Serbia/ 2021/ 63’
DIRECTED BY: Filip Martinović
SCREENPLAY BY: Filip Martinović
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Marko Milovanović
EDITED BY: Ana Žugić, Olga Košarić
PRODUCER:Filip Martinović, Nikola Savićević
PRODUCED BY: GULU GULU Presenta, Cinnamon & Fakultet dramskih umetnosti
FESTIVALS & AWARDS: FESTIVAL DE MALAGA – Documentary competition -International premiere, DOKUFEST- Balkan DOX Competition -AWARD special mention Best Balkan Newcomer, BELDOCS – Documentary competition -AWARD special mention Best Balkan Newcomer, L’ALTERNATIVA BARCELONA- National competition
Filip, a young man born in Belgrade, Serbia and raised in Barcelona embarks on a journey visiting places in search of his roots. He begins by wondering where his father’s ashes should be. In this search for answers, Filip meets Asha, an Ethiopian girl with a tragic past. Together they will go to remote places in search of the origin of Filip’s family. Chasing the past, Filip and Asha find themselves in soap opera situations.
Filip Martinović graduated Master in Film and Tv direction in the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. His debut film as a director and producer “Telenovela en gris y Multicolor” has received awards in “work in progress” segments at festivals such Beldocs in Belgrade winning an award for sound postproduction, Silver Eye nomination 2019 by Institute of Documentary Film and Le Film Français award in Locarno Film Festival in 2019 in the section First look on Serbian film. He is the founder of production house Gulu Gulu Presenta. He is producing the film “Ashen” directed by Aleksandar Kostic and supported by The Film Center Serbia and Coproducing the Spanish-Serbian-Norwegian coproduction Oh Dear Sara by Patricia Franquesa.