Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day (2026)
Spanning decades, the film follows lovers Lovro and Nenad and their friends Stevan and Ivan, a group of gay partisans who fought against the Ustashas and Nazis. Sixteen years later, they became renowned filmmakers navigating life in post-WWII Communist Yugoslavia. As they rise to fame, they are forced to create propaganda for the regime, risking everything to protect their identities and each other. In 1957 their sexual orientation raises suspicion, and a communist party loyalist named Emir is assigned to sabotage their careers and lives, a party loyalist hiding his own secrets, whose loyalties begin to falter. The pursuit of freedom becomes a fight for survival for the artists, while Emir's beliefs are challenged. Lush, intimate, and politically charged (and with startling parallels to our current political climate), Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day is a poignant story of resistance — against oppression, against silence, and for the freedom to live and love without fear.
Director: Ivona Juka
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Dado Ćosić as Lovro Horvat |
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Emir Hadžihafizbegović as Emir |
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Slaven Došlo as Stevan |
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Đorđe Galić as Nenad Miličić |
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Elmir Krivalić as Ivan |
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Dražen Čuček as Goran Drenković |
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Anja Šovagović-Despot as Lovrina majka |
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Vojislav Brajović as Lovrin otac |
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Asja Jovanović as Ankica |
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Ivana Boban as Sanja |
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Milica Mihajlović as Sanela Servar |
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Svetozar Cvetković as Godež Klemac |
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Matija Prskalo as Katica Fikić |
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Marko Braić as Zoran |
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Mislav Čavajda as Glavni ustaša |
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Sara Blažić as Hana |
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Andrej Dojkić as Zatvorenik Ranko |
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Jan Doležal as Marko Erić |
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Goran Grgić as Agent Rogan |
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Anita Juka as |
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Lena Juka Stambuk as Marta |
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Ivo Krištof as |
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Stojan Matavulj as Zamenik ministra Rosta Orlić |
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Pavle Matuško as Radnik |
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Frano Mašković as Drug Franković |
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Sinisa Miletic as Drug Dragojević |
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Domagoj Mrkonjić as Svjedok Petar |
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Gloria Navarro as |
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Marko Petrić as Stipe |
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Luka Petrušić as Drug Gagić |
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Deirdre Pike as |
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Jure Radnić as Vojnik Antun |
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Rade Radolović as Svjedok Vjeko |
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Janko Rakoš as Goran |
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Laura Sinovcic as |
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Boris Svrtan as Agent Anić |
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Enes Vejzović as Drug Miroslav |
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Paško Vukasović as Svjedok Darko |
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Nikolina Žuženić as Supervizor scenarija Žuži |
| Directing | Ivona Juka | Director |
| Writing | Ivona Juka | Writer |
| Production | Anita Juka | Producer |
| Editing | Nenad Pirnat | Editor |
| Editing | Nina Velnić | Editor |
| Sound | Michael Brook | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Dragan Ruljančić | Director of Photography |
| Production | Ivona Juka | Associate Producer |
| Production | Siniša Budaj | Associate Producer |
| Production | Michael Dobbin | Co-Producer |
| Production | Magdalena Zimecka | Co-Producer |
| Production | Constantinos Nikiforou | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jasmin Duraković | Co-Producer |
| Production | Angelina A. Duraković | Co-Producer |
| Production | Marius D'Gasco | Executive Producer |
| Production | Laura Sinovcic | Executive Producer |
| Production | Byron A. Martin | Executive Producer |
