Vud, You Won

Vud, You Won

He won an Oscar, but lost his country

2025 · 72 min · Documentary

The rise and fall of Yugoslavian filmmaker Dušan Vukotić - the only Yugoslav Oscar-winner and one of the founding members of the Zagreb School of Animation - uncannily mirrors the tragic fate of his multiethnic country.

Directed by Senad Šahmanović · Written by Veljko Krulčić

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