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 and
- 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 ,
- Auteur Film Festival Belgrade – International Competition ,
- Human Rights Film Festival Zagreb – Official Selection ,
- Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival – International Competition ,
- Pune International Film Festival – Global Cinema ,
- Berlin Critics' Week – Official Selection ,
- CPH:DOX – Parafictions section , and
- D'A Festival de Cinema de Barcelona – RADAR Section
World Sales
- Square Eyes Film
Bio/Filmo
Dane Komljen was born in 1986 in Banja Luka. He made three feature films, Desire Lines, Afterwater and All the Cities of the North, one documentary, The Garden Cadences, and numerous shorts exploring notions of body, space, utopia and being together. His films were awarded at Festival del Film Locarno, IFF Rotterdam, Festival de Cannes, Sarajevo FF, New Horizons IFF, Festival de Sevilla and shown at many more. He lives and works in Berlin.