9 th FORTECA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PERAST
26-30 July 2025, PERAST MONTENEGRO
Mimi
North Macedonia, 2021, feature, 99’30’’, Macedonian with English subtitles,
Director: Darijan Pejovski
A small town girl, who is infertile, becomes obsessed with her friend’s newborn son, to a degree that she develops a “phantom pregnancy.”
Cast: Natalija Teodosieva, Tamara Ristoska, Oliver Mitkovski
Producer: Tomi Salkovski
Prva klasa – pun gas! / First Class – full Throttle
Serbien, 2024, melodrama, sport, 120’, Serbian with English subtitles.
Director: Vladimir Mica Popovic
This exciting melodrama with comedic elements follows the lives of two fanatics and rivals, Beba (Rade Ćosić) & Nemac (Miodrag Mićko Radonjić), who are the best drivers in Yugo races. Their goal is to win the championship and qualify for F2 to race in Formula. Besides their passion for racing, the film explores a love triangle between the two rivals, who are in love with the same woman, played by Matea Milosavljević.
Cast: Rade Cosic, Miodrag Radonjic, Matea Milosavljevic
Producer: Nikola Burovac, Rade Cosic, Zoran Tomic
Leva lite / Live a little
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, 2025, feature, 98’, Swedish with English subtitles,
Director: Fanny Ovesen
Best friends Laura and Alexandra are full of excitement as they arrive in Warsawa, the first stop on their summer-long couchsurfing trip through Europe. New connections are quickly formed, and plans for parties are made, even though Laura is missing her boyfriend at the same time. However, the dynamics of the journey shift when after a night of heavy drinking, Laura wakes up in a guy’s bed without any memories of what happened.
Cast: Embla Ingelman-Sundberg, Aviva Wrede, Oscar Lesage, Odin Romanus
Producer: Marie Kjellson
Production: Kjellson & Wik
Frka
Croatia. 2024, Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime, 109’44’’, Croatian with English subtitles,
Director: Svebor Mihael Jelic
After messing up a job for the local drug dealer, Nika is presented with an ultimatum that takes her and her friends on a no-holds-barred race against time in a night that will test all of their limits.
Cast: Kristina Jovanovic, Sven Latinovic, Antonia Mrkonjic, Luka Vondrak, Vedran Dakic
Producer: Sven Latinovic, Iris Tomic
Kevlar själ / Kevlar soul
Sweden, 2025, feature, 102’, Swedish with English subtitles,
Director: Maria Eriksson-Hecht
When love enters the lives of teenage brothers Alex and Robin, it shatters their protective symbiotic bubble. While marking the start of a healing process for one of them, it sends the other one down a path that will lead to complete catastrophe.
Cast: Josef Kersh, Rio Svensson, Adja Sise Stenson, Jonay Pineda Skallak, Torkel Petersson
Producer: Ronny Fritsche, Lizette Jonjic
Production: Zentropa Sweden
Poslednji krug momci / The final lap
Serbia, 2025, feature, 78’, Serbian, English with English subtitles,
Director: Ilija Stojimirović
Last Round Guys is an action comedy that intertwines two stories. In the first story, celebrities hilariously try to get to the premiere of a movie that has become the talk of the town. The second story is a film within a film, a humorous parody of action heroes saving the world, and the main characters fight against the “bad guys” by getting into trouble and escaping from it, in exciting action scenes in the snow, in the water and in the air.
Cast: Ivan Savić, Uroš Đorđević, Boško Milosavljević, Uroš Dobrojević, Predrag Milić
Producer: Uros Djordjevic
Production: Artproject team
Mudbrick
USA, Serbia, 2024, feature, 88’, English, Serbian with English subtitles,
Director: Nikola Petrović
After his father’s death, Paul returns to his old mud house in the remote corners of Serbia, hoping to confront his brother Jakov and find the answers that have eluded him for so long. However, as soon as he enters the house, he is overcome by an unpleasant chill – strange symbols surround him, and the entire space exudes a gloomy fear and heavy silence. As he delves deeper into his family’s past, Paul discovers a connection to Slavic mythology and an old curse that vaguely reminds him of something from the distant past, perhaps even from his childhood. The family is hiding a terrible secret – and that secret leads to a long-standing pact with the dark god Veles. As he investigates further, Paul begins to question everything he knows about himself. Each new truth leads him into a vortex of nightmare, where his family’s decisions echo through generations. MUDBRICK is a disturbing story about secrets that drag you into the past, forgotten memories, and a curse that never ends.
