Sarajevo City of Film – Short Film Premiere

Premiere of films made as part of the Sarajevo City of Film 2011 project took place on Sunday evening at the Meeting Point Cinema, in front of a large audience. Alongside the film authors and crews, numerous partners and friends to the project attended the premiere.

Four short films made in Sarajevo in spring/summer of 2011 had their premiere: EDINA (BiH/Hungary), by Nóra Lakos (cast: Eszter Tompa, Boris Ler, Amina Begović, Nicolas Moll), POSTHUMOUS (BiH/Turkey) by Cenk Erturk (cast: Senad Alihodžić, Adnan Hasković, Šerif Aljić, Muhamed Bahonjić), SCENES WITH WOMEN (BiH/Serbia) by Nikola Ljuca (cast: Marko Cindrić, Borka Tomović, Sadžida Šetić, Jasna Beri, Jelena Kordić) and BODILY FUNCTION (BiH) by Dane Komljen (cast: Anel Hasanbašić, Rijad Gvozden).

Sarajevo City of Film is a project announcing the up-and-coming forces of regional cinematography, presenting at the same time Sarajevo – the place where film is made and where it lives.

The Sarajevo City of Film project is realized with support of the Atlantic Group, partner to the project, and is sponsored by the Foundation for Cinematography Sarajevo, Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport, Norwegian Embassy, Croatian Audiovisual Center, MDG Achievment Fund and NATO. The project supports regional cooperation through joint film projects, offering participants of the Sarajevo Talent Campus an opportunity to make and produce films in Sarajevo.

After the premiere, the authors are impatiently awaiting for the jury to decide on the winner of the “Atlantic Group Award”, traditionally awarded by the Atlantic Group, partner to the project, for the best film made in the Sarajevo City of Film Project. Winner of the “Atlantic Group Award” will be announced on Tuesday, 26 July.

BRITISH COUNCIL SHORT FILM AWARD and BRITISH COUNCIL SPECIAL JURY MENTION

Awards for directors of the best films as announced by the young jury, sponsored in cooperation with the British Council and Operation Kino project The British Council will sponsor participation at the Encounters Short Film Festival in Bristol to the winner of the British Council Short Film Award. The British Council will also ensure screening of the British Council Special Jury Mention winner at the Encounters Short Film Festival in Bristol. Media International sponsors screening of the best film at the Sofia  Film Festival, through the Operation Cinema project.

Members of the jury (young film authors):

Ionut Piturescu- director (Romania)
Vesi Vuković- director (BiH)
Basak Buyukcelen- scriptwriter (Turkey)

Winner of the British Council Short Film Award: Nora Lakos for "Edina".

Winner of the British Council Special Jury Mention: Cenk Erturk for "Posthumous".