The Load – Non-Aligned Films

Fiction | 2018 | 98 min.
Premiere: Festival de Cannes – Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

Synopsis:
Vlada works as a truck driver during the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. Tasked with transporting a mysterious load from Kosovo to Belgrade, he drives through unfamiliar territory, trying to make his way in a country scarred by the war. He knows that once the job is over, he will need to return home and face the consequences of his actions.

Available to watch on iTunes (US) · Filmingo (CH/LI)

Director and Writer: Ognjen Glavonic

Production: Non-Aligned Films (RS)
Co-production: Cinéma Defacto (FR), Kinorama (HR), Three Gardens Film (IR)
Cinematographer: Tatjana Krstevski
Editor: Jelena Maksimovic

Supported by: CNC – aide aux cinémas du monde, HAVC, Eurimages, Visions Sud Est, Hubert Bals Fund, Film Center Serbia, AP Vojvodina, Doha Film Institute

World Sales: New Europe Film Sales

Downloads & links
Trailer · EPK · poster (HQ) · stills

Awards
Special Mention of the Jury @ Molodist – Kyiv International Film Festival
Best Director @ Art Film Fest Košice
Best Actor (Leon Lučev) @ Sarajevo Film Festival
Special Jury Prize @ Sakhalin International Film Festival «On the Edge»
Roberto Rossellini award for Best Director @ Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon IFF
Fedeora award @ Haifa Film Festival
Best screenplay @ Minsk International Film Festival
Special Mention of the Jury @ Cottbus Film Festival
Fipresci prize @ Cottbus Film Festival
Best Film @ Malatya International Film Festival
Best Film @ Zagreb Film Festival
Special Mention of the Jury @ Ljubljana International Film Festival

Past screenings
2 Jun, 12h00, Kiev Cinema – Blue Hall / Kiev, Ukraine
3 Jun, 15h00, Kiev Cinema – Blue Hall / Kiev, Ukraine
17 Jun, 16h30, Kunsthalle / Košice, Czech Republic
18 Jun, 15h30, Kulturpark 1 Joj Cinema / Košice, Czech Republic
1 Aug, 19h15, knh 7 / Wrocław, Poland
2 Aug, 10h15, knh 7 / Wrocław, Poland
5 Aug, 10h15, knh 6 / Wrocław, Poland
14 Aug, 09h00, National Theatre / Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
14 Aug, 19h30, National Theatre / Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
15 Aug, 14h15, Multiplex Cinema City 2 / Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
30 Aug, 20h30, Chekhov-center / Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
31 Aug, 11h00, Cinema Oktyabr / Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
11 Sept, 21h45, TIFF Bell Lightbox / Toronto, Canada
13 Sept, 11h00, House of Arts / Piešťany, Czech Republic
13 Sept, 21h15, Scotiabank Theatre / Toronto, Canada
14 Sept, 17h15, Scotiabank Theatre / Toronto, Canada
23 Sept, 18h45, Maxim 2 / Helsinki, Finland
24 Sept, 21h00, Kinopalatsi 1 / Helsinki, Finland
30 Sept, 21h00, Orion / Helsinki, Finland
5 Oct, 11h30, Ciné 32, salle 4 / Auch, France
5 Oct, 20h30, Cinémathèque / Luxembourg
6 Oct, 20h00, Ciné 32, salle 5 / Auch, France
7 Oct, 18h00, International Village 8 / Vancouver, Canada
12 Oct, 14h00, Cinéma Les Lobis / Blois, France
12 Oct, 17h15, Vancity Theatre / Vancouver, Canada
12 Oct, 21h00, Vue 6 Leicester Sq / London, UK
13 Oct, 12h30, ICA Cinema 1 / London, UK
14 Oct, 17h00, Spring in a Small Town / Pingyao, China
15 Oct, 11h00, Spring in a Small Town / Pingyao, China
15 Oct, 13h20, Multiplex Calle 100 / Bogotá, Colombia
16 Oct, 16h00, Multiplex Andino / Bogotá, Colombia
16 Oct, 20h30, Ciné Utopia / Luxembourg
21 Oct, 17h30, Cinema Elvire Popesco / Bucharest, Romania
22 Oct, 16h00, Corum – Salle Pasteur / Montpellier, France
25 Oct, 16h00, Corum – Salle Pasteur / Montpellier, France
26 Oct, 20h30, Cinemateca Union / Bucharest, Romania
29 Oct, 15h30, Filmmuseum / Vienna, Austria
30 Oct, 18h00, Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus / Vienna, Austria
4 Nov, 16h30, Centralny / Minsk, Belarus
7 Nov, 14h30, Stadthalle / Cottbus, Germany
8 Nov, 17h00, Weltspiegel / Cottbus, Germany
8 Nov, 18h00, Stavros Tornes / Thessaloniki, Greece
8 Nov, 21h00, Kinodvor / Ljubljana, Slovenia
10 Nov, 19h00, Zita 1 / Stockholm, Sweden
10 Nov, 20h30, Stavros Tornes / Thessaloniki, Greece
10 Nov, 21h00, Malatya Park Avşar 2 / Malatya, Turkey
12 Nov, 15h00, Sture 1 / Stockholm, Sweden
12 Nov, 17h00, Kino Komuna / Ljubljana, Slovenia
13 Nov, 14h00, Yeşil Sinemaları 1 / Malatya, Turkey
13 Nov, 18h00, The Gate Cinema / Cork, Ireland
13 Nov, 21h45, Rex 6 / Sarlat-la-Canéda, France
14 Nov, 13h00, Sture 2 / Stockholm, Sweden
14 Nov, 13h45, Rex 3 / Sarlat-la-Canéda, France
14 Nov, 18h00, Maribox / Maribor, Slovenia
15 Nov, 13h00, Kino Tuškanac / Zagreb, Croatia
15 Nov, 19h00, Rex 6 / Sarlat-la-Canéda, France
15 Nov, 21h00, Kino Europa / Zagreb, Croatia
16 Nov, 13h45, Triskel Arts Centre / Cork, Ireland
16 Nov, 17h15, Kosovelova dvorana / Ljubljana, Slovenia
17 Nov, 12h30, Escuela de Comercio / Gijón, Spain
17 Nov, 22h30, Teatro Jovellanos / Gijón, Spain
18 Nov, 16h00, Kino Europa / Zagreb, Croatia
18 Nov, 17h00, Yelmo 9 – Sundance TV / Gijón, Spain
24 Nov, 13h30, Espace Culturel de la Pointe de Caux / Gonfreville-l’Orcher, France
24 Nov, 20h00, Kombank Dvorana 1 / Belgrade, Serbia
26 Nov, 16h30, Kombank Dvorana 6 / Belgrade, Serbia
27 Nov, 21h00, Bioskop Fontana / Belgrade, Serbia
28 Nov, 21h30, Dvorana Kulturnog Centra / Belgrade, Serbia
29 Nov, 18h30, CZK Vlada Divljan / Belgrade, Serbia
30 Nov, 19h00, Dom kulture Studentski grad / Belgrade, Serbia
TBA / Les Arcs, France
TBA / Rotterdam, Netherlands