Father (2020 film)

Father (Oтац) is a 2020 Serbian film directed by Srdan Golubović. It premiered as part of the Panorama programme at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.

The film is based on the true story of a man from the Serbian town of Priboj, who, after his children had been taken away from him by local social services, travelled to Belgrade on foot in order to have his children returned to him.

Cast

 * Goran Bogdan as Nikola
 * Boris Isaković as Vasiljević
 * Nada Šargin as Biljana
 * Milica Janevski as the Social Worker.

Critical reception
Jessica Kiang of Variety had called the film "powerful, but grueling" and a "tough, but compelling downer".