Lost Years
In the final summer of the 90s, a shy store clerk leaves his Serbian village for the first time to help a backpacker chase after her lost luggage, drifting through endless fields and strange nights that awaken in him a longing for a different life.
A feature film debut by Aron Horvath, supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, Film Centre Serbia, and Creative Europe – MEDIA.
Developed as part of the First Films First workshop, EAVE Producers Workshop 2023 and First Cut Lab 2026 & presented at Sofia Meetings 2021, Crossroad Co-Production Forum / Agora Film Market at Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2022, Sofia Meetings Work in Progress 2026 and First Cut+ Munich at Munich International Film Festival 2026.
estimated delivery:
Q3 2026
written & directed by:
Áron Horváth Botka
starring:
Aleksza Székely, Lilla Kizlinger
director of photography:
Domen Martinčič
music composer:
Igor Matković
production designer:
Jelena Terzić Stanković
costume designer:
Ina Ferlan
make up artists:
Jovana Vukosavljević & Ana Bibič
film editor:
Andrej Avanzo
sound designer:
Julij Zornik
producers:
Jerca Jerič & Andraž Jerič
in co-production with:
Set Sail Films (RS), RTV Slovenija
co-producers:
Miloš Ivanović, Andrijana Sofranić Šućur
associate producer:
Sára László
supported by:
Slovenian Film Centre, Film Center Serbia, Ministry of Culture of Republic of Serbia, Creative Europe - MEDIA, Re-Act Co-Development Fund
