Gonella Productions

LANGUAGES: Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, German, English | SUBTITLES: English

Genre: Documentary, LGBTQ
Running Time: 92 minutes
Year of production: 2024

SYNOPSIS

After one Serbian tabloid attacked the production for making the film with a potential queer subject, the two young actors started exploring the topic of representation of LGBTIQ characters through the history of Yugoslav and later Serbian cinema, but also the social circumstances that have resulted in different treatments of these characters. What did the presence of queers in cinema actually mean through the decades?

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Pogon, Greifer, Merlinka
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Đorđe Mišina, Đorđe Galić, Želimir Žilnik, Milan Jelić, Srđan Dragojević, Miloš Timotijević, Goran Jevtić, Milica Tomović, Stevan Filipović, Mladen Đorđević, Saša Radojević, Nebojša Jovanović, Jovan Marković, Aleksandar Radivojević, Nenad Bekvalac

MAIN CREDITS

Written and Directed by: Dragan Jovićević
Producers: Nataša Pavlović, Dragan Jovićević, Predrag Azdejković
Camera: Nebojša Vasić, Aleksandar Jovanović
Editor: Nataša Pavlović
Music: Nenad Jelić
Sound: Filip Verkić
Colorist: Мilorad Glušica

AWARDS

2024. OFN LGBTQAI+ Film Festival - The Best Documentary (winner)
2024. OFN LGBTQAI+ Film Festival - The Best Director - Dragan Jovićević (nominee)
2024. Merlinka Festival - The Best Documentary (winner)
2024. Merlinka Festival - Special Award for the Best Serbian LGBT Film (winner)

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (Greece, 2024; Citizen Queer programme, World Premiere)
BELDOCS (Serbia, 2024; Serbian Competition Programme)
UnderhillFest (Montenegro, 2024; Regional Competition)
Mediterranean Film Festival Split (Croatia, 2024; Official Competition)
European Film Festival Palic (Serbia, 2024, Special Screening)
Thailand International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Thailand, 2024, Official Selection)
Novi Sad Film Festival (Serbia, 2024, Special Screening)
Dokumentale, Documentary Film Festival Berlin (Germany, 2024, Official Selection)
TVLFest - The Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival (Israel, 2024, Official Competition - The Best Documentary)
Beijing Queer Film Festival (China, 2024, Official Selection)
OFN LGBTQAI+ Film Festival (UK, 2024, Official Competition - The Best Fluid Documentary)
Prvi kadar (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2024, Official Competition)
Eastern Neighbours Film Festival (Netherlands, 2024, Official Selection)
JSFF - Japanese-Serbian Film Festival (Serbia, Official Competition - National Selection)
Festival meta filma (Serbia, Official Selection)
LGBT Ljubljana Film Festival (Slovenia, 2024, Official Competition)
Merlinka Film Festival (Serbia, 2024, Official Competition - The Best Documentary)
QFest LGBT Film Festival (USA, 2025, Official Competition - The Best Documentary)
The Lovers Film Festival (Italy, 2025, Official Competition - The Best Documentary)
Queer Expression Film Festival (USA, Official Selection - Documentary)