Navigation

News

BH Film Program: 77 Films, 44 World Premieres

Associaton of Filmmakers of B&H in collaboration with Sarajevo Film Festival will organize 11th edition of BH Film Program, which will set a new record with amazing 77 films!

This program will take place between 13th to 20th August as a part of Sarajevo Film Festival.

Just 13 years ago this program presented 3 feature films and 3 short films, giving the audience the annual review of that year's BiH film production. In just 13 years, Bosnian and Herzegovinian film production has expanded more than 12 times as this year the Associaton of Filmmakers will present 74 Bosnian and Herzegovinian films, and 3 films which were made on BiH topics or/ and by BiH filmmakers.

This year's program will not only offer quantity, but also a high quality film program. The program will be opened with a special screening presenting Mediterraen Film Festival from Široki Brijeg, with the presentation of seven films of this festival's production.

Ten feature films will be presented in this year's program. Four of these ten are Bosnian and Herzegovinian feature films, one of them is recently awarded film DEATH IN SARAJEVO, by director Danis Tanović; while six films are coproductions, such as SIERANEVADA by Romanian director Cristi Puiu, and A GOOD WIFE by Serbian director Mirjana Karanović. For audience with the taste for documentary films, this program offers 29 documentary films; 22 of them short documentaries. Also, the program offers 16 short fiction and two animated films. We are happy to remind you that BiH film program is going to present Student Competition selection consisted of 13 films made by BiH film academies students.

Not only that this year's program is going to have 44 world premieres, and more than 120 guests, it's our pleasure to announce that the first meeting of Bosnian-Herzegovinian film festivals will be held this year as well. Directors and representatives of all of the film festivals in our country will have the opportunity to talk about future plans and interfestival cooperation.

All of the screenings of BH Film Program will be held in Multiplex „Cinema City“.

Enjoy the 11th BH Film program!

11. BH. FILM PROGRAM (13th – 20th August 2016)

 

FEATURE FILMS

 

DEATH IN SARAJEVO, Danis Tanović, Bosnia and Herzegovina / France

SIERANEVADA, Cristi Puiu, Romania / France / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Croatia / Republic of Macedonia

A GOOD WIFE Mirjana Karanović, Serbia / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Croatia

MOTHER, Vlado Škafar, Slovenia / Italy / Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2016, 93 min.

ALL THE CITIES OF THE NORTH, Dane Komljen, Serbia / Montenegro / Bosnia and Herzegovina

NIGHTLIFE, Damian Kozole, Slovenia / Croatia / Serbia / Republic of Macedonia / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Germany, 2016, 85 min.

MY AUNT IN SARAJEVO, Goran Kapetanović, Sweden / Bosnia and Herzegovina

PAPAGAJKA, Emma Rozanski, Bosnia and Herzegovina / United Kingdom

BABA VANGA, Aleksandra Niemczyk, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Poland / Norway

THE LIFE OF FLOWERS, Jimmy Bontatibus, Bosnia and Herzegovina / USA

 

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

 

A FIST OF MEMORY, Aid Bešić, Shqipdona Ademaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Kosovo / Republic of Macedonia

CHILDREN OF PEACE, Emir Kapetanović, Bosnia and Herzegovina

FATA, Vedran Drljević, Bosnia and Herzegovina

GORA, Stefan Malešević, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Serbia

I KNOW YOU ARE, BUT WHAT AM I?, Nađa Sinić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

MY NAME IS ADNAN AND I WILL NOT BLOW YOU UP, Adnan Smajić, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Sweden

JADRANKA, Branko Lazić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

HOW I BECAME YOU, Ivana Živković, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Sweden

FLOATING IN THE SKY, Baharen Mirhadi, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Sweden / Iran

THIS COULD BE FILM, Kumjana Novakova, Bosnia and Herzegovina

MY LOVE-LI SISTER, Ena Omerović, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Netherlands / China

MY OWN PRIVATE WAR, Lidija Zelović, Netherlands / Bosnia and Herzegovina

AN UNUSUAL GUEST, Nisvet Hrustić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

NO SMOKING IN SARAJEVO, Gianluca Loffredo, Andrea Postiglione, France / Italy / Bosnia and Herzegovina

WHO I AM AND ALL I OWN, I CARRY EACH DAY, Emily Norling, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Sweden

