The High Sun

The High Sun (Croatian: Zvizdan) is a 2015 Croatian drama film directed by Dalibor Matanić. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival winning the Jury Prize.^[1][2][3] It is the first Croatian film to be screened at Cannes since the country's independence in 1991.^[4] The film was selected as the Croatian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.^[5]

The High Sun
Film poster
Directed by	Dalibor Matanić
Written by	Dalibor Matanić
Produced by	Ankica Jurić Tilić Petra Vidmar Frenk Celarc Nenad Dukić Miroslav Mogorović
Starring	Tihana Lazović
Release date	17 May 2015 (2015-05-17) (Cannes)
Running time	123 minutes
Countries	Croatia Serbia Slovenia
Language	Croatian

Cast

• Tihana Lazović as Jelena / Nataša / Marija
• Goran Marković as Ivan / Ante / Luka
• Nives Ivanković as Jelena's / Nataša's mother
• Dado Ćosić as Saša / Dražen
• Stipe Radoja as Božo / Ivno
• Trpimir Jurkić as Ivan's / Luka's father
• Mira Banjac as Ivan's grandmother
• Slavko Sobin as Mane / Dino

See also

• List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Croatian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film