Lost Country
Spring Grants 2023 - Post-Production Stage
Vladimir Perišić / Feature Narrative / France, Serbia, Luxembourg, Croatia, Qatar / 98 min / Original Language: Serbian / Interests: Drama
Synopsis
Serbia, 1996. During the student demonstrations against Milosević’s regime, 15-year-old Stefan has to go through the hardest revolution of all. He has to confront his beloved mother, spokesperson and accomplice of the corrupted government that his friends are rising against.
Credits
- Director
- Vladimir Perišić
- Screenwriter
- Vladimir Perisic, Alice Winocour
- Producer
- Omar El Kadi, Janja Kralj, Nadia Turincev, Vladimir Perisic
- Production Company
- KinoElektron, Easy Riders Films, Trilema
About the Director
After studying literature at University Paris VII, Vladimir Perišić graduated from film directing at La Fémis. His graduation film 'Dremano Oko' screened as part of the Cinéfondation selection at Cannes in 2003. His first feature, 'Ordinary People', premiered at Cannes as part of Critics' Week. 'Our Shadow Will', was his contribution to the collective film 'Bridges of Sarajevo', part of the official selection at Cannes 2014. He has been co-director of the Belgrade Auteur Film Festival since 2011. In 2018 and 2019, he was filmmaker-programmer at ACID. 'Lost Country' is Perisic's second feature.