After failing to sell their last cow, their only means to survive the winter, a grandfather and his grandson begin their long journey home through a raging blizzard - facing both the cruelty of nature and the ghosts of their past.
It is winter in Krajina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Relja Knežević, once a respected man and now an old, impoverished farmer, tries to sell his last cow to feed his only remaining descendant, his grandson Vujo, and honor his dead on All Souls’ Day. When no one in town wants to buy the cow, Relja and the boy begin their journey home through the snow. As the blizzard grows stronger, Relja can no longer tell the present from the past: his lost estate comes alive before him - workers, songs, and herds - along with the tragic days when everything was lost. The storm erases the boundary between memory and reality, merging pride, pain, and helplessness in the old man. Determined to protect Vujo, Relja gives him his own clothes and keeps calling through the snow: “Are you coming, my kin?” Their struggle ends in a final embrace where love overcomes fear, and death arrives as quiet mercy.
Country of production
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Target audience
Primary audience: upper elementary and high school students (ages 12+) Secondary audience: general festival and cultural audiences with interest in national literature, animation, and author-driven film. The film is intended both as an artistic interpretation of Petar Kočić’s short story and as a visual supplement to literature curricula. While it contains emotionally demanding and darker thematic elements, they are presented through a poetic and reflective visual language suitable for educational and cultural contexts.
Production company
SonetEstimated budget
74,648 EUR
Funding secured
Funding secured: 10,225 EUR (Bosnia and Herzegovina. By local Audio-visual fund of Republika Srpska - AVCRS. Funds secured for development and preproduction stage. Additional funds expected from AVCRS for production stage, up to additional 30,000 - 40,000 EUR. Public call due in May 2026).
Stage of the project
Development (existing script)
