Teret

Year: 2018
Country: Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar
Director: Ognjen Glavonic
Cast: Leon Lucev, Pavle Cemerikic, Tamara Krcunovic
Genre: drama
Runtime: 98 min.
Age: 18+
An almost soundless road movie thriller about a trucker who has to deliver unknown cargo from one city to another during the war in Serbia.

Vlada works as a truck driver during the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. Tasked with transporting a mysterious load from Kosovo to Belgrade, he drives through unfamiliar territory, trying to make his way in a country scarred by the war. He knows that once the job is over, he will need to return home and face the consequences of his actions.

Awards & Festivals:

Cannes Film Festival – participation 
Sakhalin International Film Festival – Special Jury Prize (Best Director, For a seldom-heard story inventively told)
Molodist International Film Festival – Special Jury Diploma Full-Length Competition
Art Film Festival – Blue Angel Prize (Best Director)
Trieste Film Festival – Cineuropa Prize   (Best Film)
Zagreb Film Festival – The Golden Pram (Best Film)
Sarajevo Film Festival – Heart of Sarajevo Prize (Best Actor)
Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema – FIPRESCI Prize   (Best director), Special Mention Feature Film Competition
Haifa International Film Festival – Fedeora Award (Best International Film)
Ljubljana International Film Festival – Special Mention  Kingfisher Award
Pingyao International Film Festival – Roberto Rossellini Award  (Best Director)
Stockholm Film Festival – participation
São Paulo International Film Festival – participation 
Gijón International Film Festival – participation 
Marrakech International Film Festival – participation 
T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland – participation