The Sunset Time is a Serbian-Japanese short fiction film (29 minutes) directed by Ognjen Petković, produced by Association Artichoke and Association Mansarda. The story focuses on the emotional and ethical tensions that arise when a family must suddenly take care of an older, disabled parent at home.
When the son can no longer afford to keep his disabled father in a nursing home, he brings him into the small apartment where he lives with his wife and children. The already cramped living conditions become even more difficult as the family struggles to adapt to the presence of the helpless grandfather. As he increasingly feels like a burden, tensions within the household grow, exposing questions of responsibility, care, and the dignity of old age.
The film features a cast including Obrad Radulović, Lazar Jovanov, Sonja Leštar, and Branka Bajić Jovanov, and was produced through collaboration between Serbian and Japanese film professionals.
The film has been presented at several international film festivals and cultural events, highlighting its cross-cultural production and its socially engaged theme of ageing and family care.
The project is supported by the City of Novi Sad and EU Japan Fest Committee.
Year: 2025
Production: Artichoke and Mansarda
Director: Ognjen Petković
Screenwriter: Ognjen Petković
Author of the project idea and co-screenwriter: Branka Bajić
Producers: Lazar Jovanov and Ognjen Petković
Art Director Dragan Živančević
Postproduction Coordinator Akiyoshi Imazeki
Executive Producers Marko Bumbić, Nevena Petković
Script Collaborators Branka Bajić Jovanov, Hirotoshi Kobayashi
Storyboard Ognjen Petković, Dragan Živančević
Director of Photography Vukašin Živaljević
Editors Ognjen Petković, Hisaki Sanbongi
Stage Designer Dragan Živančević
Costume Designer Vesna Lukić Kovačević
Sound recordist, mix and design Dušan Brković
Light Designer Branislav Milinković
Script Supervisor/Director’s Assistant Jovana Milanko
Camera Assistant Mihajlo Mršić
Collor Editor and Special Effects Hisaki Sanbongi
Collorist Goran Modrić
Runner Dušan Bijanić
Cast Obrad Radulović, Lazar Jovanov, Sonja Leštar, Branka Bajić Jovanov, Andrej Petković, Aljoša Petković, Vuk Petković, Ognjen Petković, Srđan Kabač