Overview

• Desire Lines premiered on Aug. 11 in Locarno’s main International Competition, marking Komljen’s fifth appearance at the festival
• Early reviews call Desire Lines Komljen’s most accessible work yet, praising its dreamlike narrative and ghostly lead performance for probing trauma, memory and subtle queer themes
• The film’s cinematic language blends thermal imagery, stroboscopic effects and lyrical dialogue with Jakov Munižaba’s immersive sound design
• Shot over 32 days across Belgrade and rural Bosnia and Herzegovina, Desire Lines is a co-production spanning Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Netherlands, Croatia and Germany
• Square Eyes holds international rights as the film heads to further festival screenings and potential wider release