Associated production
THE LOAD | TERET
Fiction | 2018 | 98 min.
World Premiere at Director's Fortnight Cannes 2018
Director and Writer: Ognjen Glavonic
Production:
Non-Aligned Films (RS), Cinéma Defacto (FR), Kinorama (HR)
Cinematographer: Tatjana Krstevski
Editor: Jelena Maksimovic
Supported by:
CNC – aide aux cinémas du monde, HAVC, Eurimages, Visions Sud Est, Hubert Bals Fund, AP Vojvodina, Filmski centar Srbije, Doha Film Institute
Awards
Special Mention of the Jury @ Molodist – Kyiv International Film Festival
Best Director @ Art Film Fest Košice
Best Actor (Leon Lučev) @ Sarajevo Film Festival
Special Jury Prize @ Sakhalin International Film Festival «On the Edge»
Roberto Rossellini award for Best Director @ Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon IFF
Fedeora award @ Haifa Film Festival
Best screenplay @ Minsk International Film Festival
Special Mention of the Jury @ Cottbus Film Festival
Fipresci prize @ Cottbus Film Festival
Best Film @ Malatya International Film Festival
Best Film @ Zagreb Film Festival
Special Mention of the Jury @ Ljubljana International Film Festival
Festivals
· Festival de Cannes – Quinzaine des Réalisateurs
· Molodist – Kyiv International Film Festival
· Art Film Fest Košice
· New Horizons International Film Festival
· Sarajevo Film Festival
· Sakhalin International Film Festival «On the Edge»
· Toronto Film Festival
· International Film Festival Cinematik Piešťany
· Helsinki International Film Festival
· CinEast – Central and Eastern European Film Festival in Luxembourg
· Festival « Indépendance(s) et création »
· Vancouver International Film Festival
· Les Rendez-vous de l’histoire
· BFI London Film Festival
· Bogotá International Film Festival
· Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival
· Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest
· Viennale
· Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen Montpellier
· Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”
· Stockholm Film Festival
· Film Festival Cottbus
· Cork Film Festival
· Festival du Film de Sarlat
· Thessaloniki International Film Festival
· Zagreb Film Festival
· Ljubljana International Film Festival
· Gijón International Film Festival
· Malatya International Film Festival
· Festival autorskog filma
· Festival de cinéma « Du grain à démoudre »
· Les Arcs Film Festival
· International Film Festival Rotterdam
SYNOPSIS
During the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999, Vlada gets a new job. As a freezer truck driver, his mission is to transport heavy load across the country, from Kosovo to Belgrade. Without stopping. He is driving through unfamiliar territory and the consequences of the bombing are visible everywhere around. Vlada does not know what the load in the back of the truck is, but his cargo slowly becomes his burden.