Slavic Artists Clients in OUR FATHER, World Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival

We are proud to announce that our Slavic Artists clients Vučić Perović, Toni Mihajlovski, Nenad Heraković, Dado Ćosić, Nikola Šurbanović and Petar Novaković star in the highly anticipated Serbian psychological drama OUR FATHER, which will have its world premiere at the 50th TIFF as part of the festival’s Discovery section.

OUR FATHER, the debut narrative feature by Goran Stanković, follows 32-year-old Dejan (Vučić Perović) who, after years of spiraling addiction, retreats to a remote monastery commune run by a strict but charismatic priest. Isolated from the outside world, the commune enforces recovery through a regimen of labor, discipline, obedience and faith. Assigned a humble guardian, Dejan begins the painful path toward healing – until a disturbing video surfaces showing a patient violently enforcing the rules, the outside world takes notice and Dejan is forced to choose between protecting the system that gave him purpose or confronting the truth he can no longer ignore.

Written by Stankovic in collaboration with Ognjen Svilicic, Maja Pelevic and Dejan Prcic, the screenplay is the result of years of research and interviews with survivors of faith-based rehabilitation programs.

The film is produced by This and That Productions, with co-productions from Nightswim, PomPom Film, KINO, Dream Factory, Novi Film, and Cineplanet. It is backed by Film Center Serbia, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, MIC – Ministry of Culture of Italy, HAVC – Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Film Centre of Montenegro, Film Agency of North Macedonia, Sarajevo Film Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA, and RE-ACT.

The 50th edition of TIFF will take place September 4–14 in Toronto.

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