Train Driver’s Diary

Dnevnik masinovodje

Train Drivers Diary
WINTER FILM AWARDS 2017 WINNER - BEST DIRECTOR
NOMINEE - BEST PICTURE
NOMINEE - BEST ACTOR, LAZAR RISTOVSKI

  • 2016

  • Serbia

  • 85 mins

  • Serbian

  • NYC Premiere

  • Feature Film Competition

Milos Radovic
Lazar Ristovski, Petar Ristovski
Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Karanovic

 

Statistics say that during his professional career every train driver unintentionally kills 15 to 20 people. The victims are those who wanted to commit suicide, the careless ones, drunken ones, or just absentminded ones. The fact that a train can’t stop for at least 700 meters automatically relieves the train drivers of any responsibility. Being thus innocent of numerous deaths makes these mass murderers a group of people with a special mental and psychological profile. This is a story about the innocent murderers and their lives. Ilija is a 60-year-old train driver, close to retiring. He holds the infamous record of 28 kills committed during his career. Ilija’s 19 years old adopted son Sima is preparing to take over the family…

 

About the Director

Milos Radovic is a Serbian scriptwriter and director. He has received around 60 international awards for his work (including the Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival for a short feature film). He has written and directed three feature films ‘A Small World’, ‘Falling Into Paradise’ and ‘Train Driver’s Diary’ plus four TV series and five theatre plays (one of them was staged OFF Broadway).

Reviews

A Look at Unintentional Mass Murderers – Milos Radovic on ‘Train Driver’s Diary’ — Allison Jiang, Winter Film Awards

Awards

2016 Moscow IFF (Russia) – Audience Award
2016 Festival International du Film de Bruxelles (Belgium) – Grand Prix Award
2016 ARPA International Film Festival (California) – Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay
2016 Internationales Filmfestival Manheim (Germany) – Special Mention of the Jury, Audience Award
2016 Internationales Filmfestival Manheim (Germany) – Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
2016 Internationales Filmfestival Manheim (Germany) – Cinema owners recommendation prize
2016 Internationales Filmfestival Manheim (Germany) – Recommendation for theatrical release in Germany
2016 European FF Palić – Special Jury Prize
2016 Sarajevo FF – Young Audience Award

 


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