2018, Serbia-France-Croatia-Iran-Qatar
98 min., col., OV – Serbian

Director and scriptwriter Ognjen Glavonić
DoP Tatjana Krstevski
Production design Zorana Petrov
Editing Jelena Maksimović
Cast Leon Lučev, Pavle Čemerikic, Tamara Krcunović, Ivan Lučev, Igor Benčina
Producers Ognjen Glavonić, Stefan Ivančić, Dragana Jovović, Sophie Erbs
Production Non-Aligned Films, Cinéma Defacto, Kinorama, Three Gardens Film
World Sales New Europe Film Sales

Vlada works as a truck driver during the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. Tasked with transporting a mysterious load from Kosovo to Belgrade, he drives through unfamiliar territory, trying to make his way in a country scarred by the war. He knows that once the job is over, he will need to return home and face the consequences of his actions.

• Special Jury mention, Molodist IFF-2017
  

OGNJEN GLAVONIĆ

Director. Born in 1985 in Pančevo, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). His short films have been selected for more than 50 international film festivals. “Zivan Makes a Punk Festival”(2014), his first documentary, had its premiere at Cinéma du Réel and has been screened at Rotterdam IFF, CPH:DOX, and IndieLisboa, among others. Ognjen’s documentary “Depth Two” (2016) had its premiere in the Forum section at the Berlinale, and was named best film at Festival dei Popoli, DokuFest, Message to Man, Open City Docs Fest, ZagrebDox, Kasseler Dokfest. He is the founder of Pančevo Film Festival. “The Load” is his first feature film.