The cycling season is nearing its grand finale. During the final race, the two men in the lead are also competing for the affection of a lady and fulfilment of their erotic fantasies, as the small Mediterranean port town that hosts the races prepares for the arrival of a large ocean liner… A unique, blithe animated film, inspired by the art of Croatian visual artist Vasko Lipovac, soaked in the vivid colours of the summer and a pervasive sense of eroticism.
Cyclists
Biciklisti
59th TIFF: Greek Premiere

Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Veljko Popović
- Script: Veljko Popović
- Editing: Veljko Popović
- Sound: Jean-Baptiste Saint Pol
- Music: Pablo Pico, Siniša Jakelić, Nikola Džaja
- Production: Lemonade 3D, Krupni kadar
- Producers: Milivoj Popović, Veljko Popović, Patrick Hernandez
- Co-production: Bagan Films, 3D2D animatori
- Co-producers: Lado Skorin
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Croatia, France
- Production Year: 2018
- Duration: 7΄
- Contact: Bonobostudio, info@bonobostudio.hr
- Awards/Distinctions: Best Croatian Film – Animafest Zagreb 2018 Best Croatian Short Film – Mediterranean FF Split 2018 Jury Distinction – Annecy International Animation Festival 2018 Oktavijan Award for Best Animated Film – Croatian Film Days 2018 Diploma of the Jury – Insomnia International Animation FF 2018 Special Prize – Hiroshima International Animation Festival 2018
Veljko Popović
Veljko Popović (1979) graduated in 2003 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Department of Painting. In 1998, he started working with computer graphics. He co-founded Lemonade3d, a CG and animation studio. Since 2012, he has been a tenured Professor at the Arts Academy in Split, where he teaches animation. His films have been screened and awarded at numerous festivals worldwide, including Annecy, Animafest Zagreb, Clermont-Ferrand, etc. He has been a jury member at many film festivals.
Filmography
2008 Ona koja mjeri | She Who Measures (short)
2010 Moj put | My Way (co-directed, short)
2011 Dove sei, amor mio | Dove sei, amor mio (short)
2012 Otac | Father (co-directed, short doc)
2016 Planemo | Planemo (short)
2018 Biciklisti | Cyclists (short)
2010 Moj put | My Way (co-directed, short)
2011 Dove sei, amor mio | Dove sei, amor mio (short)
2012 Otac | Father (co-directed, short doc)
2016 Planemo | Planemo (short)
2018 Biciklisti | Cyclists (short)