Set in 2004 and unfolding through the eyes of a lonely lad who lives in an isolated Serbian Orthodox quarter of a majority Albanian Muslim village in Kosovo, this poignant and intense coming-of-age story questions whether co-existence is possible between the two communities. Wistful 10-year-old Nenad is the only child left in his neighborhood and school, and he longs to have someone his own age to play with. One day, Nenad has a fateful encounter with some Albanian boys.
Press
"Serbia's foreign-language Oscar submission unfolds through the eyes of a lonely Serbian lad in an Orthodox Christian enclave in Kosovo." - Variety
Director Bio
Born in Belgrade in 1957, Goran Radovanovic graduated with a degree in art history from Belgrade's Faculty of Philosophy in 1982. Between 1977 and 1980 he sojourned in Munich on a scholarship awarded by the Goethe Institute. After his return to Belgrade, he has worked as writer and director of both feature and documentary films. He is a member of the European Film Academy, Berlin and Film Artists Association of Serbia.
Radovanovic has worked as guest professor at EICTV (International Film and Television School), San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba, Oberlin College, Ohio, USA, ESAP – Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Portugal, DFFB, Berlin, Germany.