SAFE SPACE
Sigurno Mjesto | Safe Place
Croatia – 2022 – Color – 103’
Direction: Juraj Lerotic | Script: Juraj Lerotic | Cinematography: Marko Brdar | Editing: Marko Ferkovic | Cast: Juraj Lerotic, Goran Markovic, Snjezana Sinovcic | Production: Miljenka Cogelja, Vlado Bulajic
A traumatic event – a suicide attempt – creates a rift in the family’s everyday life. Their lives fundamentally change, as if they are waging a war invisible to everyone else. The source of the story is autobiographical, it is addressed in the film and highlighted by the fact that the author/director plays himself.
*The film was distinguished at this year's Locarno Film Festival, where director Juraj Lerotic won the Best First Film Award and Goran Markovic won the Best Actor Award. It also distinguished itself at the Sarajevo Film Festival, winning two awards. The film had its Greek premiere at the 63rd Thessaloniki Film Festival, while it also participated in the Ljubljana, Warsaw and Zagreb Film Festivals.ο Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου της Θεσσαλονίκης, ενώ συμμετείχε και στα Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου της Λιουμπλιάνας, της Βαρσοβίας και του Ζάγκρεμπ.
