Bodily Function

Bodily Function 2011

1

Adnan is driving a grocery van on his way to sell produce at the market. While he is waiting for a friend's phone call, he suspects his loyalty.

2011

Submission

Submission 2016

1

Three friends are hanging out on the roof in Sarajevo. Their hangout is interrupted by the Yugoslavian time traveler who explains them that they are in danger and need to use the time machine to go back to Yugoslavia and warn people that the future generations messed up. They travel back in time to find themselves not in Yugoslavia, but in Iran. Clash of the cultures is evident, and they are forced to hide their identity. But the more they discover the city, the more they realize it is scarily similar to their own.

2016

42 1/2

42 1/2 2003

1

After the war, two friends are together again. Every year they buy one pair of new shoes.

2003

Death in Sarajevo

Death in Sarajevo 2016

6.20

Sarajevo on 28 of June, 2014. At the Hotel Europa, the best hotel in town, the manager Omer prepares to welcome a delegation of diplomatic VIPs. On the centenary of the assassination that is considered to have led to World War I, an appeal for peace and understanding is supposed to start from here. But the hotel staff have other worries: having not been paid for months, they are planning to go on strike. Hatidza from the hotel laundry is elected strike leader even though her daughter Lamija, who works in reception, is firmly against industrial action. Meanwhile, in the sealed-off presidential suite, a guest from France rehearses a speech. Elsewhere, a television reporter conducts interviews about war and its consequences. Was Gavrilo Princip, the 1914 assassin, a criminal or a national hero? What long shadow does his deed cast into the present?

2016

Nafaka

Nafaka 2006

5.80

Sarajevo, 1992. They are called Ahmed, Lana, Sado, Saba, Sahbey, Beba, Nemanja, Marx, Matan. They live in and between wartimes. They have "nafaka", the destiny which was bestowed on them by God Almighty. They have enough gallows humor and courage to believe in freedom and happiness.

2006

Rooster

Rooster 2018

1

It is the International Women's Day. Today, a Police Inspector Danijel will finally show his affection to his colleague Stella. Today, a victim of domestic violence Milica will finally report her abuser. However, the inevitable encounter between the two of them will ruin their plans - while trying to resolve Milica's life drama, Daniel's own life drama takes place without him taking part. What can bring down the walls of these two lonely worlds? How much can we put up with, just to feel loved?

2018

Focus, Grandma

Focus, Grandma 2020

6.80

April 1992. Members of a large family strewn around the former Yugoslavia gather around the death bed of their elderly matriarch. She is not well, but the forecast of a family doctor that her death is a matter of minutes away proves incorrect, so the waiting stretches out for days. Relatives start bickering, playing tricks and arguing over the inheritance to be left by the old woman, especially over her large family house in Sarajevo. Despite her deteriorating health, Grandma happily joins the fray. It appears as if that might be what is keeping her alive. Family feuds and intrigues directed against one of the sisters are more important to the family than the clear, terrifying signs of an approaching cataclysm. When the scheming is finally revealed, it is too late. A war has begun in Sarajevo.

2020

Angels in Sarajevo

Angels in Sarajevo 1993

1

Between 1993 and 1995, artist and photographer Louis Jammes took pictures of people on the streets of Sarajevo under siege and gave them angelic face and wings. Then he put his huge portraits on destroyed city walls. Suddenly, it seems as life is getting back with their arrival, because they brought a sense of peace, beauty, nostalgia...

1993

Breath

Breath 2018

1

Twenty-six-year-old Igor is a maintenance worker at a medical rehabilitation center where 71-year-old Edita is undergoing therapy. Their chance encounter will turn into an unusual relationship. Without exchanging a word, the two realize they are kindred spirits and start changing one another. What happens when you share the last days of your life with a stranger?

2018

First Birthday After the Apocalypse

First Birthday After the Apocalypse 2020

1

In her autobiographical documentary, the young director uses cartoon impressions, photographic memories, and the various stages of baking a cake to draw the viewer into her own stream of consciousness, and using images full of kindness, tenderness, and playfulness, she deals with the sadness that began during a children's birthday party many years ago.

2020

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

Mother

Mother 2009

1

A mother mourns the loss of her family in the Srebrenica massacre.

2009

Route-3

Route-3 2019

7.00

In a sweaty, overcrowded tram in Sarajevo, a shy teenager is beset by every imaginable impediment as he tries to capture the attention of his object of desire. Yet the overheated hero of this wild farce will not be easily defeated.

2019

Threads of Homeland

Threads of Homeland 2011

10.00

A human emotional story that introduces us to true human values, but also to longing for our homeland.

2011

Great Wall of China

Great Wall of China 2017

9.00

Bosnia, a summer's day at the country side 20 years after the latest war. Being the only witness of the secret plan of her favorite aunt Ljilja, little Maja takes a major step in her life. The boundaries of her childhood start to break apart.

2017

Why Don't You Dance?

Why Don't You Dance? 2021

1

A young couple is moving in to an apartment to live together. Pressured by responsibilities, they leave the new home for a bicycle ride that brings them to a yard full of things for sale- things from the life one man is leaving behind.

2021

Heartbeat

Heartbeat 2023

1

A girl roams through the city in order to retrieve her heart and take it to her boyfriend. But there is one problem: the heart has stopped beating.

2023

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

The White Fortress

The White Fortress 2022

5.80

What could be a beautiful fairy tale for some - boy meets girl - could also be the beginning of a horror film for Faruk. The young man is crushed between the dark world of his criminal cousins in Sarajevo and the discovery of love. The film powerfully visualises and contrasts a harshness and tenderness experienced and dreamed.

2022

Cor(n)e(r) of the Matter

Cor(n)e(r) of the Matter 2005

1

Batan is the goalkeeper of the Zanatlija football club from Visoko, competing in the lowest-level town league of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Their opponent in the game is the local rival which holds the top position and has the ambition to move to the next league, which would be secured with a victory over Zanatlija. The atmosphere is blazing hot and any silly move on the field is received by the supporters as a life-or-death event. However, although he's been keeping the goal of his team for 10 years, Batan, the hero of this story, doesn't find the result of the game all that important.

2005