Synopsis

In the remote highlands of Montenegro’s Sinjajevina plateau, Gara and her thirteen-year-old daughter Nada return to their ancestral pastures every summer, where they herd animals, gather herbs and live in symbiosis with the mountain they call “Mother.” But their fragile world comes under threat when the Montenegrin government advances plans for a NATO-backed military training ground in the heart of this protected landscape. Gara emerges as an unexpected leader in the fight to defend Sinjajevina but, as Nada grows into young womanhood, the encroaching violence on the land awakens questions about her past, her future and the cycle of harm within her family she hopes to break. 

Produced by

Wake Up Films (Serbia)

Les Films de l’œil sauvage (France)

In coproduction with

Les Films de l’œil sauvage (France)

Ardor Films 

Cvinger Film 

Kinematograf

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Associate Producer

Stenola Productions (Belgique)

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Support

Eurimages 

Meadow Fund 

Secret Sauce Media 

Doc Society Climate Unit 

Diane Weyermann Fellowship - Point North Institute 

InMaat Foundation 

IDA Enterprise Fund 

CNC - Aide aux Cinémas du Monde

Région Sud

Slovenian Film Centre 

Serbian Film Centre 

Film Centre of Montenegro 

RTV Slovenia Chicken & Egg Pictures 

Catapult Film Fund 

Croatian Audiovisual Centre 

UNIQA SEE Future Foundation 

City of Novi Sad 

Viba Film 

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