One of the best and most awarded Croatian documentaries made in the first years of the millennium.
An intimate story about the author's search for her brother who went missing in action during war in Croatia in 1991. In a way, the film is a follow-up of the author's grandmother whose husband was killed in World War II. For the rest of her life the grandmother was awaiting his return. The Boy Who Rushed won numerous national and international awards, including the annual Vladimir Nazor Award for Film.
It was shown at more than twenty international festivals. In 2001, it was Croatian candidate for Oscar for Best Documentary Film. The Boy Who Rushed is one of the best and most awarded Croatian documentaries in the past two decades.
Annual Vladimir Nazor Award for Film
Dani hrvatskog filma (2001) – Grand Prix; Best Documentary Film; Best Directing; Golden Oil Lamp
See Docs, Dubrovnik – Prva nagrada
Stockholm FF – Silver Diploma
The Images Festival Toronto – Best International Film
IDFA
Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Međunarodni filmski festival u Ateni
One World Human Rights Film Festival (Prag, Beograd, Priština, Bratislava)
Verzio FF
Palić International Film Festival
Balkan Black Box
DOKMA
Festival Des Cinemas Differents
Festival Of Festivals
International Documentary Exhibit Of Bogota
Krakow International Short Film Festival
Motovun Film Festival
Mediteran FF
Off Dialogue Through Film - On The Road Film Festival
Vivisect FF
Female Authors' Marathon - Pula Book Fair (2003)
Humanity in the World Festival (2003)