THE CIRCLES
FEATURE FILM
SRDAN GOLUBOVIĆ / 2013
SYNOPSIS
Bosnia - 1993. In the midst of the Bosnian war, Marko a Serbian soldier witnesses the brutal aggression of Haris, a Muslim civilian, by three fellow soldiers. Marko interferes and saves Haris, but is beaten to death by the infuriated soldiers.
2008. The war is over but the wounds of the conflict are still open. Marko's father is rebuilding a church, he is offered help by one of Marko's killers' son and hesitates about accepting it. Marko's friend, a renowned surgeon in Belgrade, faces terrible choices when told to operate on one of the three soldiers on the verge of death. As for Haris, he now lives in Germany and is faced with a unique opportunity to repay his debt to his savior.
CREW LIST
DIRECTOR - SRDAN GOLUBOVIĆ
SCRIPT - SRDJAN KOLJEVIĆ, MELINA POTA KOLJEVIĆ
PRODUCERS - JELENA MITROVIĆ, ALEXANDER RIS, EMILIE GEORGES , BORIS T. MATIĆ, DANIJEL HOČEVAR
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - IGOR KECMAN
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY - ALEKSANDAR ILIĆ
PRODUCTION DESIGNER - GORAN JOKSIMOVIĆ
EDITOR - MARKO GLUŠAC
COSTUME DESIGNER - LJILJANA PETROVIĆ
COMPOSER - MARIO SCHNEIDER
SOUND DESIGNER - JULIJ ZORNIK
SOUND RECORDIST - BRANKO DJORDJEVIC
CAST
RANKO - ALEKSANDAR BERČEK
HARIS - LEON LUČEV
NEBOJŠA - NEBOJŠA GLOGOVAC
NADA - HRISTINA POPOVIĆ
BOGDAN - NIKOLA RAKOČEVIĆ
TODOR - BORIS ISAKOVIĆ
MARKO - VUK KOSTIĆ
PRODUCTION: FILM HOUSE BAS CELIK (SERBIA), NEUE MEDIOPOLIS (GERMANY), LA CINEFACTURE (FRANCE), ARTE FRANCE, ZDF ARTE, VERTIGO (SLOVENIA), PROPELER FILM (CROATIA);
WORLD SALES: MEMENTO FILMS INTERNATIONAL
FUNDS: FILMSKI CENTAR SRBIJE, MDM FILM FUND, MBB FILM FUND, EURIMAGES, ARTE FRANCE, ZDF ARTE, CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL CENTER, FILMSKI SKLAD SLOVENIJE, FONDS SUD, CNC, VIBA FILM.
DEVELOPED HELEP BY: L`ATELIER (CANNES IFF), CINELINK (SARAJEVO IFF)
FESTIVAL & AWARDS
FESTIVALS
Sundance IFF, Berlin IFF, Sofia IFF, Wiesbaden IFF, Bari IFF, Istanbul IFF, Hong Kong IFF, Seattle IFF, Festroia IFF, Valencia Cinema Jove IFF, Transilvania IFF –Cluj, IFF Jerusalem, Sarajevo IFF, Jerevan IFF, Helsinki IFF, Ostende IFF, Palic IFF, Beijing IFF, Lux Prize Of The European Parliament, Official Selection 2013, Istanbul IFF, Wiesbaden Go East FF, Minneapollis IFF, Seattle IFF, Skopje IFF, JeonJu IFF, La Rochelle IFF, Topanga FF, Fünf Seen FF – Gilching, Neue Heimat FF – Freistadt, Kazan Muslim IFF, Oostende IFF, Portorož, Festival of Slovenian Cinema, Miskolc IFF, Vienna Let's CEE FF, Prishtina IFF, Kosovo, CinEast CEEFF, Luxembourg , Kaohsiung FF, Sao Paulo IFF,Tashkent IFF Golden Gepard, East by Southeast FF Copenhagen, Listapad Minsk IFF, LIFFe Ljubljana IFF, Leeds IFF, Seville EFF, Arras IFF, Segovia EFF, Black Nights FF Tallin, Cameraimage – Bydgoszcz IFF, India IFF Goa, Cairo EFF, Cinéma
AWARDS
Special Jury Prize (Sundance IFF), Prize of Ecumenical Jury (Berlin IFF),Grand Prix for the Best Film (IFF Bari), Audience Award (Sofia IFF), Best Director Award (Wiesbaden IFF), Best Director Award, Best DOP Award (Festroia Setubal IFF), Golden Apricot For The Best Film (Jerevan IFF), Best Film (Funf Seen IFF), Audience Award (Sarajevo IFF), Best Film ( Der Neue Heimatfilm IFF), Grand Prix, Best Actor Award (Kazan IFF), Best Film in Minoritz Coproduction , Best Actor in Minority Coproduction, Best Director in Minority Coproduction, Fipresci Award (Pula IFF), Special Mention (Talin Black Nights IFF), Audience Award (Dublin IFF), Audience Award (Mosaico Ravena IFF), Best Script (Fajr IFF), Grand Prix (Cinema Mediterraneen De Bruxelles), Best Film Award, Best Screenplay Award ,Best Cinematography Award, Best Editing Award, Audience Award (Sopot FF), Best Screenplay (Vrnjacka Banja FF),Tzar Constatine Award for the Best Actor, Best Epizode Actor (Filmski susreti Niš), The Ibis Award for the Best Film, The Ibis Award for the Best Actor, Special Mention (Cinema City – Novi Sad IFF), Honorable Mention of the Festival Jury (Vienna Let's CEE FF), Golden Goddess / Best Actor Award, Special Jury Mention for the Film and the actor Nikola Rakočević (Pristina IFF), Grand Prix for the Best Film, Audience Award (CinEast CEEFF Luxembourg IFF), Audience Award, Special Mention of the International Film Critic’s Jury for dramatic approach (Listapad Minsk IFF), Grand Prix (Algiers IFF)
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