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BH Film Program: 77 Films, 21 World and 13 International Premieres!

This year's BH FILM program organized by Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina in its 13th edition will present 77 films: 13 feature narrative films, 7 feature documentaries, 14 middle-length and short documentaries, 19 short fiction and animated films, 20 student and 6 films in Special screening dedicated to children’s films production.

 The highlight of the program is the Student Competition section gathering and presenting films made by students from BiH film academies and faculties. This year 17 films from four Bosnian and Herzegovinian film schools and academies are competing for the three awards (Best Student Film, Special Jury Prize and Special Mention) and Istanbul based KisaKes Film Festival Pitching Platform Award.

This year’s BH Film program will present 21 World and 13 International Premieres.


BH Film Program has the aim to promote BiH cinema and every year proves to be an important platform for the BiH authors from all over the world.


During the festival, the Association of Filmmakers of BiH will also present their Ivica Matić annual awards for 2017.

BH FILM PROGRAM LINE-UP 2018:

FEATURE FILMS

 

A ÁRVORE / THE TREE

Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 104 min.

Director: André Gil Mata

 

AHLAT AĞACI / THE WILD PEAR TREE

Turkey, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Sweden, Qatar, 2018, 188 min.

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan 

 

BORDERS RAINDROPS

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Sweden, United Kingdom, 2018, 93 min.

Director: Vlastimir Sudar,  Nikola Mijović

 

CHAOTIC LIFE OF NADA KADIĆ

Mexico, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 85 min. 

Director: Marta Hernaiz Pidal 

 

A GOOD DAY'S WORK

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Slovenia, 2018, 76 min.

Director: Martin Turk

 

MAJNUNI

Bosnia and Herzegovina, USA, 2018, 78 min. 

Director: Kouros Alaghband 

 

FLESH

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 120 min. 

Director: Saša Hajduković

 

NASUMICE / ADRIFT

USA, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 82 min. 

Director: Caleb Burdeau

 

BIRAKMA BENI / NEVER LEAVE ME

Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2017, 97 min 

Director: Aida Begić 

 

THE EIGHTH COMMISSIONER

Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 100 min.

Director: Ivan Salaj 

 

THE MINER

Slovenia, Germany, 2017, 103 min. 

Director: Hanna Slak

 

ALL ALONE

Croatia, Netherlands, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 87 min. 

Director: Bobo Jelčić

 

TRIGGER

Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2017, 84 min. 

Director: Igor Smola

 

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

 

A SARAJEVO JEWISH STORY

Germany, 2017, 26 min. 

Director: Jonna Rock 

 

ARAF

Turkey, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 45 min. 

Director: Didem Pekün The film follows a fragment of the daily life

 

BLUE HEART

USA, 2018, 42 min. 

Director: Britton Cailouette 

 

AZ ELLENSÉG GYERMEKEI – SZARAJEVÓ / CHILDREN OF THE ENEMY-LILIES OF SARAJEVO

Hungary, 2017, 49 min. 

Director: Eszter Cseke, Andras S Takacs 

 

ESPADIM

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2017, 62 min. 

Director: Diogo Pereira 

 

TO WATCH THE TRUTH IN THE EYES

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 30 min. 

Director: Vesna Marić

 

PICK ONE SYMBOL

Turkey, 2018, 75 min. 

Director: Muhammed İbrahim Şişman

 

UNIVERSITY OF DISASTER

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 4 min. 

Director: Dalibor Danilović

 

THROUGH OUR EYES

Bosnia and Herzegovina, United Kingdom, Macedonia, 2018, 71 min. 

Director: Samir Mehanović

 

THE FACES OF LAFORA

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2017, 88 min. 

Director: Denis Bojić

 

M1

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2017, 75 min.

Director: Luciano Pérez Savoy

 

WAR OF RELIGIONS IN MY FAMILY

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 38 min. 

Director: Nedim Lončarević 

 

TOBACCO TRAILS

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, 2018, 37 min. 

Director: Mirko Pivčević

 

SISTERS

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, 2018, 42 min. 

Director: Zdenko Jurilj

 

SEVEN SACRED LAWS

Canada, 2018, 29 min. 

Director: Nihad Ademi

 

A FEAT OF PERSEVERANCE

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 49 min. 

Director: Nerma Emrić

 

TALKING SOIL

Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 28 min. 

Director: Jan Baumgartner

 

HOOP KAN OOK ZWAAR ZIJN / HOPE CAN BE HARD 

Netherlands, 2018, 83 min. 

