Apollo: First War Cinema

Apollo: First War Cinema 2013

5.50

In 1993 Sarajevo was under the siege. Against all odds a small group of enthusiasts managed to open the First War Cinema in Sarajevo. For them this cinema was a distinction between surviving and being alive. Twenty years afterwards the marks of being alive resurface.

2013

Coffee

Coffee 2015

1

April, 2015. Tradition is the ground on which we walk, the solid, impenetrable and tired. The method has remained almost the same or not?

2015

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

Kemix

Kemix 2016

1

The story of Džemal Džihanović, the producer of folk music.

2016

Masters of the Darkness

Masters of the Darkness 1990

1

The protagonist is a fictional character named Adem Sokolovic, a high-ranking Party official who is one day falsely accused of undermining Yugoslavia. The plot shows how he was arrested and placed in prison where he came into conflict with the warden.

1990

Ficus

Ficus 2018

1

Almir is a closeted gay man struggling with self-acceptance. Left high and dry by his married lover, Almir decides to spend New Year’s Eve with his dying friend Militsa. As the city celebrates, the two talk about their lives and loves, but does Almir dare to tell his closest friend his deepest secret?

2018

The Fourth Part of the Brain

The Fourth Part of the Brain 1996

1

A documentary detailing the lives of the children seen in Nenad Dizdarevic's "An Awkward Age" as well as the conditions within former-Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

1996

The Dragon

The Dragon 2016

4.00

The ancient ritual of the Bosnian Dragon Summoning is threatened by various new beliefs throughout the ages.

2016

The Pursuit

The Pursuit 2006

1

Bosnian short film about some people and their problems in the city.

2006

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

Ceasefire

Ceasefire 2025

1

Hazira survived Srebrenica. She saw the war, it corroded her life. She has been stuck in a refugee camp in her own country for 29 years, working hard and unceasingly to make ends meet and keep the trauma at bay.

2025

MGM Sarajevo: Man, God, the Monster

MGM Sarajevo: Man, God, the Monster 1994

1

Made by the Sarajevo Group of Authors (SAGA), a collective created during the siege of Sarajevo, this documentary captures stories of war that occurred during the conflict.

1994

Song Remains the Same

Song Remains the Same 2004

1

Hamdija Šahinpašić (1914-2003) was one of those rare individuals able to memorize songs in their authentic traditional form. Šahinpašić belonged to a family known for its songs. In the early 1950's, Miodrag A. Vasiljević recorded Šahinpašić singing dozen of songs at the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences in Belgrade. A 1967 publication finally included 300 of his songs, published bilingually in Bosnian and Russian. Šahinpašić himself become the focus of attention of numerous ethnomusicologists and folklorists and his repertoire was preserved on recording of good quality.

2004

Bad Luck

Bad Luck 2008

1

The sequel of the film “Mujo Is Looking at Pretty Nizama”.

2008

The Match

The Match 2018

1

The action of the film follows the artist who, since the girl left him, lost his inspiration.

2018

Lights of Sarajevo

Lights of Sarajevo 2022

1

Sarajevo 1969-2019. Half a century of Sarajevo told from the point of view of Sejo Sexon, leader of the most authentic rock band of our period. An intimate story that starts from childhood, dreams, failed attempts and first successes.

2022

Places I Haven't Been to

Places I Haven't Been to 2010

1

Composed of archival footage of his friends' travels, the director creates a special view of the spaces he did not physically visit.

2010

The Fuse: or How I Burned Simon Bolivar

The Fuse: or How I Burned Simon Bolivar 2011

1

Using personal home video footage, this documentary follows how a young boy's attempts to avoid a poor mark on a school assignment in 1990's Sarajevo, may have contributed to a civil war.

2011