''Circles'' (/Krugovi) is a 2013 Serbian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Srdan Golubović Srdan Golubović ( sr-cyr, Срдан Голубовић; born August 24, 1972) is a Serbian film director and university professor. Biography Golubović's father was a film director Predrag Golubović. His first feature film '' Absolute 100'' ...

. The film was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

86th Academy Awards The 86th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best 2013 in film, films of 2013 and took place on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5: ...

, but it was not nominated. The film won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival and the Grand Prix, Golden Apricot at the 2013

Yerevan International Film Festival The ''Golden Apricot'' Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF; ) is an annual film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia. The festival was founded in 2004 with the co-operation of the "Golden Apricot" Fund for Cinema Development, the Armenian A ...

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, for Best Feature Film as well as the Grand Prix at 2013 CinEast Festival.

Synopsis

The film is inspired by the true story of Bosnian Serb soldier

Srđan Aleksić Srđan Aleksić ( sr-cyr, Срђан Алексић; 9 May 1966 – 27 January 1993), nicknamed Srđo, was a Bosnian Serb amateur actor, prospective swimmer, and soldier in the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) during the Bosnian War. He saw his n ...

who died protecting

Bosniak The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...

civilian Alen Glavović in January 1993 in

Trebinje Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of the Trebišnjica river in the region of East Her ...

during the

Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incid ...

. Three stories take place in parallel in Belgrade, Germany, and Trebinje. Nebojša who witnessed the death of his best friend overcomes his guilty conscience to confront the killer. Haris who owes his life to the person who sacrificed for him risks everything in order to return the favour. The murderer's son meets the fallen hero's father thus opening the way to overcoming the past.

Cast

Aleksandar Berček Aleksandar Berček ( sr-cyr, Александар Берчек; born 4 September 1950) is a Serbian actor. He performed in more than one hundred films since 1971. He graduated at the Academy for theater, film, radio and television. He was the dir ...

as Ranko * Leon Lučev as Haris *

Nebojša Glogovac Nebojša "Glogi" Glogovac ( sr-Cyrl, Небојша Глоговац; 30 August 19699 February 2018) was a Serbian actor, notable for performances in theater, television actor, television and film actor, film. He was a member of the Children's ...

as Nebojša * Nikola Rakočević as Bogdan * Hristina Popović as Nada *

Boris Isaković Boris Isaković (; born 14 December 1966) is a Serbian actor. He has appeared in more than thirty films since 1990. Personal life He is married to Serbian actress Jasna Đuričić and together they reside in Novi Sad. Selected filmography ...

as Todor *

Vuk Kostić Vuk Kostić ( sr-cyr, Вук Костић; born 22 November 1979) is a Serbian actor. He is famous for his roles in movies '' Apsolutnih 100'', '' Stvar srca'', "Ubice mog oca" and '' Klopka''. Private life He is the son of actor Mihajlo Kosti ...

as Marko (

)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Circles 2013 films 2013 war drama films 2013 drama films Films set in 1993 2010s Serbian-language films Bosnian War films Serbian war drama films Films set in Belgrade Films set in Germany Films set in Bosnia and Herzegovina Films set in Saxony-Anhalt Films shot in Belgrade Cultural depictions of Serbian people Cultural depictions of Bosnia and Herzegovina people

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