Father

Serbia, France, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina • 2020

In a small town in Serbia, Nikola (Goran Bogdan, Fargo), a day laborer and father of two, is ordered to give up his children to social services after poverty and hunger drive his wife to commit a desperate act. Until he can provide adequate conditions for their upbringing, the children will be placed in foster care.

Despite Nikola’s best efforts and several appeals, social services refuse to return his children, leaving him feeling hopeless. But when Nikola discovers the local administration may be corrupt, he decides to travel across Serbia on foot and take his case directly to the national ministry in Belgrade.

Against all odds and driven by love and despair, this father refuses to give up on justice and his right to raise his children.

Winner - Panorama Audience Award, Berlinale 2020

Written & Directed by: Srdan Golubovic

Starring: Goran Bogdan, Boris Isakovic

Run time: 120 minutes

Language: Serbian

Subtitles: English

Color: Color

Format: 1.85:1

Sound: 5.1

FATHER Testimonials

"Steely, resonant, and Dardennes-esque. A powerful portrait of a man quietly raging against the machine."

- Kevin Jagernauth, The Playlist

"A gripping, nuanced drama. The latest feature from Srdan Golubovic combines the social realism of a Dardenne brothers heartbreaker with a Capra-like fanfare for the ordinary man."

- Allan Hunter, Screen Daily

"Supremely confident. A sly pitch black comedy runs throughout. It brings to mind equally depressing Eastern European cinema like Romania’s Death Of Mr. Lazarescu or Russia’s The Major."

- Redmond Bacon, Cultured Vultures

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Amherst Cinema Amherst, MA • Cinema Art Bethesda Bethesda, MD • Chelsea Theater Chapel Hill, NC • Chicago Serbian Filmfest Chicago, IL • Cinemafest San Juan San Juan, PR • Cleveland Cinematheque Cleveland, OH • Cleveland International Film Festival Cleveland, OH • Desert Film Society Palm Desert, CA • Fresno Filmworks Fresno, CA • Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago, IL • George Eastman Museum Rochester, NY • Greenwich International Film Festival Greenwich, CT • Guild Cinema Albuquerque, NM • Jacob Burns Film Center Pleasantville, NY • Laemmle Royal Los Angeles, CA • Laemmle Theatres Los Angeles, CA • Lumiere Music Hall Beverly Hills, CA • Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Film Festival Minneapolis, MN • New Plaza Cinema New York, NY • O Cinema Miami Beach, FL • Portland International Film Festival Portland, OR • Roxie Theater San Francisco, CA • Seattle International Film Festival Seattle, WA • South Bay Film Society Torrance, CA • The Onyx Nevada City, CA • Webster Film Series Saint Louis, MO

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Father