Michel Franco: Sarajevo is my second home

The film DREAMS by the director Michel Franco was shown tonight in KSC Skenderija, as part of the Open Air programme of the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival. Before the screening, the audience was greeted by the director of the Sarajevo Film Festival Jovan Marjanović, director Michel Franco and Eréndira Núñez Larios, producer of the film DREAMS. 

 

"It is always a pleasure to welcome filmmakers who have marked the history of film. Michel Franco, recipient of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 26th Sarajevo Film Festival, returned to Sarajevo tonight with his latest film DREAMS, which premiered at this year's Berlin Film Festival. Franco's films are precise, they leave no one indifferent and are not afraid to confront interpersonal relationships and society. The film DREAMS is no different. I would say it is even more radical," he said. 

 

"Sarajevo is my second home. I have been coming for years with numerous films and I am grateful for the welcome. I can say that people in Sarajevo are happy to have one of the best film festivals in the world. I have been telling my producer about the Festival for years and now she came with me to see how beautiful it is here," said Michel Franco. 

 

"This is incredible, I'm very excited and I hope we can enjoy the film together," said Eréndira Núñez Larios. 

 

The film DREAMS is about a Fernando,a young ballet dancer from Mexico, dreams of international recognition and a life in the United States. Believing his lover, Jennifer, a socialite and philanthropist, will support him, he leaves everything behind narrowly escaping death in the process. However, his arrival disrupts Jennifer’s carefully curated world. She will do anything to protect both their futures and the life she has built.