Desire Lines
Branko can’t sleep. Something about his brother seems off, but there’s no one to talk about it. Branko follows him through the city’s passageways and parks, shadowing his every step. With each corner he turns, a terrible realization looms - his brother isn’t the strange one. He is. An unexpected telephone call from a forgotten friend breaks the surrounding silence. The voice urges him to leave the city behind and step into the unknown.
Credits
Director
- Dane Komljen
Screenplay
- Dane Komljen and
- Tanja Šljivar
With
- Ivan Čuić, Branka Katić, Petja Golec Horvat, Rok Juričić, Nadim Hendawi
Producers
- Natasa Damnjanovic, Vladimir Vidic – Dart Film
Co-producers
- Marc Thelosen, Koert Davidse – Serious Film ,
- Miljenka Čogelja – Pipser ,
- Zsuzsanna Kiràly – Flaneur Films ,
- Dane Komljen , and
- Armin Hadzic – Marletti
Line producers
- Dragana Jovović, Čarna Vučinić
Cinematography
- Ivan Marković, Jenny Lou Ziegel
Editing
- Marko Ferković
Sound engineer – Hrvoje Radnić
Sound design and Music
- Jakov Munižaba
Sound mixing
- Tim Van Peppen
Set design
- Dragana Baćović, Ana Ivanišević
Costume design
- Strahinja Tabaković
Hair/Make-up
- Tina Jasenković, Irena Miletić
Technical information
Serbia, Netherlands, Croatia, Germany, Bosnia 20251 : 1,77 · 5.1. Mix ·
Funding provided by
- Film Center Serbia ,
- Sarajevo Ministry of Culture and Sport ,
- Hubert Bals Fund / Netherlands Film Fund ,
- Croatian Film Fund ,
- Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Experimental , and
- Eurimages
Festivals
- Locarno Film Festival – International Competition ,
- Sarajevo Film Festival – Out of Competition ,
- Festival Du Nouveau Cinéma De Montréal, Canada – Les Nouveaux Alchimistes Competition ,
- São Paulo International Film Festival – International Perspective ,
- SEMINCI – Valladolid International Film Festival – Alchemies Official Section Competition ,
- European Film Forum SCANORAMA – Wild Cards section , and
- Auteur Film Festival Belgrade – International Competition
World Sales
- Square Eyes Film
Bio/Filmo
Dane Komljen, born in 1986 in Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia. He studied cinema and art. He made three features, All the Cities of the North, Afterwater and Desire Lines, one documentary, The Garden Cadences, along numerous shorts. His most recent feature premiered in Locarno Film Festival's Concorso Internazionale. He works and lives in Berlin.