In NATO-occupied Kosovo, a little girl writes an essay for the United Nations about her father who has gone missing. Meanwhile, the girl's grandfather becomes increasingly paranoid of the unseen threats that lurk in the dark.
Cinematography
Kosovo's mountains become a character—beautiful and suffocating.
Acting
Slavko Štimac's eyes carry fifty years of Balkan history.
Sound
The silence between NATO patrols is worse than any jump scare.
Director
Dušan Milić
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Milić shot in actual Kosovo locations still bearing 1999 NATO bombing scars; locals served as extras with lived experience.
The darkling creature design draws from Slavic 'mora' mythology—sleep paralysis demons that specifically target the guilty.
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