may be corrupt, he decides to travel across Serbia on foot and take his case directly to the national ministry in Belgrade. Against all odds and driven by love and despair, this father refuses to give up on justice and his right to raise his children.

BIOGRAPHY

Srdan Golubović was born in Belgrade, Serbia (former Yugoslavia) in 1972 and studied theater studies while making several short films. Together with other young filmmakers, he founded the production company Baš Čelik. In 2001, he made his feature film debut APSOLUTNIH STO, which won awards at several international festivals. His films KLOPKA and KRUGOVI were both shown at the Berlinale. He is a lecturer in film and television directing at the University of Arts in Belgrade.

FILMOGRAPHY
Absolute Hundred (2001), The Trap (2007), Circles (2013), Father (2020)

SCRIPT: Srdan Golubović, Ognjen Sviličić PRODUCER: Jelena Mitrovič, Čedomir Kolar, Alexander Ris, Marc Baschet, Danis Tanović, Boris T. Matić, Lana Matić, Danijel Hočevar, Amra bakšić Čamo, Adis Djapo CINEMATOGRAPHY: Aleksandar Ilič EDITOR: Petar Marković SCORE:CAST: Goran Bogdan, Boris Isakovic, Nada Sargin

PRODUCTION COMPANY: ASAP Films (ckolar@noos.fr), Film House Bas Celik, Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion, Propeler Film, SCCA/pro.ba (office@pro.ba), Vertigo Films ( prensa@vertigofilms.es) WORLD SALES: The Match Factory (info@matchfactory.de)