List of Bosnia-Herzegovina films
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Cinema in Bosnia as part of Yugoslavia dates back to the 1920s when it started producing silent films. Bosnia and Herzegovina now has one of the biggest and premiere film festivals in Europe; the Sarajevo Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival
The Sarajevo Film Festival is the premier and largest film festival in the Balkans, and is one of the largest in Europe. It was founded in Sarajevo in 1995 during the siege of Sarajevo, and brings international and local celebrities to Sarajevo every year. It is held in August and showcases an...
(SFF), established in 1995 by Mirsad Purivatra, who still presides as the president of the festival. The festival now is the biggest and most influential in South-Eastern Europe. It has hosted such greats as Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi
Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi is an American actor, writer and film director. An associate member of the renowned experimental theater company The Wooster Group, Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films including New York Stories, Mystery Train, Reservoir Dogs,...
, Katrin Cartlidge
Katrin Cartlidge
Katrin Cartlidge was an English actress. She first appeared on screen as Lucy Collins in the Liverpool soap opera Brookside from 1982 to 1988 and later became well known for her film work with directors such as Mike Leigh and Lars von Trier.- Biography :Cartlidge was born in London to an English...
, Bono
Bono
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, Nick Nolte
Nick Nolte
Nicholas King "Nick" Nolte is an American actor whose career has spanned over five decades, peaking in the 1990s when his commercial success made him one of the most popular celebrities of that decade.-Early life:...
, Michael Moore
Michael Moore
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, Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne, born Alexander Constantine Papadopoulos is an American film director and screenwriter. His films are noted for their dark humor and satirical depictions of contemporary American society.- Early life :...
, and many more. Another undoubtedly notable festival is the annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival
The Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival is an annual event founded in 2003 and held in New York and since 2007 showcased at the Tribeca Cinemas Theatres. This Festival showcases the best of the Bosnian cinematography and also provides a platform for the international exposure for emerging Bosnian...
(BHFF) established in 2003, held in the TriBeCa
TriBeCa
Tribeca is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York in the United States. Its name is an acronym based on the words "Triangle below Canal Street", and is properly bounded by Canal Street, West Street, Broadway, and Vesey Street...
area of New York City
New York City
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. The festival's aim is to promote movies from various young promising directors in Bosnia and showcase them to the American public in hopes of getting recognition.
Arguably the two most famous and celebrated Bosnian directors are Danis Tanović
Danis Tanovic
Danis Tanović is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter.Tanović is best known for having directed and written the script for the 2001 Bosnian movie No Man's Land which won an Academy Award. He was a member of the jury at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.-Biography:Danis Tanović was born in the...
and Jasmila Žbanić
Jasmila Žbanic
Jasmila Žbanić is a film director from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a graduate of Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo, department for theater and film directing. She also worked as a puppeteer in the Vermont-based Bread and Puppet Theater and as a clown in a Lee De Long workshop. She is noted for the...
, who directed No Man's Land
No Man's Land (2001 film)
No Man's Land is a 2001 tragic war drama that is set in the midst of the Bosnian war. The film is a parable and marked the debut of Bosnian writer and director Danis Tanović...
and Grbavica
Grbavica (film)
Grbavica is a 2006 film by Jasmila Žbanić about the life of a single mother in contemporary Sarajevo in the aftermath of systematic rapes of Bosniak women by Serbian troops during the war...
, respectively. No Man's Land won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
, among 42 other awards, while Grbavica won the Golden Bear at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival, and countless other awards. The country has many more respected and internationally-renowned filmmakers, including Stefan Arsenejevic whose 2003 short film Atorzija was nominated for the Best Short Film, Live Action Academy Award in 2003
2003 in film
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...
, and Pjer Žalica
Pjer Žalica
Pjer Žalica is a Bosnian film director.He has directed several short films as well as two feature films, Gori vatra , and Kod amidže Idriza , which have been nominated for and awarded several prizes at European film festivals.On May 18 he was the director of the new video of Dino Merlin and Hari...
whose 2004 film Fuse
Fuse (film)
Fuse is a Bosnian comedy/drama film directed by Pjer Žalica. It was released in 2003.-Synopsis:The plot takes place in the small town of Tešanj in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, two years after the Bosnian War. The town is overridden by corruption, prostitution and organized crime...
won a substantial amount of European and international awards.
