23.LFF
Opatija
26.-30.08.2025.

Film

Deserters

LFF21, In competition

ABOUT THE MOVIE

A film about a generation of Bosnian youth from the city of Mostar swept by the devastating war at the brink of the their maturity and tough decision to escape from it. Their exile stories from 90's, contained in letters mailed to the director of this film from refugee camps scattered across Europe are confronted with present condition of the city they were forced to leave. A film about missing generation, exile, hard choices and the answer to the most difficult question of any war: to stay or to run?

Damir Markovina

Damir Markovina was born in 1973. in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He graduated at MA of Film and TV Directing (Documentary film) at Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, Croatia in 2022, after his degree in Acting, also at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb, Croatia. He has performed as an actor in many Croatian films and television series. He is a film director, producer, and a writer. His short documentary film "The Shift" was selected in 25th Sarajevo Film Festival Official selection - Student competition 2019. His mid-lenght documentary film "Wait for Me" won the AJB DOC festival Sarajevo 2021, Main Award at Pula Film Festival in student documentary film competition, and the Oktavijan - Croatian national FIPRESCI award for best national short documentary. His second mid-lenght documentary film "Deserters" won Best Central and East European film award and Best sound design award at Ji.hlava IDFF 2022.

Title: Deserters
Year of production: 2022
Duration: 45
Director: Damir Markovina
Screenplay: Damir Markovina
Photography: Krešimir Štulina
Editing: Dora Slakoper
Sound design: Miroslav Piškulić
Production: Damir Markovina
Production company: ADU Zagreb