NIGHTTIME

It is the year of 1994 in Belgrade, capital of Yugoslavia. The country is isolated and the people are turning towards the Church. IGOR, popular TV host of an occult-themed late-night show, receives a disturbing VHS recording. The search for its author ends quickly, as the young man who appears in it is found dead in a freshly dug grave. All of the evidences points to suicide, but other terrifying details push Igor to visit the high-school the dead boy attended. That same night, another teenage girl from the same school jumps from the rooftop. Just as Igor uncovers the students’ secret underground gathering place, the body of a third boy is found hanging above the entrance. Fear among people rises, as morbid symbols of the infamous satanic cult Black Rose keep appearing on the school grounds. These events trigger an unhealed wound Igor still carries. A year prior, he was romantically involved with LIDIJA, an investigative journalist who allegedly died of suicide. Instead of letting him deal with his loss, Igor’s mother pushes him into taking care of his autistic sister. Convinced that he's about to reveal the very heart of darkness, Igor is sucked into the spiral of media manipulation. Using his late-night show he contributes to satanic panic, simultaniously leading the police to the wrong direction. The victim of their mutual hysteric investigation winds up being a group of guerilla anti-war activists, whom they unintentionally expose. The police is no closer to exposing the cult, but the surviving students, their parents and the school psychologist appear to be the key people in unmasking the true horror that is surfacing. But to uncover all the mysteries, he must face his own past.