1994-1999
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| 1994 1994 in film 1994 was a significant year in film.The top grosser worldwide was The Lion King, which to date stands as the highest-grossing traditionally-animated film of all time... |
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| Bosna! | Alain Ferrari, Bernard-Henri Lévy | Documentary | ||
| Mizaldo, kraj teatra! | Semezdin Mehmedinovic, Benjamin Filipovic | Bernard-Henri Lévy, Ismet Bajramovic | Mockumentary | |
| Magareće godine | Nenad Dizdarević | Draško Trninić, Igor Bjelan | Drama/Comedy | |
| MGM Sarajevo: Čovjek, Bog, Monstrum | Ismet Arnautalić, Mirsad Idrizović | Documentary | ||
| 1995 1995 in film -Top grossing films:-Events:* March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg.* March 28 - Actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett announce their plans for separation.... |
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| The Fourth Part of the Brain | Nenad Dizdarević | Documentary | ||
| 1997 1997 in film -Events:* The original Star Wars trilogy's Special Editions are released.* Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.* Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.*... |
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| Das Jahr nach Dayton | Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Documentary | ||
| Neočekivana šetnja | François Bašić | Senad Bašić | Drama | |
| Savršeni krug | Ademir Kenović | Mustafa Nadarević | Drama | |
| Zivot u krugu | Goran Dujaković | Documentary | ||
| 1998 1998 in film -Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:... |
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| Linije | Dejan Strika | Slobodan Perišić | Drama | |
| Made in Sarajevo | Group of directors | Documentary | ||
| Put na mjesec | Srđan Vuletić | Documentary | ||
| 1999 1999 in film The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep... |
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| Buđenje | Danis Tanović | Documentary Drama | ||
| Hop, Skip & Jump | Srđan Vuletić | Davor Janjić | Drama | |
| Mejdan Simeuna Djaka | Petar Zec | Slobodan Ćustić | Drama | |
| Prvo smrtno iskustvo | Aida Begić | Senad Alihodžić | Drama | |
2000s
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| 2000 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor .... |
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| Ljudi sa deponije | TV | |||
| Mlijecni put | ||||
| Moj mrtvi grad | TV | |||
| Tunel | ||||
| 2001 2001 in film The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy... |
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| No Man's Land No Man's Land (2001 film) No Man's Land is a 2001 tragic war drama that is set in the midst of the Bosnian war. The film is a parable and marked the debut of Bosnian writer and director Danis Tanović... |
Danis Tanovic Danis Tanovic Danis Tanović is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter.Tanović is best known for having directed and written the script for the 2001 Bosnian movie No Man's Land which won an Academy Award. He was a member of the jury at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.-Biography:Danis Tanović was born in the... |
Best Foreign Language Film, 2002 74th Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film, 2001 Golden Globe Awards Best Screenplay, 2001 Cannes Film Festival |
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| His Highness the Wheel | TV | |||
| Hotel Hidajet | ||||
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| Sugar-Free | ||||
| Zivot od Milutina | ||||
| Znak | ||||
| 2002 2002 in film The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of... |
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| Adio Kerida Adio Kerida Adio Kerida: Goodbye my Dear Love is an award-winning 2002 documentary by anthropologist Ruth Behar that follows her trip back to Cuba, the place of her childhood, as she searches for memories from her past and investigates the dwindling Jewish community that remains.-Summary:Ruth Behar was Born in... |
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| Survived 'n Lived Through One More Day | Opst'o i ost'o jedan dan | |||
| 2003 2003 in film The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,... |
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| Discovery: Sarajevo | ||||
| Remake (film) Remake (film) Remake is a 2003 Bosnian film from directed by Dino Mustafić. The film depicts tragic stories of father and son interwoven with refinement. With restrained acting, the flowing transitions between the flashbacks and the clever cutting make “Remake” a penetrating film experience.- Plot :With an... |
Dino Mustafic | |||
| Gori vatra Fuse (film) Fuse is a Bosnian comedy/drama film directed by Pjer Žalica. It was released in 2003.-Synopsis:The plot takes place in the small town of Tešanj in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, two years after the Bosnian War. The town is overridden by corruption, prostitution and organized crime... |
