In Montenegro’s remote highlands, shepherd Gara and her daughter Nada defend their ancestral mountain from a NATO training ground, driven by love for their land and way of life.
Director: Biljana Tutorov & Petar Glomazić
Runtime: 105
Fest Year: 2026
Enraptured in the majestic mountainous valleys, deep in Montenegro’s Sinjajevina plateau, Gara and her daughter Nada carry forward their herding tradition, standing in quiet resistance to protect their village and the breathtaking pastures of the Balkan highlands. As cliffs and mountain walls slowly awaken, directors Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić lend voice to this sacred terrain, revealing its caretakers as living extensions of the vast land itself. Gara devotes her days to raising Nada and tending their animals, moving in rhythm with the mountain that has shaped generations before her. Woven through her labor are memories held in the wind—of lives lived, seasons endured, and an ancestral bond to a landscape that is not merely inhabited, but deeply, enduringly loved. (AT)