Was screened at over 80 international film festivals around the world, including SEE a Paris, Santa Barbara, Karlovy Vary, etc.
Topcic wrote the screenplay in 2002 (working title of the film: Bare Skin) and won the Best Screenplay Award at the first edition of CineLink in 2003 (91 participants). Later, he wrote the bestseller novel Bare Skin (2004) and the drama of the same name (2007), about the same theme.
Received a 15 minute standing ovation on its world premiere at the 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2010.
Critics praised The Abandoned and said that "the film succeeds in being both a touching personal story but also a trenchant comment on the Bosnian war".
Topcic's script caught the attention of world producers after winning the 2003 CineLink Screenwriting Competition. The film was co-produced by the Ostrow & Company (Beverly Hills, California).