Echoes of Saint George
Feature film, Drama
Premiere 2026.
Director & Co-writer: Jelena Bajić Jočić
Writer: Radoš Bajić
Director of photography: Predrag Jočić S.A.S.
Editor: Stevan Marić
Production designer: Nenad Ždero
Costume designers: Boris Čakširan i Petra Fotez
Makeup artist: Mirjana Stevović
Sound recordist: Vladica Budić
Sound designer: Stevan Milošević
Line producer: Snežana Mileusnić
Producers/ Executive producers: Nedeljko Bajić, Jelena Bajić Jočić, Predrag Jočić, Radoš Bajić
Cast: Radoš Bajić, Miona Marković, Aleksandar Đurica, Branko Janković, Nedeljko Bajić, Čubrilo Čupić, Aleksandar Filimonović, Slaviša Čurović
Synopsis
Inspired by true events, “Echoes of Saint George” is set in the remote village of Mala Braina, in the southern Serbia. Stanoje, a proud peasant rooted to his ancestral home on Mount Radan, lives a solitary life with his ailing father, stubbornly resisting the pressure of an Albanian gang that loots his forest and threatens to seize his land. When his father dies, Stanoje is left utterly alone, while his son lives far away in the city.
One fateful night, in a desperate act of defense, Stanoje fatally shoots a figure in the dark—only to discover it was a state-protected bear, monitored by GPS. Suddenly, the man who has endured years of harassment becomes branded as a criminal, pursued by the very system that has failed to protect him in the first place.
As tensions rise, young police inspector Sonja is tasked with investigating the bear’s death. But she soon realizes that Stanoje is not the villain, but a victim of poverty, harassment, crime, and neglect. Torn between duty and conscience, Sonja risks her career to defend a man who stands as a tragic symbol of survival, dignity, and resistance against impossible odds.
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