ABOUT THE MOVIE
During one summer, three people born in the 90-ies in Serbia go on a trip to America – driving a “Yugo” from New York to Los Angeles. The film follows their journey through 23 federal states and over 10,000 kilometers traveled, all to tell us the story of the export of a small socialist car to the competitive Reagan America in the 80-ies. 33 years after the last “Yugo” was imported to America, the authors of the film go on the adventure of a lifetime, fulfilling the last “bucket list” of the “Yugo”.
Filip Grujić
Filip Grujić is a writer and playwright, assistant at the Department of theater dramaturgy at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. He is the author of the following novels: “Podstanar” (Lom, 2020, three editions) – nominated for the European Prize for Literature; shortlist for NIN’s award; translated into bulgarian and macedonian, “Bludni dani kuratog Džonija” (Samizdat, 2017, two editions), there was a theatre play based on this novel directed by Jovana Tomić (Ujvideki Szinhaz Theater), “I onda opet, iz početka” (Booka, 2023) – shortlisted for NIN’s award. Filip’s novels have been translated into macedonian, bulgarian and english.
Aleksa Borković
Aleksa Borković is a director of photography and a director who works in music videos, feature films and documentaries. He is an alumnus of the Sarajevo Talent campus (2021) at the camera department. He studied Digital Arts at the Faculty of Media and Communications, where he currently works as a student demonstrator. He directed the short feature film “Wait for me here”, which had its world premiere at the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival. Aleksa is a co-director and director of photography of the feature documentary “Yugo goes to America” .
Festivals where the film was screened:
- 2026 Beldocs (BG, RS) - Serbian Competition Program
- 2026 CPH:DOX (Kopenhagen, DK) - Special Premieres
- 2026 Pula Film Festival (Pula, HR) - Minority co-productions
Awards and recognitions received:
- 2026 Audience Award Beldocs (Belgrade, RS)
- 2026 Special Mention ('Teen selection') Beldocs (Belgrade, RS)