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  • 2021 | Fiction | 90' | Serbia, Germany, Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia

Heavens Above

Stojan (Goran Navojec) is as dull and simple as he is kindhearted. When a freak accident changing a light bulb puts a glowing halo above his head, he quickly becomes the new attraction around town. His strong-willed wife Nada (Ksenia Marinkovic) isn’t at all amused about the unwanted attention amongst their neighbors. After several tries, nothing can remove the shining annoyance and turn her husband back to his former unremarkable self. Stojan, the unwilling saint, begins to like his new lifestyle and quickly turns to sinister crimes…
 
HEAVENS ABOVE is a dark comedy told through three stories of one family and spanning over three decades (1993, 2001, 2026). The film explores the impact of miracles on modern society. Numerous characters reappear, intertwine, and affect each other’s destinies in increasingly bizarre circumstances. Director Srdjan Dragojevic delivers a wild and grotesque perspective on post-socialist Yugoslavia, that succeeds in showing the dark sides of progressive thinking patterns.
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Director
Srđjan Dragojević
Production
Delirium Films, Ma.ja.de. Fiction, Sektor Film, Forum Ljubljana, Studio DIM and ZDF in association with arte
Funding
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, DFFF, Eurimages, FCS Film Fund Serbia, MFA Macedonia Film Agency, SFF Slovenian Film Fund, HAVC Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Distribution
World Sales
Festivals
Locarno FF 2021 (International Competition - Prize of the Independent Young Jury), Odessa IFF 2021, Ostrava Kamera Oko 2021, CineEast 2021, Mostra de Valencia 2021 (Best Photography Award), Emden FF 2021, Cork IFF 2021, Cottbus IFF 2021, Cinemamed Brussels Mediterranean FF 2021, Sofia IFF 2022 (Balcan Competition), Balkan Panorama FF 2022 (Best Director Award), Taipei FF 2022

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