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

Let There Be Colour

Let There Be Colour 2020

5.00

On 8 September 2019 Sarajevo hosted its first Pride March, and this film covers its background.

2020

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

Do You See This City...

Do You See This City... 2023

1

A documentary about the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, featuring a large number of celebrities and tells about Sarajevo's urban legends and myths.

2023

Kraut from Sarajevo

Kraut from Sarajevo 2018

1

The exciting and emotional story of Ivica Osim, legendary Zeljeznicar football player, started in his hometown of Sarajevo, with a life-long journey through Strasbourg, Belgrade, Athens , Graz and far as Japan. Wherever he worked as a football expert, he obtained the status of a sports legend, the ups and downs, the beautiful and difficult moments of his career. A story of affection for the family, for Sarajevo, but also for love of football.

2018

Isolation

Isolation 2021

1

Portrait of family members during isolation with limited technical resources (phone recording).

2021

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

Zeljo's Hundred

Zeljo's Hundred 2021

1

A movie about 100 years of Football Club Zeljeznicar.

2021

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

Samir Mehić Bowie – Letters from Srebrenica

Samir Mehić Bowie – Letters from Srebrenica 2024

1

In the spring of 1992, war separates friends and members of a rock'n'roll band from Srebrenica. Drummer Faruk leaves Srebrenica, while guitarist Samir remains in the city. In letters, they dream of a reunion until July 1995.

2024

Bey's Wife

Bey's Wife 2014

1

Shot in two abandoned villages near Visoko (Bosnia), which offered enough locations for the mid-19th century story. It shows the culture and customs of long-forgotten times. The story is related to the bey’s families, their children. How people lived and worked at that time.

2014

Our Brazilian Story

Our Brazilian Story 2014

1

History of national football team of Bosnia and Herzegovina from war to World Cup 2014 in Brazil.

2014

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

Suzana from the Cellar

Suzana from the Cellar 1995

1

A cellar-dwelling woman talks about her life to a camera during the devastating war in Bosnia.

1995

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

A Trip to the Moon

A Trip to the Moon 1998

1

A film that allows the main character Aleksandar Jovanović, an ordinary con man from Sarajevo, to be what he always wanted to be.

1998

Children Like Any Other

Children Like Any Other 1995

1

This is a film that shows portraits of three children who lived in Sarajevo during the siege. Through their stories the film tries to give a picture of youngsters who live in the war for three and a half years and their efforts to overcome the trauma. The stories are seemingly separate, but the thread that connects them is a three-year-old boy who on his tricycle constantly wanders the streets of Sarajevo, passing everywhere and always seeing everything. He takes us from one child to another, opening up before us a picture of the bizarre life of children in Sarajevo.

1995

Dog Lover

Dog Lover 2010

3.00

This film is a cry for help, an attempt to stop the suffering and pain of innocent animals that have been inflicted in Bosnia and Herzegovina for years.

2010

The Bitterness of Revenge

The Bitterness of Revenge 2013

1

A kung-fu tale from Bosnia and Herzegovina, spiced up with motifs, dialogues and action mas if it hails fro a Chinese movie of the kind about an unknown hero who saves the village.

2013

Sarajevo Spring

Sarajevo Spring 2008

1

In Sarajevo, drinking coffee means much more than just waking up… How hard can sometimes be to relax and just enjoy the prospect around you? This is a story of the spirit of Sarajevo and its simplicity of life. All you need is a cup of coffee and good company…

2008