THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT

ČOVJEK KOJI NIJE MOGAO ŠUTJETI (orig. title)

short | fiction | drama | 14’
based on a true event

storyline: February 27, 1993, Strpci, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A passenger train from Belgrade to Bar is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 passengers dares to stand up to them. This is the true story of a man who could not remain silent.

writer and director: Nebojša Slijepčević

production: Antitalent (HR)
producers: Katarina Prpić, Danijel Pek

co-production: Contrast Films (BG), Les Films Norfolk (FR), Studio Virc (SI)
co-producers: Katya Trichkova, Noëlle Lévénez, Boštjan Virc

world sales: MANIFEST PICTURES

cast: Goran Bogdan, Alexis Manenti, Dragan Mićanović, Silvio Mumelaš, Lara Nekić, Priska Ugrina, Dušan Gojić, Nebojša Pop Tasić, Mijo Pavelko, Martin Kuhar, Jakov Zovko, Robert Ugrina

workshops/markets: Brussels Short Film co-production forum
supported by: Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Bulgarian National Film Center, The French National Centre of Cinema (CNC), Slovenian Film Centre (SFC)

festivals and awards: 

• Cannes Film Festival 2024 – Official Selection for Short Film Competition – Golden Palm (Palme d’Or)
• Mediterranean Film Festival Split 2024. – out of competition
• Slano Film Days, 2024
• Ponta Lopud Filma Festival, 2024
• Tabor Film Festival 2024 – out of competition
• Pula Film Festival 2024 – special screening
• Sarajevo Film Festival 2024 – out of competition
• Cinehill Film Festival 2024.  – out of competition
• Vukovar Film Festival 2024 – out of competition
• Brač Film Festival, 2024 – out of competition
• Rab Film Festival, 2024 – out of competition
• Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival 2024 – competition
• European Film Festival, Zagreb 2024 – not competitive
• Star Film Festival, Sisak, Croatia, 2024
• Short Film Festival Novigrad, Croatia, 2024
• Melbourne International Film Festival 2024 – City of Melbourne Grand Prix for Best Short Film
• AsterFest International Film Festival 2024 – Best Director “Aco Aleksov” 
• Bulgarian cinema festival, Paris, 2024 – out of competition
• DOKUart, Bjelovar, 2024
• International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2024. – Out of competition
• Toronto Film Festival, 2024 – Short Cuts competition
• War On Screen, 2024 – competition
• Manhattan Short, 2024 – Finalist
• FeKK – Ljubljana Short Film Festival 2024 – Special Mention
• Across The Lake Festival, 2024
• Film Under The Stars, 2024
• Hvar Film Festival, 2024
• European Film Festival Palić, Serbia, 2024
• Vrboska film festival, Croatia 2024
• Hamptons Film Festival, 2024
• Sao Paulo short film festival, 2024
• Kaohsiung Film Festival, 2024
• CinEast (Central and Eastern European Film Festival), 2024
• Un festival c’est trop court, 2024
• Udruga filmski festival “Ivo Gregurević” – Ceremonial Academy
• Festival slovenskega filma Portorož 2024 – Gregor Božič: Special Mention for cinematography
• Woodstock film festival, 2024
• Jakarta Film Week, 2024
• Festival du Nouveau Cinéma – FNC (New Cinema Festival), 2024
• Film Front – International Short Fiction Film Festival, 2024
• Festival Cinémed (Mediterranean Cinema Festival), 2024
• Giffoni Macedonia Youth Film Festival, 2024
• Mediterranean Film Festival, Široki brijeg, 2024
• Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival, 2024
• Philadelphia Film Festival, 2024
• Les Arcs Film Festival, 2024
• Tuzla Film Festival, 2024
• French Festival Saint Paul Trois châteaux, 2024
• Cinema Eye screening at BKC Gallery, 2024
• El Gouna Film Festival, 2024
• The American French Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2024
• Festival Images en vues, 2024
• Soirée Déjà Demain – Agence du CM, 2024
• Film Festival Cottbus, 2024
• Slobodna Zona Belgrade, 2024
• Stockholm International Film Festival, 2024
• Sulmona film festival, 2024 – Best Actor Goran Bogdan (Ex Aequo)
• Euro-Balkan Film Festival, 2024 Rome, Italy – Best film
• Bucharest Short Film Festival, 2024 – Gregor Božič – Best Cinematography
• Days of Croatian Film, 2024 – Best screenplay, Ethics and human rights award, Best Actor
• Cork IFF Ireland, 2024
• MedFilm Festival, 2024
• Leeds International Film Festival, 2024
• Villeurbanne Short Films Festival, 2024
• Ljubljana International Film Festival, 2024
• PÖFF Shorts, Tallinn, 2024
• Semana del Cortometraje de Madrid, 2024
• Adelaide Croatian Film Festival, 2024
• Filmschoolfest Munich Opening Ceremony (University for Television and Film), 2024
• International Film Festival Prvi Kadar/First Shot, 2024
• Ajyal Film Festival, 2024
• Les rencontres Cinessone, 2024
• Balcan Crossover Festival, 2024
• Rome Independent Film Festival, 2024
• KFFK/Kurzfilmfestival Köln, 2024
• Cinemamed – Festival cinéma méditerranéen de Bruxelles, 2024
• Kinomania, Bulgaria, 2024
• Zagreb Film Festival, Checkers, 2024 – out of competition
• International Short Film Festival Winterthur, 2024 – Audience award
• Ayjal Film Festival, Doha, 2024