The Ruin

The Ruin 2009

1

A man comes home to discover that someone else is living there.

2009

Omarska

Omarska 2019

4.00

An attempt to erect a virtual memorial for the victims of the Bosnian war, using archive material, videos and statements from survivors in a 3D animation.

2019

Purpose

Purpose 2024

1

The story centres on the people who live in a tiny village that is connected by a system of wheels and cogs. A young man, whose wheel has broken, watches this perfectly synchronised mechanism.

2024

Morning Prayers

Morning Prayers 2013

1

A boy and a girl meet in club's toilet. High on drugs, they walk the streets of Sarajevo aimlessly. They end up in an apartment, fooling around, making out, until this careless atmosphere is interrupted by someone else's presence.

2013

The Patriot

The Patriot 2011

1

At the beginning of Bosnian war in one village, two Serbian soldiers capture two of their Muslim neighbors and take them to shooting.

2011

No Big Deal

No Big Deal 2025

1

After Sead suddenly experiences severe stomach pain, he is taken to the hospital, where the doctor tells him he needs emergency surgery.

2025

Aunt Lili

Aunt Lili 2020

1

A short documentary about my lovely aunt Lili. The film shows just a small part of her life. She is always on the lookout for luck, whether in love or with scratch-off tickets.

2020

The Landscape and the Fury

The Landscape and the Fury 2024

1

The seemingly idyllic region of Ravnice, at the north-western tip of Bosnia and on the EU's external border with Croatia, hides a dangerous past with uncleared war mines. Migrants seeking a better life, are often pushed back across the border from the EU into the surrounding woods, finding themselves lost in the village. Local villagers open the old school building to offer them unofficial, temporary shelter and safety. Despite this ongoing crisis, everyday life continues in Ravnice, marked by daily routines.

2024

The Dog That Peed Itself from Happiness

The Dog That Peed Itself from Happiness 2025

1

Jaksa is a student. He spends the summer in his hometown – with friends and with Sonja. But now the summer is over, his mother voices ideas about his future, and Sonja will leave soon. The end of summer forces Jaksa to realize, to decide, and to say goodbye.

2025

Interview

Interview 2018

1

A story about real characters who find themselves in a fictional situation. Four young actresses come to a job interview at the children’s playroom, totally unprepared for the issues they will have to face.

2018

Fine

Fine 2016

1

A short film about the endless fight of two woman. A Mexican and Bosnian co-production set in Sarajevo.

2016

Grbavica

Grbavica 2018

1

A ball spins around, stuck in the river that goes through the Grbavica neighborhood in Sarajevo.

2018

128

128 2018

1

Short film, post-war drama.

2018

Images from the Corner

Images from the Corner 2003

1

Bilja was seriously wounded in the 1992 shelling of Sarajevo. A French photographer took pictures of her while she lay bleeding and desperately begging for help; pictures of Bilja's wounds made him famous. Zbanic searches for Bilja and reconstructs the moment when news became more important than her life.

2003

Bibek

Bibek 2021

1

Fedja is haunted by his conscience in the form of Bibek.

2021

Tobacco Trails

Tobacco Trails 2018

1

With the arrival of Austro-Hungarians to Bosnia and Herzegovina and by establishing certain elements of a modern European society, Herzegovina has developed an "activity" that has been one of the leading for more than half a century.

2018

When I Was a Hodja

When I Was a Hodja 1970

1

During the 1990s, an unnamed protagonist lives with his dying mother and elderly father in the Sarajevo neighborhood of Dobrinja. One seemingly ordinary day in 1992, the Serbian siege of the city begins and he ends up being trapped within the confines of the neighborhood of Grbavica, where he hides away from the enemy forces and artillery fire in a small apartment owned by his family. During his stay in Grbavica, he quickly bonds with a young man he calls The Musician and falls in love with a young woman whose forced to prostitute herself in order to be able to provide care for her ailing grandmother.

1970

Crossing the Bridge

Crossing the Bridge 2016

1

An unusual love story about two young people which is set in the divided city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2016