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AGAINST THE CURRENT, feature documentary
When the Battle of Vukovar began in 1991, during Croatia’s War of Independence, many members of the Vukovar Rowing Club chose to stay and defend their city. They fought in different units and roles, but carried with them the same values that had shaped them as athletes: discipline, endurance and the refusal to give up.
By the end of the battle and its aftermath, 32 club members – rowers, coaches and officials – had been killed, a loss almost without parallel in the history of world sport.
Against the Current is a sports-war documentary about a generation whose athletic dreams were cut short by war. Through survivors, families and fellow soldiers, the film explores sacrifice, memory and the question of what these young men might have achieved had they reached sporting arenas instead of the front lines.
Screenplay: Tanja Belobrajdić
Director: Goran Maršalek
Producers: Tanja Belobrajdić, Goran Maršalek
Executive Producers: Ante Damjanović, Radoslav Dumančić
