260 Days

(incomplete) • Will Godber as Marijan Gubina (child) • Tim Roth as Marijan Gubina (adult) • Sam Hazeldine as Hinko Gubina (Marijan's father) • Camilla Rutherford as Marija Gubina (Marijan's mother) • Isabella Dempster as Nena Gubina (Marijan's older sister) • Florence Bensberg as Gabrijela Gubina (Marijan's sister) • Antea Huljev Žuvan as Helena Gubina (Marijan's youngest sister) • Armand Assante as Yugoslav People's Army officer • Ángela Molina as Dragana • Alec Newman as Miloš • Naomi Frederick as Vukica • Joseph Millson as Sergeant Divac • Adrian Bouchet as Uroš • Tom Forbes as Milivoje • Jacopo Olmo Antinori as Dragan Borojevic • Kiefer Moriarty as Michael • Konstantin Haag as Marijan's Assistant • Craig Russell as Commander Stojakovic • Ivana Skelin as Dr Jovana Pusic • Nikolas Salmon as Aleks • Mars Sams as Boro • Pere Eranovic as Man on the Bike ==Production==

Development and casting The official website (260days.net) was launched by the end of December 2023. First press conference on the filming of the movie was held soon after, on January 28, 2024, in Osijek, Croatia. Among others, Hanna Schygulla, Armand Assante, Lujo Kunčević, Pero Eranović, and Konstantin Haag were announced as the cast members at the conference. Tim Roth, Angela Molina, Sam Hazeldine, Camilla Rutherford, Isabella Dempster and Will Godber were also announced as cast members. So far (July 2025), campaign raised €3.94 million. Movie ambasadors include singer Dino Jelusić, soccer coach Zlatko Dalić, waterpolo coach Ivica Tucak, Croatian minister Tomo Medved, writer Hrvoje Hitrec, waterpolo player Dubravko Šimenc, gymnast Robert Seligman, boxer Luka Pratljačić, Fr. Nikola Pašalić, rabbi Jack Bemporad, among others. Film was also supported by several Croatian writers of historical novels regarding Croatian War of Independence (Goran Hiller, Vilim Karlović, Damir Plavšić, Zdravko Carević, Antun Fuglinski and Zoran Filipović). Croatian Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Croatian Veterans also supported the movie. Filming started in Đakovo and Gorjani, Film was shot mostly in Gorjani, Đakovo, Osijek's historic Tvrđa, Vukovar Gorjani were selected to represent Dalj, Gubina's birthplace, with traditional Slavonic wooden houses and agricultural landscape. In total, 41 actor appears in the movie. Castings for extras were held during May 2024 in Đakovo and Požega. Around 60 of them appears in the film, some of which are Croatian survivors of the Serbian concentration camps and war veterans. ==Release==

260 Days premiered on November 2, 2025 at the Gradski vrt Hall in Osijek. It is being aired in Croatian movie theaters in Slavonski Brod, Đakovo, Dubrovnik, Našice, Zagreb and other places. More than 5,000 spectators visited Krešimir Ćosić Hall in Zadar for the local premiere on December 17, 2025. ==Awards==

In November 2025, the film won Best Feature Film at the East Village New York Film Festival . In February 2026, 260 Days won Best War and Peace Film at the New Delhi Film Festival. The film was also awarded Outstanding Achievement at the Swedish International Film Festival. ==References==