Marko lives with his parents and younger brother Fićo in a small Croatian village. A talented athlete, he is expected to set aside his ambitions and follow his father’s plan to become a car mechanic after school. But when rising floodwaters threaten the village and his forbidden first love, Slaven, returns for his father’s funeral, Marko’s carefully ordered world begins to unravel. Torn between his girlfriend Petra, an upcoming sports tournament, and the emotions he tries desperately to contain, Marko finds himself under mounting pressure. As the community builds walls of sandbags against the river, Marko struggles to build his own wall against desire and longing—only to discover that, like water, feelings cannot be held back forever.

The Monday 17 November session of Sandbag Dam will be a sensory screening.

*For content warnings, please see content advice.