Yugo Goes to America

Yugo Goes to America (2026)

Yugo ide u Ameriku

Three young friends from Belgrade drive from New York to Los Angeles in a Yugo – a cult relic of a car from the 1980s. A docu-comedy and a road trip with many unexpected encounters.

Date of release
2026-03-18
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Filip Grujić, Aleksa Borković

Casting

Interesting facts

Yugo Goes to America is a 2026 Serbian-Croatian documentary film directed by Filip Grujić and Aleksa Borković, in their feature directorial debut. The film follows a group of childhood friends from Belgrade as they drive a Yugo, the Yugoslav-built car once dubbed "the worst car in the history of America", on a road trip from New York to Los Angeles, retracing and reflecting on the car's failed 1980s launch in the United States. The film's world premiere took place at CPH:DOX on 18 March 2026.

Production

The film received support from Eurimages, Film Center Serbia and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre. It was produced by Čarna Vučinić through the Serbian company NAKED, in co-production with Croatia's Restart and Serbia's United Media. The shooting took place in the United States and in Serbia.

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