The film tells three different love stories, set in three consecutive decades, in two neighbouring Balkan villages burdened with a long history of inter-ethnic hatred. The first story shows the tragedy of a young couple preparing to leave their village during the war, the second one is a love story between a young woman returning to her village and a countryman, while the third one is the coming-of-age story of a young man who has left his pregnant girlfriend in his native village.

The High Sunwas produced by Kinorama in coproduction with Slovenia's Gustav film and in association with SEE Film Pro from Serbia. The film was supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Center, the MEDIA Programme, the Slovenian Film Center with 70,000 EUR and Viba Film Ljubljana. The total budget was 1.1 m EUR covered by Croatia with 67,26%, Slovenia with 21,56% and Serbia with 11,18" Petra Vidmar from Gustav Film told FNE.

The Croatian Society of Film Workers selected The High Sun, which won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes Film Festival this year to represent Croatia in the Foreign Language category of the Academy Awards.

The High Sun is scheduled to be released in Slovenia by Gustav film in November 2015.

Production Information

Kinorama
Stoosova 25
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Phone: +385 1 231 6787
Fax: +385 1 231 6788
http://www.kinorama.hr/ 

Gustav film
Stegne 7
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone: +386 590 31 995
Fax: +386 590 31 996
http://www.gustavfilm.si/  
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Credits
Director: Dalibor Matanić
Screenwriter: Dalibor Matanić
DoP: Marko Brdar
Editor: Tomislav Pavlić
Production Designer: Mladen Ožbolt
Costume Designer: Ana Savić Gecan
Make up: Mojca Gorogranc Petrushevska, Talija Ivančič
Music: Alen Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz
Sound Designer: Julij Zornik
Cast: Tihana Lazović, Goran Marković, Nives Ivanković, Dado Ćosić, Stipe Radoja, Trpimir Jurkić, Mira Banjac