Films along the way.

Filip, born in Belgrade and raised in Barcelona, sets out on a journey in search of his roots. It begins with a question: where should his father’s ashes rest? In his search for answers, he meets Asha, a young Ethiopian woman with a tragic past. Together they travel to remote places in search of the origins of Filip’s family. Chasing the past, they find themselves in situations worthy of a soap opera.

Direction

Filip Martinović

Production

GULU GULU presenta

Festivals and recognition

• 2021 · Festival de Málaga — official documentary selection
• 2021 · DokuFest — Balkan competition; Balkan Newcomer special mention
• 2021 · Beldocs — national competition; best editing award
• 2021 · L’Alternativa — national selection

Development and awards

• Beldocs — sound post-production award (work in progress)
• 2019 · Institute of Documentary Film — Silver Eye nomination
• 2019 · Locarno, First Look: Serbian cinema — Le Film Français award

Before the Taliban returned to Afghanistan, a woman challenged the established rules by deciding to become the country’s first female taxi driver. Oh Dear Sara tells the story of someone who chose to be free, despite loneliness, loss and all the dangers that threatened her.

Direction

Patricia Franquesa

Production

GADEA films

Co-production

GULU GULU presenta, Substans

Festivals and recognition

• 2021 · Doclisboa International Film Festival
• 2021 · Cinema Verite International Iran Film Festival — special mention
• 2022 · DocsBarcelona — official selection
• 2022 · Beldocs — official selection

Gemma, a Catalan nurse in her sixties, decides to disobey the law. She helps asylum seekers stranded in Greece and Serbia cross borders along the Balkan route to reach the countries where they want to settle. She drives them in her car, using Spanish identity cards lent by friends. With their help, she has built an international network of activists. It works every time, until an unexpected turn changes everything: she finds herself in a Serbian prison, accused of human trafficking. Her lawyer must argue that helping people cross borders out of solidarity cannot be considered a crime.

Direction

Arantza Diez

Production

TV3

Co-production

GULU GULU presenta

Festivals and recognition

• 2021 · Prix Europa — Documentary of the Year nomination
• 2022 · FIPADOC — Prix des Jeunes Européens nomination
• 2022 · PriMed — International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage
• 2022 · FIGRA — Festival International du Grand Reportage d’Actualité et du Documentaire de Société — nomination

A filmmaker in her thirties unexpectedly discovers her family’s VHS archive, drawing her back into a childhood she had long buried. Confronted with her father’s obsessive filming and her mother’s silent struggles, an unresolved scissors incident that once marked her as “Ana the Witch” opens onto a deeper story of school bullying and her inability to discuss it with her parents. Working with the footage, Ana gradually reconnects with the child she once blamed, realising that the problem was not her behaviour, but a household where difficulties were never addressed.

Direction

Ana Žugić

Production

GULU GULU presenta

Support

Film Center Serbia

Release planned in the profile

2026

Abyssinian Cat follows Asha, a young woman adopted in Ethiopia as a child and raised in Barcelona, separated from her sister Sebrina because of health circumstances. Years later, an unexpected message from Sebrina reconnects them, prompting Asha to revisit her past and the complex bonds of family, identity and resilience. Through letters and a return to Ethiopia, the film explores separation, belonging and childhood trauma in a story of self-discovery and sisterhood.

Direction

Asha Broenn & Filip Martinović

Production

GRIS MEDIO

Co-production

GULU GULU presenta

Support

Film Center Serbia · MEDIA Europe Desk

Release planned in the profile

2029