Houston, We Have a Problem!

It is a 2016 docufiction mockumentary directed by Slovenian filmmaker Žiga Virc. The film mixes archive footage, interviews, and staged material, so its secret space program is part of a deliberate fact-and-fiction construction. [Tribeca interview](https://tribecafilm.com/news/interview-houston-we-have-a-problem-documentary-ziga-virc)

The film imagines that Josip Broz Tito's Yugoslavia sold a secret space program to the United States during the early 1960s. The alleged deal is tied to John F. Kennedy, the space race, and a large American aid package. [Palm Springs film synopsis](https://www.psfilmfest.org/2017-ps-film-festival/films-2017/houston-we-have-a-problem)

The film presents Ivan Pavić as a senior Yugoslav space engineer whose disappearance and later return help frame the story. His account and reunion are part of the film's fictionalized docufiction structure, not verified historical evidence. [Film press kit](https://www.cineast.lu/presse/2016/films_presskits/houston_we_have_a_problem_presskit.pdf)

The film had its world premiere at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. Slovenia also selected it as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. [Film history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston%2C_We_Have_a_Problem!_%28film%29)