In partnership with the French Embassy in Ireland

Stefan Pavlović’s mesmerising feature documentary debut is a deep-dive into his own personal history of displacement and the legacies of the Balkans conflict of the 1990s. It is also a quest to rediscover the wild horses of his Bosnian childhood. Over a summer spent in the company of a reclusive hermit fisherman who lives alone on an island in a picturesque lake, the director builds invisible bridges of understanding and empathy between two damaged people struggling with the physical manifestations of trauma.

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Winner, Burning Light Award, Visions du Réel 2021

Winner, Special Jury Prize, Sarajevo Film Festival 2021