Being Related to John Malkovich (2026)

A father and son, both poets, set off on a lyrical journey to decode the unspoken lines of their bond, tracing their ancestry and a lingering family legend of a possible connection to Hollywood royalty. Revisiting a childhood home preserved only on grainy VHS tapes, Luka and Željko wander through shared memories while charting an uncertain future. Piecing together their family tree introduces a wild cast of characters—a librarian who lives in a bookmobile, a weathered farmer, a Croatian doppelgänger of John Malkovich, and a global network of strangers all bearing the surname Malković. Yet, unearthing the past always comes with a cost: will the search for answers bring these two closer together, or tear them apart?