Director: Rens Oomens

 

ТРИ ИСТОРИИ / THREE STORIES

Bulgaria, 2018, 17 min. 

Director: Kristina Baxanova

 

IN SEARCH FOR BETTER DAYS

Netherlands, 2017, 53 min. 

Director: Wijnand Slurink

 

HERE NEXT TO US

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2017, 64 min. 

Director: Jusuf Jaganjac 

 

SHORT AND ANIMATED

 

1992

Canada, 2018, 2 min. 

Director: Una Di Gallo

 

AMEEN

Netherlands, 2018, 15 min.

Director: Ismar Vejzovic, Bafl Sarhang

 

AN ARTIST'S THOUGHT

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 11 min

Director: Amina Avdić

 

BLOOD AND MOONLIGHT

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, 2018, 7 min.

Director: Resad Kulenovic

 

BONDS

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, 2018, 40 min.

Director: Andronikos Konstantinos Dimopoulos

 

BREATH

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 13 min. 

Director: Ermin Bravo

 

TODAY IS 11TH JUNE 1993

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 13 min.

Director: Clarissa Theime

 

SOCIAL STATUS

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 1 min. 

Director: Zoran Ćatić 

 

FOUNTAIN

Slovenia, 2017, 15 min.

Director: Goran Vojnović

 

INTERVIEW

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 19 min. 

Director: Nermin Hamzagić

 

PINK ELEPHANT

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, 2017,17 min. 

Director: Ado Hasanović 

 

FADE

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 55 min.

Director: Lorenzo Fabbro

 

NO ONE'S HOME

Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2017, 27 min.

Director: Nevena Savić

 

THE FALL

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 55 min. 

Director: Akash Sharma 

 

ROOSTER

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, 2018, 15 min. 

Director: Sabrina Begović Ćorić 

 

DOG’S BALCONY

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 15 min.

Director: Vesko Kadić 

 

REGAINED MEMORY

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Netherlands, 2018, 51 min. 

Director: Stijn Bouma

 

SELMA

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 15 min. 

Director: Marko Dugonjić

 

THE INVISIBLE HAND OF ADAM SMITH

Slovenia, 2017, 9 min. 

Director: Slobodan Maksimović

 

RISE

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 15 min. 

Director: Benjamin Šehić

 

STUDENT FILMS

 

SARAJEVO ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS

 

A SELF-REFLECTION IN THREE EPISODES

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 13 min. 

Director: Sara Ristić

 

ASCENDING

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 6 min.

Director: Sajra Subašić

 

PRECIOUS

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 27 min. 

Director: Irfan Avdić

 

MEATBALLS

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 7 min.

Director: Amar Spahić 

 

MATCHING

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 15 min. 

Director: Marko Jovančić

 

ACADEMY OF ARTS BANJA LUKA

 

BETTER DAYS

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 20 min. 

Director: Boris Andrejević 

 

RELATIONSHIPS

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2017, 17 min.

Director: Vanja Milošević 

 

MINUTES

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 10 min. 

Director: Sara Radusinović 

 

STREET LIGHTS

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 8 min. 

Director: Marko Brkić 

 

FACULTY OF DRAMA AND FILM ARTS BIJELJINA 

 

WHITENESS

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 6 min. 

Director: Vera Kulić 

 

JASMINA

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 16 min. 

Director: Tamara Tasić

 

LOYALTY

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 8 min. 

Director: Konstantin Jokić 

 

SARAJEVO FILM ACADEMY

 

BEFORE YOU LOSE YOUR HEARING 

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 6 min

Director: Ian Aannevik 

 

IVY

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 20 min

Director: Šejla Lajlani 

 

ONE NIGHT BAGCILAR 

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, 2018, 8 min. 

Director: Faruk Bagkesen

 

REENACTMENT

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 23 min. 

Director: Jeronimo Atehortúa Arteaga 

 

THE CONFIDENCE-MAN

Bosnia and Herzegovina, USA, 2018, 28 min. 

Director: Kouros Alaghband 

 

 

SPECIAL SCREENING : CHILDREN FILMS 

 

DREAM JOB

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, 2017, 36 min. 

Director: Zoran Ćatić 

 

GRANNY

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 20 min. 

Director: Isidora Ratković

 

EMPTIED

Slovenia, 2018, 7 min. 

Director: Amna Hadžić

 

KISS

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2017, 9 min. 

Director: „Furaj svoj film 4“ workshop participants 

 

ALONE OR LONELY?

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 10 min.

Director: Boris Ćorić

 

TOWN CRIER

Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 8 min.

Director: Edina Ćorić

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