THE SIEGE, Remy Ourdan , Patrick Chauvel, Bosnia and Herzegovina / France

CUT, Benjamin Dizdarević, Bosnia and Herzegovina

ROCK'N'WAR ...OR JUST BECAUSE IT'S FRIDAY, Damir Pirić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

SARAJEVO FEMME FATALE, Joanna Zielinska, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Poland

SARAJEVO ROSES, Roger M. Richards, United Kingdom / Bosnia and Herzegovina / USA

SCREAM FOR ME SARAJEVO, Tarik Hodžić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

THE HEART OF WOOD, Namik Kabil, Bosnia and Herzegovina

CITY OF ELEFANTS, Marko Mijatović, Germany / Austria / Bosnia and Herzegovina

WE ARE ALL HUMAN, Maja Crnobrnja, Bosnia and Herzegovina

SVETLANA, Pero Pavlović, Bosnia and Herzegovina

TOPA AND ARCHY, Vesko Kadić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

WHITE BALLOON, Nihad Ademi, Canada / Bosnia and Herzegovina

SEARCHING FOR HOME, Hari Šečić, Bosnia and Herzegovina / USA

LIFE AFTER LIFE, Sanja Jokić, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Sweden

SHORT AND ANIMATED FILMS

ALONE TOGETHER, Lejla Brčaninović, Bosnia and Herzegovina

BLOSSOM, Tarik Hodžić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

RED SNOW, Mersiha Husagić, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Germany

I WAS LAID HERE A LONG TIME AGO, Goran Dujaković, Bosnia and Herzegovina

GAME, Senad Alihodžić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

INVERZUM, Damir Bašić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

JUST ANOTHER DAY, Tina Šmalcelj, Bosnia and Herzegovina

DRIVE, Bojan Josić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

OBSESSION, Romano Kuduzović, Bosnia and Herzegovina

POOL VERSION, Gonzalo Escobar Mora, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Columbia

PORTRAIT, Ismir Bučan, Bosnia and Herzegovina

REFUGEE 532, Goran Kapetanović, Sweden / Bosnia and Herzegovina

REQUIEM FOR PINNOCHIO, Berin Tuzlić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

SAUCIUS, Ademir Gogić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

I REMEMBER, Elma Tataragić

THE SCIENTIST, Zeid Lušija, Bosnia and Herzegovina

LOGS, Aid Bešić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

FORBIDDEN GAMES, group of authors, Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

STUDENT FILMS

 

MAN WITH THE WILL OF STEEL, Amar Spahić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

FINE, Marta Henaiz Pidal, Bosnia and Herzegovina

KEMIX, Alen Šimić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

CROCODILE, Duško Stanivuk, Bosnia and Herzegovina

NIGHT, Pilar Palomero, Bosnia and Herzegovina

FRONTIER, BLOODY FRONTIER, Saša Karanović

REVENGE, Katarina Živanović, Bosnia and Herzegovina

THE RETURN, Lorenzo Fabbro, Bosnia and Herzegovina

SOMEWHERE ELSE, Stijn Bouma, Bosnia and Herzegovina

ACCORDING TO THE LAW, Mladen Vučković, Bosnia and Herzegovina

BLINK, Dragan Majkić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

TURN OFF THE LIGHTS, Janja Bijelić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

YOUR LOVER JUST CALLED, Alen Alilović, Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

SPECIAL SCREENING: 

MEDITERAN FILM FESTIVAL PREDSTAVLJA

 

AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN MILITARY FORTS IN MOSTAR, Ivo Mikulić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

CHIPS group of authors, Bosnia and Herzegovina

HERZRGOVINA, Zdenko Jurilj, Ivo Čolak, Bosnia and Herzegovina

THE BRIDGE, Dominik Ćorić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

PATIENT, Zdenko Jurilj, Bosnia and Herzegovina

CURIOSITY, Stjepan Skoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina

THE COLOR YELOW, group of authors, Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

Submissions for the Heart of Sarajevo Awards for TV series are open
Film / Drama Series Submissions for the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival Programmes
Talents Sarajevo Call for Entries 2024
Cinema-goers in Bosnia and Herzegovina went to the cinemas more than in previous years - 1.3 million viewers in BiH cinemas in 2023
CineLink Drama Opens Call for Entries