The Last Balkan Cowboy

The Last Balkan Cowboy

Directed by Dragana Jurisic
Produced by Anna Rodgers & Zlata Filipovic
Artist Dragana Jurisic decides to return to the Balkans to make an eastern Western.

Overview

Genre
Human Interest, Social Issues, Biography, History, and Personal Doc
Synopsis

In search of cult hero Hari Džekson, a film director of Westerns
from Yugoslavia before the war, artist and photographer Dragana Jurišić retraces his mythical story, and decides to re- enact one of his films using the local population as actors from both sides of the ethnic divide. Returning to the home which she fled, she follows a ghost through a country that has long
since disappeared.

Stage
in post-production
Running time
90 minutes

Credits

  • Anna Rodgers ... Producer
  • Dragana Jurisic ... Director
  • Zlata Filipovic ... Producer

Production Details

Prod. Co.
Invisible Thread Films
Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Years of Production
2025
Locations
Ireland, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia
Prod. Partners
Restart, CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL CENTRE

Distribution Details

Release year
2026
Distribution
In post production
Broadcast (Prod.)
RTE, Coimisiun na Mean, Screen Ireland
Subtitles
English

Photos

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