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| Images from the Corner | ||||
| Ljeto u zlatnoj dolini Ljeto u zlatnoj dolini Summer in the Golden Valley is a 2003 Bosnian film by Srđan Vuletić, produced by Ademir Kenović. The movie is about a 16 year old boy who has to repay his dead father's debt... |
Summer in the Golden Valley | |||
| A Normal Life | ||||
| Racconto di guerra | ||||
| Recke Recke Recke is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Recke is situated approx. 20 km north-east of Rheine and 25 km north-west of Osnabrück.-Neighbouring municipalities:* Ibbenbüren* Hopsten... |
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| North Went Mad | Sjever je poludio | |||
| 2004 2004 in film The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol... |
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| Crna hronika | ||||
| Ispred prve linije | ||||
| Days and Hours Days and Hours Days and Hours is a 2004 Bosnian film directed by Pjer Žalica. It was Bosnia and Herzegovina's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.-See also:... |
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| Neka se ovaj film zove po meni | ||||
| Sasvim licno | ||||
| À propos de Sarajevo | ||||
| 2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005... |
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| Back to Bosnia Back to Bosnia Back to Bosnia is a documentary that shows the uphill battle that refugees face when trying to return to Bosnia, or even just to reclaim their properties.... |
Sabina Vajraca Sabina Vajraca Sabina Vajrača is a Bosnian film director, screenwriter, and film producer.Vajraća is best known for having directed and produced the 2005 Bosnian documentary Back to Bosnia.-Biography:... |
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| Dobro ustimani mrtvaci | ||||
| Go West Go West (2005 film) Go West is a 2005 Bosnia-Herzegovina drama directed by Ahmed Imamović. It tells the story of two gay lovers, one being a Bosniak and the other a Serb, during the Bosnian War... |
Comedy-drama | With Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ... |
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| Heroji za jedan dan | ||||
| Ljubav na granici | ||||
| Lost and Found Lost and Found Lost and Found is the third full-length album by Mudvayne. The album was released on April 12, 2005 through Epic Records. The album had major success in the U.S., debuting at number #2 and being certified Gold by the RIAA shortly afterward. It has sold about 800,000 copies as of August 2006... |
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| Prva plata | ||||
| Ram za sliku moje domovine | ||||
| Zivi i mrtvi | ||||
| 2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006... |
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| Brod ludaka | ||||
| Duhovi Sarajeva | ||||
| Kako smo se igrali | ||||
| Karaula The Border Post The Border Post is a Croatian action film directed by Rajko Grlić. It was released in 2006.-Synopsis:A JNA military border post on the Yugoslav-Albanian border in the late 1980s is thrown into disarray when its commander discovers he has syphilis, creating chaos in his bid to avoid his wife and... |
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| Mama i tata | ||||
| Nafaka | ||||
| Nebo iznad krajolika | ||||
| Nikdy nebylo líp | ||||
| Sve dzaba | ||||
| Transfiguration in Trebinje, Herzegovina | TV | |||
| U zmajevom gnijezdu | ||||
| 2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007... |
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| Armin Armin (film) Armin is a Croatian/Bosnian drama film directed by Ognjen Sviličić that premiered at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival.-Plot:The film follows Ibro and his son Armin , who travel from a small town in Bosnia to a film audition in Zagreb, hoping to land a part for Armin in a German film about the war in... |
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| Grbavica Grbavica (film) Grbavica is a 2006 film by Jasmila Žbanić about the life of a single mother in contemporary Sarajevo in the aftermath of systematic rapes of Bosniak women by Serbian troops during the war... |
Jasmila Zbanic | With Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... , Serbia Serbia Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans... and France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... Golden Bear - Best Film - Berlin Film Festival 2006 |
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| In the Name of the Son In the Name of the Son In the Name of the Son is a drama/thriller short film, set during and after the Bosnian War in present-day Los Angeles, written and directed by Harun Mehmedinović, produced by Vikramadithya Singh with Ajfelov Most as fiscal sponsor.- History :... |
Harun Mehmedinović | Sergej Trifunović Sergej Trifunovic Sergej Trifunović is a popular Bosnian Serb movie actor.-Biography:... |
