Yugotransport – We Are All on the Same Bus

Short film, 23 mins | Germany | 2023
Thirty years after the Yugoslav war and the fall of communism, men from different former Yugoslav countries find themselves together again — this time as seasonal workers travelling by bus toward Germany, their new promised land of prosperity. When their journey comes to a halt and hope seems to be disappearing, an unexpected saviour appears.​​​​​​​
Directed by
Boris Hadžija
Written by
Esther Preußler
Andreas Kouba
Boris Hadžija
Main cast
Michael Ihnow
Sabrina Novack
Mile Ademović
Tomas Kutinjač
Boris Škorić
Cinematography
Anselm Belser
Production design
Michael Schindlmeier
Sound recordists
Sven Jensen Brakelmann
Editing
Branka Pavlović
Sound design
Nils Plambeck
Produced by
DFFB
Producer
Maximilian Feldkamp
In co-production with
RBB
Co-producer
Jules Grange
Funded by
Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien
FFA Filmförderungsanstalt
Screenings, Nominations & Awards
2023
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) — Short & Mid-length — World Premiere. 
Tabor Film Festival, Croatia.
FeKK – Ljubljana Short Film Festival, Slovenia.
Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy, Finland.
Cinemed – Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen Montpellier, France.
FILMZ – Festival des deutschen Kinos, Mainz, Germany.
Short Waves Festival, Poznań, Poland — International Competition.
exground filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany — KURZ: Arbeitswelten.
Shortlisted for the German Short Film Award 2023 — Fiction Film, 10–30 minutes.
2024
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival, Germany — D-A-CH Competition.
Martovski Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia.
IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria — Student Fiction Competition.
Kurzfilmnacht Moosburg, Germany.
T-Port Lighthouse Selection 2023.
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