Cast: Philip Brodie, Andrew Howard, Kamka Točinovski, Dušica Nastova, Joakim Tasić, Predrag Momčilović, Lauren Sivan
Producer: John Henry Hinkel, Aleksandar Protic
Production: Srbija, SAD
Доброчинитељ игранок документарни о Сими Игуманову / Benefactor – a documentary film about Sima Igumanov
2024, 45’,
Director: Boško Milosavljević
The birth of the great Serbian benefactor coincided with the year of the First Serbian Uprising. After a difficult childhood in Prizren, Sima Andrejević, a boy who grew up without parents, alongside his older brother, tries to start his own business. Difficult circumstances, as well as the pressures from the Arnauts and Turks, force him to seek justice and happiness in Constantinople. In the big city, where he spent ten years, an event will take place that will decisively influence his great progress in business – which he will later develop in Russia. The film “Benefactor” (2024, 45′) shows the most important moments in the life of Sima Andrejević Igumanov – and the path he took to reach his goal … Which was a magnificent endowment in Prizren… And a grand palace in Belgrade.
Cast: The narrators are Nenad Jezdić (voice of Sime Igumanov) and Viktor Savić, Sima Andrejević Igumanov – Slobodan Tešić, Consul Evgeny Timayev – Aleksandar Matić, Consul Ivan Jastrebov – Ilija Stojimirov
Producer: Milan P. Kićevac
Je’vida
Finland, 2024, feature, 100’, Saami, Finnish with English subtitles,
Director: Katja Gauriloff
Iida, an elderly Skolt Sámi woman who has abandoned her past under the pressures of assimilation, weaving across three different historical eras to examine the fate of Finland’s Indigenous peoples in the post-war period.
Cast: Agafia Niemenmaa, Heidi Gauriloff, Sanna-Kaisa Palo
Producer: Joonas Berghäll, Satu Majava
Production: Faroese Ministry of Culture, Finnish Film Foundation, International Sámi Film Institute
Bauk / The Erl-King
Serbia, 2024, feature, 97’, Serbian with English subtitles,
Director: Goran Radovanovic
Sava, her mother and little brother live in a skyscraper in Belgrade. That normal life is interrupted by the bombing of Serbia. A shelter becomes his new home and Milica, the daughter of the priest he is in love with, leaves the country.
Cast: Jaksa Prpic, Sara Klimoska, Vojin Cetkovic
Producer: Nikolay Mutafchiev, Goran Radovanovic
Production: Archangel Digital Studios, Nama Film, PREMIERstudio
Dolphin boy
Russia, 2022, animated, 90’, Serbian with English subtitles
Director: Mohammad Kheirandish
After the plane crashes into the sea, the dolphin Danilo rescues a little boy from the raging waves. Since then, friends, almost brothers, grow up carefree together in the magical depths of the sea. Until one day the peace of their happy little world is destroyed by an evil octopus. He exiles the boy to the mainland, where he will have to learn to live among people and understand the secret of his origin. A new friend, the good-natured captain and dolphin Danilo, will help the boy cope with all the difficulties – either at the bottom of the sea or on mysterious distant islands. Along the way, fantastic adventures await you.
Cast: Polina Avdeyenko, Yuliya Rudina, Aleksandr Fenin
Producer: Andrey Gogolev, Mohammad Kheirandish
Production: Sky Frame Studios
Stranac / The Stranger
Croatia, 2024, short film, 19’12’’, with English subtitles,
Director: Milorad Milatović
Few brief encounters during the working night of lonely taxi driver.
