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Festival opening: Safe Place (Juraj Lerotic, 2022)

  • CCA Glasgow 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow, Scotland, G2 3JD United Kingdom (map)

Scottish Premiere; Winner of ‘Best Emerging Director’, ‘Best Actor’, ‘Swatch Feature Award’ at Locarno Film Festival 2022; Best Film at Sarajevo Film Festival 2022

Wheelchair accessible, English subtitles, Pay-what-you-can tickets (£0-£8)

Told over a 24-hour period, this deeply personal film – based on the writer/director’s own experiences – follows Bruno (played by director Juraj Lerotic) as he attempts to care for his brother Damir following an unexpected suicide attempt. Faced with a cold and uncaring bureaucracy, Bruno and his mother attempt to take matters into their own hands and help Damir find his own safe place.

Content notes: Self-harm, blood, themes of suicide, mental illness.

Access notes: Occasional sudden loud noises.

Curated by Joe McFarlane


Trailer


dIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Juraj Lerotić was born in 1978, in Kiel, Germany. He studied early childhood education and theology and later graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb.

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