2009 Tribeca Winner – Best New York Narrative Award

Our winning film was mature, it was funny, it was subtle. It gave us not only New York, it gave us great characters, a great story – it gave us the world.
–Tribeca Jury Comment

HERE & THERE
Starring David Thornton, Mirjana Karanovic and Cyndi Lauper
Written/Directed by Darko Lungulov
Produced by Kino Kamera DOO (Serbia) and Penrose Film (Germany) in collaboration with Joroni Film (Germany) and Here and There Productions (USA)
Producers: Darko Lungulov, George Lekovic, David Nemer, Branisalv Trifunovic and Vladan Nikolic.
Co-producers from Germany: Katja Siegel, Julia Kleinhenz and Felix Eisele
Co-producers from USA: Jim Stark, Goran Petmil.

Commences
NYC: May 14 Quad Cinema
LA: May 21 Laemmle Music Hall

Synopsis
Robert, a depressed and broke middle-aged New Yorker, is being evicted from his apartment. He hires Branko, a young Serbian immigrant who does moving jobs with his van, to help him move out. Branko desperately wants his girlfriend Ivana in Serbia to join him in USA, but it is impossible for her to obtain a visa. Branko offers Robert a deal: he will pay him to go to Serbia and marry Ivana there so she can be granted a Fiancé Visa. Robert, desperate for cash, agrees. While waiting in Serbia for the rest of the money, Robert stays in the apartment of Olga, Branko?s mother. Olga is kept in the dark about the marriage plan. Robert is introduced to her as simply a good friend of Branko’s from New York. Feeling like a fish out of water, Robert is distant and cynical, even though Olga tries to take good care of Brankos ?friend? in the best tradition of Balkan hospitality. Meanwhile in New York, as Branko is on a mission to earn the rest of the money, his van is stolen..