260 Days () is a 2025 Croatian-American English language war drama film based on 2011 autobiographical historical novel of the same name by Marijan Gubina, directed by Jakov Sedlar and script supervised by Barry Morrow.
Novel and the movie are based on Gubina's (born 1981) experience of captivity in Serbian concentration camp for 260 days during Croatian War of Independence, from August 1, 1991, to April 16, 1992. During his imprisonment in the camp as a 10-year-old boy, Gubina was abused, forced to collect dead bodies and witnessed his sister's, Nena, rape several times. The Croatian National Theatre in Osijek staged an award-winning play of his experience in 2014.
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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, , Pero EranoviÃÂ, 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.
Crowdfunding campaign for the movie was opened on December 1, 2023. So far (July 2025), campaign raised â¬3.94 million. Movie ambasadors include singer Dino JelusiÃÂ, soccer coach Zlatko DaliÃÂ, waterpolo coach Ivica Tucak, Croatian minister Tomo Medved, writer Hrvoje Hitrec, waterpolo player Dubravko à  imenc, gymnast Robert Seligman, boxer Luka PratljaÃÂiÃÂ, Fr. Nikola Paà ¡aliÃÂ, rabbi Jack Bemporad, among others. Film was also supported by several Croatian writers of historical novels regarding Croatian War of Independence (Goran Hiller, , , Zdravko CareviÃÂ, Antun Fuglinski and Zoran FilipoviÃÂ). Croatian Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Croatian Veterans also supported the movie.
Casting was held in London during March and April 2024. 36 candidates auditioned for the role of the young Marijan Gubina, for which Will Godber was selected. Filming started on May 15 and ended by June 2024 in Osijek. Filming started in ÃÂakovo and Gorjani, where family and childhood scenes were filmed. Film was shot mostly in Gorjani, ÃÂakovo, Osijek's historic TvrÃÂa, Vukovar and at the several locations in Osijek-Baranja County. 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 ÃÂakovo and Poà ¾ega. Around 60 of them appears in the film, some of which are Croatian survivors of the Serbian concentration camps and war veterans.
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, ÃÂakovo, Dubrovnik, Naà ¡ice, Zagreb and other places. More than 5,000 spectators visited Kreà ¡imir ÃÂosiàHall in Zadar for the local premiere on December 17, 2025.
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.