260 Days Explained

260 Days
Native Name:
Director:Jakov Sedlar
Screenplay:Barry Morrow
Based On:[1]
Producer:260 days Ltd., Croatia Film and Aramis
Editing:Film Mind
Music:Dino Jelusić
Runtime:80–100 mins
Country:Croatia
United States (post-production)
Language:English
Budget:€3 mil. (aimed)

260 Days (Croatian: 260 dana), is a currently-filming Croatian-American English language war drama based on 2011 autobiographical historical novel of the same name by Marijan Gubina,[1] directed by Jakov Sedlar and script supervised by Barry Morrow.[2]

Novel and the movie are based on Gubina's (born 1981) experience of captivity in Serbian concentration camp for 260 days during Croatian War of Independence, from August 1, 1991, to April 16, 1992.[1] [3] During his imprisonment in the camp as a 10-year-old boy, Gubina was abused, forced to collect dead bodies and witnessed his sister's rape several times.[4] Gubina directed a theatre play about his war experience in 2014 in production with Croatian National Theatre in Osijek.[5] [6]

Cast

(incomplete)

Production

Development and casting

Official website (260days.net) was launched by the end of December 2023.[7] First press conference on the filming of the movie was held soon after, on January 28, 2024, in Osijek, Croatia.[8] [9] [10] Among others, Hanna Schygulla, Armand Assante, Lujo Kunčević, Pero Eranović, and Konstantin Haag were announced as the cast members at the conference.[11] Tim Roth, Angela Molina, Sam Hazeldine, Camilla Rutherford, Isabelle Dempster and Will Godber were also announced as cast members.[3]

Crowdfunding campaign for the movie was opened on December 1, 2023.[12] So far (June 2024), campaign raised €2.6 million.[13] Movie ambasadors include singer Dino Jelusić, soccer coach Zlatko Dalić, waterpolo coach Ivica Tucak, Croatian minister Tomo Medved, writer Hrvoje Hitrec, waterpolo player Dubravko Šimenc, gymnast Robert Seligman, boxer Luka Pratljačić, Fr. Nikola Pašalić, rabin Jack Bemporad, among others.[14] Film was also supported by several Croatian writers of historical novels regarding Croatian War of Independence (Goran Hiller, Vilim Karlović, Damir Plavšić, Zdravko Carević, Antun Fuglinski and Zoran Filipović).[15] Croatian Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Croatian Veterans also supported the movie.[3]

Filming

Casting was held in London during March and April 2024. 36 candidates applied for the role of the young Gubina, for which Will Godber was selected. Filming started on May 15[2] and ended by June 2024 in Osijek.[16] Film was shot mostly in Gorjani, Đakovo, Osijek's historic Tvrđa,[17] Vukovar[2] and at the several locations in Osijek-Baranja County.[10] [18] Gorjani were selected to represent Dalj, Gubina's birthplace, with traditional Slavonic wooden houses and agricultural ladscape.[19] In total, 41 actor appears in the movie.[20] Castings for extras were held during May 2024 in Đakovo and Požega.[20] Around 60 of them appears in the film, some of which are Croatian survivors of the Serbian concentration camps and war veterans.[20]

Soundtrack

Croatian singer Dino Jelusić was announced as an author of film music.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About the book. 260days.net.
  2. Web site: About the movie. 260days.net.
  3. Web site: Interview: 260 DAYS – First Hollywood film on Croatia’s Homeland War. Rajn. Zoran. Croatia Week. 3 June 2024.
  4. Web site: 'U ratu sam kao dijete bio rob i skupljao beživotna tijela'. hr. Marinović. Barbara. vecernji.hr. 'I was a slave and forced to collect lifeless bodies as a child in war'. 16 November 2014.
  5. Web site: hr. Predstava '260 dana' najbolja predstava. Bradarić. Branimir. '260 days' play proclaimed the best. vecernji.hr. 23 May 2015.
  6. Web site: 260 dana. hr. 260 days. teatar.hr.
  7. Web site: Dear readers, welcome!. 260days.net. 31 December 2023.
  8. Web site: The first press conference on thr topic of filming the international movie 260 Days. 24 January 2024. 260days.net.
  9. Web site: hr. Dino Jelusić bit će autor glazbe za film "260 days". Dino Jelusić will be music author of the ”260 days" movie. Croatian Radio – Radio Osijek. Lončarić. Davor. 12 March 2024.
  10. Web site: hr. U Osijeku na proljeće kreće snimanje filma,,260 dana. Filming of "260 days" movie starts in Osijek at spring. City of Osijek. 28 January 2024.
  11. Web site: Impressions from the first press conference. 260days.net. 1 February 2024.
  12. Web site: Investors. 260days.net.
  13. Web site: 260 DAYS – Do Good So Good Comes Back To You Sooner. bonafideinvest.eu.
  14. Web site: Ambassadors. 260days.net.
  15. Web site: Guardians of recent Croatian history – Homeland War. 260days.net. 4 February 2024.
  16. Web site: hr. Lepan Štefančić. Suzana. Jakov Sedlar: 'Tim Roth rasplakao je kompletan set, bilo je apsolutno fascinantno'. vecernji.hr. 29 June 2024.
  17. Web site: hr. Slavni Armand Assante na osječkoj Tvrđi snimao je noćne scene filma '260 dana'. vecernji.hr. Javorović. Davor. Famous Armand Assante filming night cuts of the ”260 days” movie.
  18. Web site: Hollywood star Armand Assante joins filming of "260 Days" in Croatia. Croatia Week. 18 June 2024.
  19. Web site: hr. Lepan Štefančić. Suzana. Naš redatelj na čelu je zvjezdane ekipe koja snima film "260 dana". Our director is on the forefront of the star team filming ”260 days”. vecernji.hr. 9 June 2024.
  20. Web site: Župan. Suzana. Tim Roth i Armand Assante glumit će u filmu "260 dana". Tim Roth and Armand Assante will perform in “260 days” movie. Glas Slavonije. 23 May 2024.

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