[2] Juraj Lerotić won The "Vladimir Nazor Award'' by the Republic of Croatia for outstanding artistic achievements in film.
During that period of time, Bruno and the mother have to protect Damir not just from himself, but also from the unsympathetic system consisting of rude and suspicious members of the police and the robotic, sometimes even arrogant medical personnel.
"The film was nationally distributed and sold in the seven territories so far: VOD Safe Place is screened at HBO (covering the following territories: Albania, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Moldova, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Bulgaria - Payv TV & SVOD) from the 1st of June 2023, it is also available in Spain via Filmin as well as Australia via SBS on demand."
Many international critics have called Lerotić's debut the film of the year, including Byron Burton,[5] a journalist for The Hollywood Reporter and editor of the blog Award Focus.
Guy Lodge[6] of Variety, Carmen Gray[7] of The Guardian and a Berlinale selector, and John Bleasdale, a blogger and critic for The Times, also included Safe Place among the top ten films of 2022 global production.