The Greek–Swiss co-production follows an ageing Croatian neuroscientist who lives a reclusive life in Athens, having been branded paranoid for his radical research on the effects of electromagnetic radiation on humans. Decades later, when he is rediscovered by a group of young dreamers who are trying to change the world through his ideas, he decides to join them in their scientific commune, risking his sanity in pursuit of a higher goal.

Burić won the best actor prize at the European Film Awards last year for his role in Triangle of Sadness, while Rumpf’s credits include horror film Raw. The cast also includes Yiannis Papadopoulos and Elena Topalidou.

Novak is produced by Giorgos Karnavas for Heretic.
Producers are Michael Graf and Sara Bonakdar for Cloud Fog Haze Pictures and Kaarthekeyen Santhanam for Stone Bench Films.
Backers include Creative Europe / MEDIA, The Greek Film Centre, ERT and the Greek National Centre of Audiovisual Media and Communication – EKOME.

Director Harry Lagoussis previous writing credits include the Berlinale Competition title Stratos. He is also a comics artist and musician. He studied film at the LFS and his audiovisual works have been screened at Singapore’s ArtScience Museum, the 13th Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.