The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Croatian	Čovjek koji nije mogao šutjeti

Directed by	Nebojša Slijepčević
Written by	Nebojša Slijepčević
Produced by	Danijel Pek Katarina Prpic Noëlle Levenez Katya Trichkova Bostjan Virc
Starring	Dragan Mićanović Goran Bogdan Alexis Manenti
Cinematography	Gregor Bozic
Edited by	Tomislav Stojanovic
Production companies	Antitalent Produkcija Les Films Norfolk Contrast Films Studio Virc
Release date	May 2024 (2024-05) (Cannes)
Running time	13 minutes
Countries	France, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria
Language	Croatian

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (Croatian: Čovjek koji nije mogao šutjeti) is a 2024 Croatian short drama film, written and directed by Nebojša Slijepčević.^[1] The film dramatizes the Štrpci massacre of 1993, when 24 Bosniak Muslims were pulled off a train by the Serbian White Eagles paramilitary group and massacred; it centres on Tomo Buzov (Dragan Mićanović), the sole non-Bosniak passenger on the train who tried to stand up against the attackers.^[1]

The cast also includes Goran Bogdan, Alexis Manenti, Martin Kuhar, Robert Ugrina, Jakov Zovko, Lara Nekic, Dusan Gojic, Priska Ugrina, Silvio Mumelas, Mijo Pavelko and Nebojsa Pop Tasic.

The film premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it was the winner of the Short Film Palme d'Or.^[2] It also won European Short Film at the 37th European Film Awards.^[3] It was shortlisted for the Best Live Action Short Film category at the 97th Academy Awards.^[4]

References

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^ ^a ^b Borislav Visnjic, "Bosnia Train Massacre: Cannes Film Hails ‘Forgotten Hero’ Who Confronted Killers". Balkan Insight, 24 May 2024.
^ Rebecca Leffler, "Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ wins Palme d’Or at 2024 Cannes Film Festival". Screen Daily, 25 May 2024.
^ Richlin, Harrison (December 7, 2024). "2024 European Film Awards: See Full List of Winners". IndieWire. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
^ "Oscar Shortlists In 10 Categories Announced: 'Emilia Pérez' & 'Wicked' Lead The Field". Deadline. 17 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.

External links

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The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent at IMDb

v t e Short Film Palme d'Or winners
1950s	White Mane – Albert Lamorisse (1953) Blinkity Blank – Norman McLaren (1955) The Red Balloon – Albert Lamorisse (1956) Courte Histoire – Ion Popescu-Gopo (1957) N.Y., N.Y. – Francis Thompson (1959) Zmiana warty – Halina Bielinska & Włodzimierz Haupe (1959)
1960s	La Petite cuillère – Carlos Vilardebo (1961) La Rivière du hibou – Robert Enrico (1961) À fleur d'eau – Alexander J. Seiler & Rob Gnant (1963) Le Haricot – Edmond Séchan (1963) La douceur du village – François Reichenbach (1964) The Price of Victory – Nobuko Shibuya (1964) Nyitany – János Vadász (1965) Skaterdater – Noel Black (1966) Sky Over Holland – John Fernhout (1967) Cîntecele Renasterii – Mirel Iliesiu (1969)
1970s	The Magic Machines – Bob Curtis (1970) Le Fusil à lunette – Jean Chapot (1972) Balablok – Bretislav Pojar (1973) Ostrov – Fyodor Khitruk, Eduard Nazarov & Vladimir Zuykov (1974) Lautrec – Geoff Dunbar (1975) Metamorphosis – Barry Greenwald (1976) The Struggle – Marcell Jankovics (1977) Rowing Across the Atlantic – Jean-François Laguionie (1978) Harpya – Raoul Servais (1979)
1980s	Seaside Woman – Oscar Grillo (1980) Moto perpetuo – Béla Vajda (1981) Merlin ou le cours de l'or – Arthur Joffé (1982) Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose – Pierre Levy (1983) Le Cheval de fer – Gérald Frydman & Pierre Levie (1984) Chiri – David Takaichvili (1984) Jenitba – Slav Bakalov & Rumen Petkov (1985) An Exercise in Discipline - Peel – Jane Campion (1986) Palisade – Laurie McInnes (1987) Vykrutasy – Garry Bardin (1988) 50 ans – Gilles Carle (1989)
1990s	The Lunch Date – Adam Davidson (1990) Z podniesionymi rekami – Mitko Panov (1991) Omnibus – Sam Karmann (1992) Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California – Jim Jarmusch (1993) El héroe– Carlos Carrera (1994) Gagarin – Alexij Kharitidi (1995) Szél – Marcell Iványi (1996) ...Is It the Design on the Wrapper? – Tessa Sheridan (1997) L'Interview – Xavier Giannoli (1998) When the Day Breaks – Wendy Tilby & Amanda Forbis (1999)
2000s	Anino – Raymond Red (2000) Bean Cake – David Greenspan](2001) Esö után – Péter Mészáros (2002) Cracker Bag – Glendyn Ivin (2003) Trafic – Cătălin Mitulescu (2004) Podorozhni – Igor Strembitsky (2005) Sniffer – Bobbie Peers (2006) Ver Llover – Elisa Miller (2007) Megatron – Marian Crisan (2008) Arena – João Salaviza (2009)
2010s	Barking Island – Serge Avédikian (2010) Cross – Maryna Vroda (2011) Sessiz-Be Deng – Rezan Yeşilbaş (2012) Safe – Byoung-gon Moon (2013) Leidi – Simón Mesa Soto (2014) Waves '98 – Ely Dagher (2015) Timecode – Juanjo Giménez (2016) A Gentle Night - Qiu Yang (2017) All These Creatures – Charles Williams (2018) The Distance Between Us and the Sky – Vasilis Kekatos (2019)
2020s	I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face – Sameh Alaa (2020) All the Crows in the World – Tang Yi (2021) The Water Murmurs – Jianying Chen (2022) 27 – Flóra Anna Buda (2023) The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent – Nebojša Slijepčević (2024)

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