Father

In a small town in Serbia, Nikola, a day labourer 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 that 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 the right to raise his children.

120 min/Serbia/France/Germany/Croatia/Slovenia/Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Serbian with English subtitles/2020/Cert tbc

World Premiere and Winner of the Panorama Audience Award – Berlin International Film Festival

UK premiere online 27th Feb - 2nd March

Glasgow Film Festival

Irish premiere online 9th - 11th March


Dublin Film Festival

His first feature film ABSOLUTE HUNDRED (APSOLUTNIH STO) was screened in Toronto, San Sebastian, Rotterdam and Pusan, and won numerous international and regional film awards. In 2007, Srdan’s second feature film THE TRAP (KLOPKA), had its World premiere at the Berlinale (Forum). The film participated at more than 50 international film festivals (Toronto, Karlovy Vary) and won 21 international awards. It was also successfully distributed in cinemas worldwide. In 2008, THE TRAP was shortlisted for an Oscar for the Best Foreign Film. CIRCLES (KRUGOVI), his third feature film, had its World premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival (World Dramatic Competition) and won the Special Jury Prize. The film had its European premiere at Berlinale (Forum) where it received the Ecumenical Jury prize. The film was screened at more than 80 international film festivals and won 45 international film awards. Srdan Golubovic is a member of EFA and the President of the Board of Auteur Film Festival, Belgrade. He works as professor of Film Directing on the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade.

Filmography

2001    ABSOLUTE HUNDRED ((Apsolutnih sto)
2007    THE TRAP (Klopka)
2013    CIRCLES (Krugovi)
2020    FATHER (Otac)

CAST

“Powerful but grueling...”

Jessica Kiang, Variety

“Combines the social realism of a Dardenne brothers heartbreaker with a Capra-like fanfare for the ordinary man.”

Allan Hunter, Screen International

“…a mix of Ken Loachian social drama and on-foot road movie…

…the director has made an intense and powerful social drama in the first and third act, while the middle, walking part often has a hallucinatory quality, convincingly portraying both the hero's exhaustion and steely resolve.”

Vladan Petkovic, Cineuropa

“‘A Powerful Portrait Of A Man Quietly Raging Against The Machine

Srdan Golubović's steely, resonant, and Dardennes-esque "Father," details a complex portrait of a nation, through the journey of a single, determined man.”

Kevin Jagernauth, The Playlist

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