Cast: Antonio Nuić, Nina Violić, Kristian Bonačić, Martina Mandek, Lucija Perić, Ema Mikolaci, Ida Barac, Ema Barac, Uršula Raukar Gamulin, Denis Patafta
Producer: Ida Barac
Production: Academy of Dramatic Arts Zagreb
Everlasting story/прича о чаробном мачу
2024, animated, 90’, with English subtitles
Once upon a time in a kingdom far away lived the young warrior Costa and his best friend and comrade Magic Sword, a talking sword named Miracle. Costa with a sword sets out on a journey full of different challenges to find a dangerous monster – the White Shadow. Many years ago, Costa swore to avenge his loved ones, who died at the hands of the White Shadow. Along the way, full of various trials, they meet the young sorceress Freya, who joins them in the fight to save the world and prove that true love is eternal.
Hammarskjöld
Sweden, Norway, South Africa, 2024, biography, drama, history, thriller, war, 114’, Swedish, French, English with English subtitles,
Director: Per Fly
Set in Cold War in 1961, follows the story of diplomat and economist Dag Hammarskjöld, who boards a plane in a desperate attempt to negotiate a ceasefire from his enemies after he leads UN troops into their first wartime operation.
Cast: Mikael Persbrandt, Francis Chouler, Cian Barry
Producer: Marlow De Mardt, Patrick Ryborn
Production: Nordsvensk Filmunderhållning, DO Productions, Maipo Film
Starac i njegov san / The oldman and his dream
documentary, 26’8’’, with English subtitles
Director: Duško Mazalica
Nikola is an elderly man who lives alone in the village and maintains the cemetery. All his relatives are buried in the cemetery and he has not been able to walk to it for a long time. The road is steep and there is snow. He decides to buy a horse so that, when harnessed, he can go to the cemetery with it. In his search for the horse, he encounters many obstacles and interesting situations.
Cast: Nikola Milašinović, Mile Mandić Žuna, Gojko Mazalica, Drago Mazalica, Goran Trkulja
Producer: Duško Mazalica, Jovan Narančić
Muted
Bulgaria, 2023, short film, 7’10’’, Bulgarian, English with English subtitles,
Director Gergana Nikolova
Palimpsest
Croatia, 2024, short film, 11’23’’, Croatian with English subtitles,
Director Bojan Koštić
Red Rose Aroma
Albania, 2023, short film, 15’, Albanian with English subtitles,
Director Aurel Naqi
And that’s for this Christmas
Bulgaria, 2024, short film, 14’40’’, Bulgarian with English subtitles,
Director Peter Vulchev
Victory
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2024, short film, 22’12’’, Bosnian with English subtitles,
Director Zulfikar Filandra
Kuchomoza
Zanzibar,2024 short documentary 5’ 30’’
On the vibrant, tradition-bound shores of Zanzibar, Aisha, a young seaweed farmer, yearns for a life beyond the horizon. Trapped by societal constraints forbidding women from the exhilarating freedom of kitesurfing and open-water swimming, she dreams of the vast ocean. Feeling suffocated by routine, a quiet rebellion stirs within her. Defying expectations, Aisha embarks on a solitary journey into the deep blue, where the waves become her sanctuary. This experimental drama, woven with powerful visuals and a soulful original score of local music, captures Aisha’s transformative voyage from confinement to liberation, celebrating the indomitable spirit of a woman breaking free and rising above societal norms – a concept embodied by the Swahili word ‘Kuchomosa,’ meaning Rising.
This short film, born from the International Youth Media Summit in Zanzibar, brought together a diverse group of young filmmakers and locals to offer a glimpse into women’s realities on the paradise-like island. Through close collaboration with the local community and artists, the crew created this non-profit film as a collective project, striving for cultural authenticity.
Director —Nishanth Raj (India)
Producer — Jovana Marjanović (Serbia)