260 Days

260 Days (260 dana), is a currently-filming Croatian-American English language war drama based on 2011 autobiographical historical novel of the same name by Marijan Gubina, directed by Jakov Sedlar and script supervised by Barry Morrow.

Novel and the movie are based on Gubina's (born 1981) experience of captivity in Serbian concentration camp for 260 days during Croatian War of Independence, from August 1, 1991, to April 16, 1992. During his imprisonment in the camp as a 10-year-old boy, Gubina was abused, forced to collect dead bodies and witnessed his sister's rape several times. Gubina directed a theatre play about his war experience in 2014 in production with Croatian National Theatre in Osijek.

Cast
(incomplete)
 * Will Godber as Marijan Gubina (child)
 * Tim Roth as Marijan Gubina (adult)
 * Sam Hazeldine as Hinko Gubina (Marijan's father)
 * Camilla Rutherford as Marija Gubina (Marijan's mother)
 * Armand Assante as Yugoslav People's Army officer
 * Ángela Molina as Dragana
 * Isabelle Dempster as sister Nena

Development and casting
Official website (260days.net) was launched by the end of December 2023. First press conference on the filming of the movie was held soon after, on January 28, 2024, in Osijek, Croatia. Among others, Hanna Schygulla, Armand Assante, Lujo Kunčević, Pero Eranović, and Konstantin Haag were announced as the cast members at the conference. Tim Roth, Angela Molina, Sam Hazeldine, Camilla Rutherford, Isabelle Dempster and Will Godber were also announced as cast members.

Crowdfunding campaign for the movie was opened on December 1, 2023. So far (June 2024), campaign raised €2.6 million. Movie ambasadors include singer Dino Jelusić, soccer coach Zlatko Dalić, waterpolo coach Ivica Tucak, Croatian minister Tomo Medved, writer Hrvoje Hitrec, waterpolo player Dubravko Šimenc, gymnast Robert Seligman, boxer Luka Pratljačić, Fr. Nikola Pašalić, rabin Jack Bemporad, among others. Film was also supported by several Croatian writers of historical novels regarding Croatian War of Independence (Goran Hiller, Vilim Karlović, Damir Plavšić, Zdravko Carević, Antun Fuglinski and Zoran Filipović). Croatian Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Croatian Veterans also supported the movie.

Filming
Casting was held in London during March and April 2024. 36 candidates applied for the role of the young Gubina, for which Will Godber was selected. Filming started on May 15 and ended by June 2024 in Osijek. Film was shot mostly in Gorjani, Đakovo, Osijek's historic Tvrđa, Vukovar and at the several locations in Osijek-Baranja County. Gorjani were selected to represent Dalj, Gubina's birthplace, with traditional Slavonic wooden houses and agricultural ladscape. In total, 41 actor appears in the movie. Castings for extras were held during May 2024 in Đakovo and Požega. Around 60 of them appears in the film, some of which are Croatian survivors of the Serbian concentration camps and war veterans.

Soundtrack
Croatian singer Dino Jelusić was announced as an author of film music.