Common And Plural Identities

Common And Plural Identities

Sun 15 9 | 18:00 Turnhalle PROGR

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The Witness (Svjedok)
Fugitive
Dead Knot (Mrtvi Čvor)
Heart Of Stone

The Witness (Svjedok)

After finding out he owes money for college tuition, a small-time drug dealer and "perpetual student" decides to get his hands on a larger quantity of narcotics, not knowing that circumstances will place him in direct contact with the police.

Alen Šimić, born on December 31, 1988, in Tuzla, Bosnia, where he was wounded during the war, and received primary and secondary education after the war. He first studied Production at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Tuzla but later switched to Multimedia Directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. During his studies, he directed four plays and three short films.

His short documentary "B4" was selected for the Sarajevo Film Festival 2020 student competition program.

Trailer

Director

Alen Šimić

Duration

15 min

Language

OV Bosnian | English, German

Genre

Short, Drama

Cast

Davor Golubović, Admir Žunić, Mirela Lambić, Sabit Sejdinović, Dino Bajrović

Country

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Year

2022

Distributor

Obojena Klapa

Fugitive

Three hundred years in the future on the soil of old Sarajevo, the remnants of human civilization live in the captivity of NeoSarajevo, an experimental technological crossroads, inhabited by a population enlivened in machine bodies, left to fend for themselves on earth in megacities under the corporate army. With the appearance of a mysterious force that plays with time and that changes the mode of operation of all cities and threatens to extinguish all life on the planet, the secret resistance movement finally comes to the surface under the leadership of a mysterious figure who plays his final game of chess in the fight until the last second.

Adis Kutkut, known as Billain, is the founder of the CYBERNEURO art movement and a leading drum'n'bass producer, impacting Hollywood films, video games, and music releases from Critical Music, Invisible, Eatbrain, and Bad Keys. Starting in hip-hop and techno, Billain's unique sound design has earned global recognition. His debut album, "Nomad's Revenge," was nominated for the British DnB Awards' Album of the Year, and he won the Croatian Ambassador award for Best Regional Artist. Billain has designed sound for films like Hunter Killer and Pacific Rim Uprising and contributed to the video game Scorn under his Aethek pseudonym. In 2023, he released his third album, "Different Eyes," via Renraku Global.

Billain engraves his name in Bosnian cinematographic history with the cinema premiere of the animated sci-fi film "Fugitive". Supported by the company Symphony, as well as music giants FL Studio and Kilohearts, "Fugitive" is the reflection of a new star in the vast ocean of Billain's imagination.

Trailer

Director

Adis Kutkut Billain

Duration

34 min

Language

English

Genre

Science-Fiction

Country

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Year

2022

Distributor

Stechak Studios

Dead Knot (Mrtvi Čvor)

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.

Ismira Mašić was born in Olovo. She graduated from Dobrinja High School in Sarajevo. After studying Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Philosophy, she entered the Academy of Performing Arts, Department of Dramaturgy, in the class of Professor Elma Tataragić, where she is currently a graduate student. The scripts for the short feature films “Stronger” and “Red was my favorite” and the first episode of the graduation TV series “Second Chance” were published in the academic collection. Also, her radio drama “Remember who you are” and the full-length drama “New Year when there was no cheese” were published. In 2022, she was awarded the prize for the best student of the Department of Dramaturgy. After graduating, she wants to continue her studies at the masters of film directing department.

Trailer

Director

Ismira Mašić

Duration

17 min

Language

OV Bosnian | English, German

Genre

Short, Drama

Cast

Gracija Filipović, Gordana Boban, Admir Glamočak, Josip Ledina

Country

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Year

2023

Distributor

Academy of Performing Arts, Sarajevo

Heart Of Stone

Mirjana returns home to attend her mother's funeral. Now, surrounded by stone in a place where time seems to have come to a halt, she must face her father and his expectations as well as her own emotions and feelings of guilt.

Tina Kalinić was born in Sarajevo in 1986. She graduated dramaturgy in 2009 and received an MA in Dramaturgy in 2014 at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. Since 2012 she is engaged in educational process at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. She works as a freelance screenwriter and director.

Director

Tina Kalinić

Duration

14 min

Language

OV  Bosnian | English, German

Genre

Short, Drama

Cast

Adis Mehanović, Anja Drljević, Esma Alagić

Country

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Year

2023

Distributor

Film director