Program(s)
Lithuanian Premieres
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Marko is the kind of teenager that half the town envies and the other half hates. Handsome, athletic, and self-confident, he doesn’t hesitate to push those weaker than him or insolently suggest to a girl to have sex at her workplace. Because Marko thinks that he has the whole world at his feet. But then Slaven – old buddy of Marko’s – returns to the village for his father’s funeral. The guys share a common secret. If Marko is not careful, it will ruin his image, and things might get bloody.
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“Croatian director Čejen Černić Čanak sensitively captures those moments when the inner dams we have built for ourselves begin to crumble. The rising water here becomes a metaphor for feelings – a silent but persistent force that erodes the fear of being oneself. Sandbag Dam is about self-acceptance, fragile intimacy, and the courage to love openly, even when one’s surroundings are not ready for it.” (Programme curator Benita Paplauskaitė)
Awards
World PremiereBerlin Film Festival, Generation 14plus Section, 2025
Best Supporting ActorPula Film Festival, 2025
Best Original ScorePula Film Festival, 2025
Best Sound DesignPula Film Festival, 2025
Best DebutPula Film Festival, 2025
Credentials
- DirectingČejen Černić Čanak
- The scriptTomislav Zajec, Čejen Černić Čanak
- PlaysLav Novosel, Andrija Žunac, Leon Grgić, Franka Mikolaci, Tanja Smoje, Alma Prica, Filip Šovagović, Luka Baškarad, Rada Mrksic, Marica Vidusic, Pan Jelic, Margarita Belan, Lana Hranjec, Gregor Birkic, Dino Nikolic, Ana Ugrina, Katja Galunic, Andrej Svaco
- AssemblySlaven Zečević
- CameraMarko Brdar
- MusicDomas Strupinskas
- ProducingAnkica Jurić Tilić, Ieva Norviliene, Aleš Pavlin, Andrej Stritof, Marija Stojanović, Marija Dimitrova, Hrvoje Pervan, Dragan Jurić, Milan Stojanović, Maja Popović Milojević
- DialoguesCroatian
- SubtitlesLithuanian, English
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