Submission

Submission 2016

1

Three friends are hanging out on the roof in Sarajevo. Their hangout is interrupted by the Yugoslavian time traveler who explains them that they are in danger and need to use the time machine to go back to Yugoslavia and warn people that the future generations messed up. They travel back in time to find themselves not in Yugoslavia, but in Iran. Clash of the cultures is evident, and they are forced to hide their identity. But the more they discover the city, the more they realize it is scarily similar to their own.

2016

Dead Knot

Dead Knot 2023

1

Amra (23) is a girl who tries to live a normal life despite childhood traumas, despite the mother's illness, and despite guilt. Her biggest fear is going home, visiting her mother, which is also her biggest dream. One morning Amra, after an argument with her boyfriend, goes home and finds her mother in serious condition. As she removes the burnt beans from the stove, Amra tries to stay strong in front of her mother who doesn't even know what day it is. The hard night ends with a lullaby that Amra sings to her mother, treating her like a baby.

2023

Snorty

Snorty 2019

1

Snorty a rehabilitated outsider tries to find a place for himself in a society in transition. All his past sins will come to haunt him and show him that personal transformation is impossible.

2019

Clean

Clean 2017

5.70

Fudo is a drug addict who decides to quit heroin and reconcile with his mother after his best friend dies. However, people continue to perceive him as an addict and refuse to believe he has really changed. Estranged from the people around him and tortured by feelings of guilt over his best friend's death, Fudo is at risk of returning to his old life.

2017

Why Don't You Dance?

Why Don't You Dance? 2021

1

A young couple is moving in to an apartment to live together. Pressured by responsibilities, they leave the new home for a bicycle ride that brings them to a yard full of things for sale- things from the life one man is leaving behind.

2021

Ascending

Ascending 2018

1

The girl, in an attempt to escape the outside world that frightens and frustrates her, finds peace in a hidden place to realize that this newly discovered paradise is not the way she imagined it. While trying to hide, she even realizes that the only way to survive is to compromise.

2018

Where Do Lost Cats Go?

Where Do Lost Cats Go? 2023

1

After stealing the beloved cat of the girl he's in love with, Adam presents himself over the phone as a hero who saved the lost pet, but the cat's unwillingness to cooperate could expose Adam's lies.

2023

First Death Experience

First Death Experience 2001

1

Dado Bratovic is comic-strip artist from Sarajevo. In 1996, after the war, he goes to get his ID card issued and finds out that he was reported dead just after the war started in 1992. Now he has to prove that he is alive.

2001

A Self-Reflection in Three Episodes

A Self-Reflection in Three Episodes 2018

1

An overview of three stylistically separate, but emotionally connected episodes relating to the nature of identity of a young woman and an artist.

2018

Precious

Precious 2018

7.00

Upon learning that a planned school trip was postponed due to financial constraints, high-school student Alem – an orphan who lives with his grandmother – decides to take matters into his own hands and secure the money for the trip in whatever way possible. Alem’s manliness and credibility are put to test when his criminal role model Paze suggests robbing a supermarket.

2018

Bato

Bato 2021

1

A biographical film about director Bahrudin 'Bato' Čengić and his contribution to Bosnian cinematography.

2021

Birdy

Birdy 2019

1

Tica (Birdy) a war orphan arrives to Sarajevo with his newborn daughter urgently needing surgical procedure. Facing his new appalling reality, Tica embarks into the night where demons of the past are always ready.

2019

Dog Lover

Dog Lover 2010

3.00

This film is a cry for help, an attempt to stop the suffering and pain of innocent animals that have been inflicted in Bosnia and Herzegovina for years.

2010

The Way to the End

The Way to the End 2024

1

Young man Damir finds himself in a very difficult situation due to drug and psychedelic substance abuse. His mental and physical health has already deteriorated significantly. His situation is further worsened by his dependence on the people who supply him with narcotics. Of course, he cannot resolve any of the unpleasant situations in his life by taking any kind of substance. He completely loses control over his life, and at the moment he meets a girl who could be his never-found happiness and who could love him, it becomes too late...

2024

The Ruin

The Ruin 2009

1

A man comes home to discover that someone else is living there.

2009

Justine

Justine 2022

1

Amela is a secretive kleptomaniac who works at a call center while awaiting results for a job at the police. Her secret becomes jeopardized after she starts dating a colleague from work. But soon Amela finds out she isn't the only one keeping secrets.

2022

Night Walks

Night Walks 2018

1

Selma walks, Selma works, Selma waits, Selma takes care of her father, Selma goes away. By the window, she is watching Sarajevo.

2018

Self Reflection

Self Reflection 2015

1

The author uses his home movies and photographs taken at significant moments of his life that had shaped him into the man he is today. The film presents his innocent childhood, his love for his profession, his first encounters with camera and his experiences during the war that forced him out of his home. The war turned a boy into a soldier and left victims in its wake - both death and alive - as well as memories that provoke tears and anger, but also laughter. The war also defined his take on life and almost destroyed his dreams.

2015

Bjelko

Bjelko 2021

1

Mevlo Alić is a shepherd from a small village Vozuća in Bosnia and Herzegowina. In order to earn enough money for a diecent living, he breeds and sells his sheep to nearby customers. With time, sheep breeding becomes less of a job and a source of income and becomes more of a family enviroment. Mevlo takes care of his sheep as any parent figure would to their child. Mevlo takes his sheep walking, talks to them, drinks coffee with them enjoying every moment of his simple yet fulfilled life. After a crippled sheep Bjelko is born, Mevlo decides to take intensive care of him knowing Bjelko wouldn't be financially benefitial, fulfilling every human beings need – to feel needed, to have a sense of belonging.

2021

Kulinarkomanka.ba

Kulinarkomanka.ba 2024

1

Upon returning home, Biba and her son Žrle accidentally switch bags. Biba goes into the kitchen to make tres leches because she is expecting guests. Žrle goes to his room to try heroin. However, Biba adds heroin from the bag into the mixture, while Žrle tries to make heroin but fails repeatedly.

2024