Cinematic Homelands Program, Part Three: The Load
Department of Art & Art History
Stanford Global Studies Division
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Documentary Film and Video
Film and Media Studies
This screening is part of the Cinematic Homelands Program organized by the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Department of Art & Art History and Stanford Global Studies.
About the screening:
The Load (2018)
During NATO’s bombing of Serbia in 1999, Vlada, a truck driver, is hired to undertake a treacherous path across his war-torn country and deliver mysterious cargo. On a journey where friend and foe prove indistinguishable, Vlada comes to realize the horrifying ramifications of his mission.
Q&A with filmmaker Ognjen Glavonić will follow the screening.
Ognjen Glavonić is a Serbian director, screenwriter, and producer. His short films were selected for more than fifty international film festivals. His documentary, Zivan Makes a Punk Festival (2014), premiered at Cinéma du Réel. Glavonic's documentary Depth Two (2016), won a number of best film awards after premiering at the Berlinale Forum. The Load, his first feature-length fiction film, premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival in 2018. Glavonić is a founder of Non-Aligned Films and Pančevo Film Festival.