The High Sun

2015 film

17 May 2015 (2015-05-17) (Cannes)

Running time

123 minutesCountriesCroatia
Serbia
SloveniaLanguageCroatian

The High Sun (Croatian: Zvizdan) is a 2015 Croatian drama film directed by Dalibor Matanić. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival winning the Jury Prize.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is the first Croatian film to be screened at Cannes since the country's independence in 1991.^[4] The film was selected as the Croatian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.^[5]

Cast

Tihana Lazović as Jelena / Nataša / Marija
Goran Marković as Ivan / Ante / Luka
Nives Ivanković as Jelena's / Nataša's mother
Dado Ćosić as Saša / Dražen
Stipe Radoja as Božo / Ivno
Trpimir Jurkić as Ivan's / Luka's father
Mira Banjac as Ivan's grandmother
Slavko Sobin as Mane / Dino

References

^ "2015 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
^ "Screenings Guide". Festival de Cannes. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
^ Rebecca Ford (23 May 2015). "Cannes: 'Rams' Wins Un Certain Regard Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ "Velik uspjeh Dalibora Matanića: S novim filmom upao u Cannes!". tportal.hr (in Croatian). 16 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ Holdsworth, Nick (27 August 2015). "Oscars: Croatia Selects 'The High Sun' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

External links

The High Sun at IMDb

Films directed by Dalibor Matanić

Cashier Wants to Go to the Seaside (2000)
Fine Dead Girls (2002)
100 Minutes of Glory (2004)
I Love You (2005)
The Lika Cinema (2008)
Mother of Asphalt (2010)
Daddy (2011)
Handymen (2013)
The High Sun (2015)

v t e Big Golden Arena for Best Film
As Yugoslav Film Awards (1957–90)	Priests Ćira and Spira (1957) H-8 (1958) Train Without a Timetable (1959) The Ninth Circle (1960) Ballad About a Trumpet and a Cloud & The First Fires (1961) Kozara (1962) Face to Face (1963) Official Position (1964) Prometheus of the Island & Three (1965) Monday or Tuesday (1966) I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967) When I Am Dead and Gone (1968) Downstream from the Sun (1969) Handcuffs (1970) Red Wheat (1971) The Master and Margaret (1972) The Battle of Sutjeska (1973) Guns of War (1974) The House (1975) Idealist (1976) Don't Lean Out the Window (1977) Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978) Trophy (1979) Petria's Wreath (1980) The Fall of Italy (1981) Body Scent (1983) Balkan Spy (1984) When Father Was Away on Business (1985) Happy New Year '49 (1986) Reflections (1987) My Uncle's Legacy (1988) The Meeting Point (1989) Silent Gunpowder (1990)
As Croatian Film Awards (1992–present)	Story from Croatia (1992) Countess Dora (1993) Washed Out (1995) How the War Started on My Island (1996) Mondo Bobo (1997) When the Dead Start Singing (1998) Madonna (1999) Marshal Tito's Spirit (2000) Slow Surrender (2001) Fine Dead Girls (2002) Here (2003) Long Dark Night (2004) What Iva Recorded (2005) All for Free (2006) The Living and the Dead (2007) No One's Son (2008) Metastases (2009) Just Between Us (2010) Kotlovina (2011) A Letter to My Father (2012) A Stranger (2013) Number 55 (2014) The High Sun (2015) On the Other Side (2016) A Brief Excursion (2017) Mali (2018) The Diary of Diana B. (2019) Tereza37 (2020) A Blue Flower (2021) The Staffroom (2022) Bigger Than Trauma (2023)

Big Golden Arena for Best Film

As Yugoslav Film Awards
(1957–90)

Priests Ćira and Spira (1957)
H-8 (1958)
Train Without a Timetable (1959)
The Ninth Circle (1960)
Ballad About a Trumpet and a Cloud & The First Fires (1961)
Kozara (1962)
Face to Face (1963)
Official Position (1964)
Prometheus of the Island & Three (1965)
Monday or Tuesday (1966)
I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967)
When I Am Dead and Gone (1968)
Downstream from the Sun (1969)
Handcuffs (1970)
Red Wheat (1971)
The Master and Margaret (1972)
The Battle of Sutjeska (1973)
Guns of War (1974)
The House (1975)
Idealist (1976)
Don't Lean Out the Window (1977)
Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978)
Trophy (1979)
Petria's Wreath (1980)
The Fall of Italy (1981)
Body Scent (1983)
Balkan Spy (1984)
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Happy New Year '49 (1986)
Reflections (1987)
My Uncle's Legacy (1988)
The Meeting Point (1989)
Silent Gunpowder (1990)

As Croatian Film Awards
(1992–present)

Story from Croatia (1992)
Countess Dora (1993)
Washed Out (1995)
How the War Started on My Island (1996)
Mondo Bobo (1997)
When the Dead Start Singing (1998)
Madonna (1999)
Marshal Tito's Spirit (2000)
Slow Surrender (2001)
Fine Dead Girls (2002)
Here (2003)
Long Dark Night (2004)
What Iva Recorded (2005)
All for Free (2006)
The Living and the Dead (2007)
No One's Son (2008)
Metastases (2009)
Just Between Us (2010)
Kotlovina (2011)
A Letter to My Father (2012)
A Stranger (2013)
Number 55 (2014)
The High Sun (2015)
On the Other Side (2016)
A Brief Excursion (2017)
Mali (2018)
The Diary of Diana B. (2019)
Tereza37 (2020)
A Blue Flower (2021)
The Staffroom (2022)
Bigger Than Trauma (2023)

v t e Croatian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Story from Croatia (1992) Countess Dora (1993) Vukovar: The Way Home (1994) Washed Out (1995) Nausikaya (1996) Lapitch the Little Shoemaker (1997) Transatlantic (1998) Red Dust (1999) Marshal Tito's Spirit (2000) Queen of the Night (2001) Fine Dead Girls (2002) Witnesses (2003) Long Dark Night (2004) A Wonderful Night in Split (2005 Libertas (2006) Armin (2007) No One's Son (2008) Donkey (2009) The Blacks (2010) 72 Days (2011) Vegetarian Cannibal (2012) Halima's Path (2013) Cowboys (2014) The High Sun (2015) On the Other Side (2016) Quit Staring at My Plate (2017) The Eighth Commissioner (2018) Mali (2019) Extracurricular (2020) Tereza37 (2021)

Croatian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film