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| The Hunting Party The Hunting Party (2007 film) The Hunting Party is a 2007 American action-adventure-thriller film starring Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, Diane Kruger and Jesse Eisenberg. The working title for this film was Spring Break in Bosnia before being changed to The Hunting Party during post-production... |
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| On Wednesdays | Srijedom | |||
| It’s Hard to be Nice It’s Hard to be Nice It's Hard to be Nice is a 2007 Bosnian film by Srđan Vuletić. The movie is about a man who tries to lead a productive life when everything is against him.-Awards and nominations:... |
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| 2008 2008 in film This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008... |
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| Snow Snow (2008 film) Snow is the 2008 début film by Aida Begić.- Synopsis :The movie takes place in autumn 1997, in the small Bosniak village of Slavno, in central Bosnia. Only the women and girls are left, along with an old grandfather and a little boy... |
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2010s
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| 2010 2010 in film The year 2010 saw many new films released worldwide. 2010 saw a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking and film releases after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, all animated films and... |
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| On the Path On the Path On the Path is a 2010 Bosnian and Herzegovinan drama film directed by Jasmila Žbanić.-Plot:Luna and Amar are a young Bosnian couple living in Sarajevo. Both have traumatic memories from the Bosnian War of the 1990's. Luna had seen her parents killed by an anti-Muslim militia in Bijeljina, and had... |
Jasmila Žbanić Jasmila Žbanic Jasmila Žbanić is a film director from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a graduate of Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo, department for theater and film directing. She also worked as a puppeteer in the Vermont-based Bread and Puppet Theater and as a clown in a Lee De Long workshop. She is noted for the... |
Entered into the 60th Berlin International Film Festival 60th Berlin International Film Festival The 60th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 11 to February 21, 2010, with Werner Herzog as President of the Jury. The opening film of the festival was Chinese director Wang Quan'an's romantic drama Apart Together, in competition, while the closing film is Japanese... |
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| Sevdah | Marina Andree | |||
| As If I Am Not There As If I Am Not There As If I Am Not There is a 2010 Irish drama film directed by Juanita Wilson. The film is set in the Balkans and is shot in the Serbo-Croatian language... |
Juanita Wilson Juanita Wilson Juanita Wilson is an Irish director and writer from Dublin. Her short film The Door received an Irish Film and Television Award in 2009 and an Academy Award nomination in 2010... |
Entered into the Toronto International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues... |
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| Cirkus Columbia Cirkus Columbia Cirkus Columbia is a 2010 drama film starring Miki Manojlović, Mira Furlan, Boris Ler and Jelena Stupljanin. The film is set in the Herzegovina part of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the early 1990s, after the dissolution of Yugoslavia, and slightly before the Yugoslav Wars... |
Danis Tanović Danis Tanovic Danis Tanović is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter.Tanović is best known for having directed and written the script for the 2001 Bosnian movie No Man's Land which won an Academy Award. He was a member of the jury at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.-Biography:Danis Tanović was born in the... |
Entered into the Toronto International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues... |
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See also
- Cinema of the world
- Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film FestivalBosnian-Herzegovinian Film FestivalThe Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival is an annual event founded in 2003 and held in New York and since 2007 showcased at the Tribeca Cinemas Theatres. This Festival showcases the best of the Bosnian cinematography and also provides a platform for the international exposure for emerging Bosnian...
- Sarajevo Film FestivalSarajevo Film FestivalThe Sarajevo Film Festival is the premier and largest film festival in the Balkans, and is one of the largest in Europe. It was founded in Sarajevo in 1995 during the siege of Sarajevo, and brings international and local celebrities to Sarajevo every year. It is held in August and showcases an...
External links
- Bosnian film at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...