MGM Sarajevo: Man, God, the Monster

MGM Sarajevo: Man, God, the Monster 1994

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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

The End of Unpleasant Times

The End of Unpleasant Times 1998

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Old man Zaim is alone in the world and wants to change that. He is in love with his neighbor Munevera. Munevera doesn't want him. But there are those who do.

1998

Division

Division 2016

10.00

The story dates back to the old times, showing the culture and customs of the Bosnian people from the 19th century. Each and every family deals with such problems as land division among the offspring.

2016

Plastic Bags

Plastic Bags 2007

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In a public park, plastic bags are rolling in the wind.

2007

Trigger

Trigger 2018

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This is a story about the post-traumatic military syndrome development in the former Yugoslavia shown through the prism of irrational experiences of military operations real participants.

2018

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

Kiyamet

Kiyamet 2011

4.00

A reflection of author's inner thoughts, fears and fragility, and the constant wish to have absolute control.

2011

Mujo Is Looking at Pretty Nizama

Mujo Is Looking at Pretty Nizama 2007

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About the life of a Bosnian Muslim in the 1950s. Mujo doesn’t want to get married since he was too young. Later, when he grew into a young man, he still refuses to get close to any of the girls who want him. Until one day Nizama came from Vareš to visit her aunt who lives in Mujo’s neighborhood.

2007

Interrogation

Interrogation 2007

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How well do we remember the war? Is it hard for us to talk about it? Do we start remembering suddenly when talking about it? The film investigates the trauma, but not aiming at human pain. On the contrary, this film attempts to open the abysses of the war denial, which have become a dominant, but silent dimension of everyday life in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2007

Night Walks

Night Walks 2018

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Selma walks, Selma works, Selma waits, Selma takes care of her father, Selma goes away. By the window, she is watching Sarajevo.

2018

Heart of Stone

Heart of Stone 2023

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Mirjana returns home to attend her mother’s funeral. Now, surrounded by stone in a place where time seems to have come to a halt, she has to face her father and his expectations as well as her own emotions and feelings of guilt.

2023

Red Was My Favorite

Red Was My Favorite 2023

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Bosnia and Herzegovina / Ema (8), wanting to stay out a bit longer with her friends at the park, decides to ask her mother Anja (29) for permission. On her way home, she encounters an older man who tries to touch her inappropriately in the elevator. Ema manages to escape and reaches her mother, who tries to explain what happened in the best and least painful way possible. Despite the good relationship between mother and daughter and their productive conversation, some things simply remain in their memory.

2023

A Story from Monjare

A Story from Monjare 2010

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The film is based on a true event that happened a long time ago in a village near Visoko (Bosnia) that no longer exists... The story seeks to bring the spirit of tradition and customs that reigned and remind of now-forgotten values.

2010

You Are the Only Boss in This House

You Are the Only Boss in This House 2006

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Jasmina and Zijo live on the outskirts of Ljubljana. Zijo works as a butcher and sings Bosnian sevdalinke (love songs) and drinks out of despair. Jasmina is pregnant and wants to live a normal life.

2006

The Shell

The Shell 2022

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"The Shell" is a hellish journey into the world of Alzheimer's disease and old age. The film offers a haunting look at the effects of aging on the mind and body, and the horrors that come with it.

2022

The Bitterness of Revenge

The Bitterness of Revenge 2013

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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

The Secret of the School Basement

The Secret of the School Basement 2005

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The first post-war feature film for children in BiH "The Secret of the School Basement", by Prijedor academic painter Zoran Radonjic, which signed the script, directed and camera, premiered at the Prijedor Theater. The story of the film, which defines the line between good and evil, begins the moment when students discover the secret of a school fireman, a self-proclaimed alchemist searching for a magic stone.

2005

Purpose

Purpose 2024

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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