The film was made in 2009 and it was theatrically released in Croatia at the beginning of 2010. It participated in a number of international film festivals and at three of them (Ljubljana, Belgrade, Linz), it won the Best Film awards. At the prestigious festival of Eastern European Cinema in Cottbus, Germany, the film won the Best Director award and also the FIPRESCI (The International Federation of Film Critics) award.

The Blacks had its premiere in the national program at the 56th Pula Film Festival (2009) where it was awarded the Golden Arena for Best Director, Best Supporting Role and Best Sound Design. In 2010 it won the Bauer prize as the best regional film at Motovun Film Festival (Croatia).

The main roles are played by Ivo Gregurević, Rakan Rushaidat, Krešimir Mikić, Franjo Dijak and Nikša Butijer.

The film was produced by Kinorama (Croatia, www.kinorama.hr ) in association with Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT, www.hrt.hr ).