Melancholic drone



During his last morning in Belgrade, a military drone reflects on his wasted existence as a drone out of combat, while flying on autopilot to a couple having sex, a route his previous operator would take to spy on them.


First prize Discovery Award at LOOP Video Barcelona (2016)
Official selection Encounters International Film Festival, Bristol, UK (2016)
Interfilm Film Festival, Focus on program, Berlin (2017)
Official selection Kurzfilmfestival Köln (2016)
Prague Shorts, Labo program, Prague (2017)
NexT Film Festival, Burcharest (2017)
Athens Photo Festival, Hellenic Centre for Photography, Benaki Museum, Athens (2016)
EIKON, Vienna (2017)
Centre d'Art Contemporani La Sala, Spain (2017)
Athens Digital Arts Festival, Greece (2017)
Museo de Museu d'Art de Cerdanyola, Spain (2016)
Labocine (2018)

Public Collections:
Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona, MACBA

Year: 2015
Short Film: 7min, color, 16:9, stereo sound, 2k DCP

Writer and director: Igor Simić / Director of photography and colorist: Nemanja Jovanov / Sound design: Shane Berry / Editor: Djordje Stanković / Voice: Igor Simić / Copulating couple: Maja Šuša and Slaven Došlo / Son: Nemanja Petrović / Mother: Ivana Petrović / Visual effects: Nikola Stepković / Music compositor and Lyricist: Kornelije Kovač / Singer: Zdravko Čolić / Drone pilot: Nenad Ralić / Sound recording: Igor Bulović / Additional photography: Uroš Milutinović / Producer: Igor Simić / Executive producers: Jelena Vorkapić / Nemanja Jovanov

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