20-07-2016

FESTIVALS: Sarajevo IFF Announces Documentary Competition

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    A Mere Breath A Mere Breath

    SARAJEVO: Twenty one titles have been selected for the Documentary Competition Programme of the 22th Sarajevo International Film Festival, running from 12 to 20 August 2016.

    The films focus on various issues such as personal and national identity, emigration, social justice, family secrets, political mysteries and economic crises.

    DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
    World Premieres

    Borders (Slovenia)
    Directed by Damjan Kozole

    The Heart of Wood / Srce od drveta (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Namik Kabil

    Scream for Me Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Tarik Hodžić

    Svetlana (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Pero Pavlović


    International Premieres
    Baglar (Turkey)
    Directed by Berke Bas, Melis Birder

    The Beast Is Still Alive (Bulgaria)
    Directed by Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova

    Down There / Unten (Austria)
    Directed by Đorđe Čenić, Hermann Peseckas

    Drums of Resistance / Daullet a rezistences (Kosovo)
    Directed by Mathieu Jouffre

    Four Passports / Četiri pasoša (Serbia, Croatia, Germany)
    Directed by Mihajlo Jevtić

    Islands of Forgotten Cinemas / Kino Otok (Croatia)
    Directed by Ivan Ramljak

    A Two Way Mirror / Iza lica zrcala (Croatia)
    Directed by Katarina Zrinka Matijević

    Wall of Death, and All That / Zid smrti, i tako to (Serbia, Croatia)
    Directed by Mladen Kovačević

    Regional Premieres
    The Dazzling Light of Sunset (Georgia, Germany)
    Directed by Salome Jashi

    Next Stop: Utopia / Epomenos stathmos: Oytopia (Greece)
    Directed by Apostolos Karakasis

    My Own Private War (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Netherlands)
    Directed by Lidija Zelović

    Korida (Austria)
    Directed by Siniša Vidović

    Cinema, Mon Amour (Romania, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Alexandru Belc

    A Mere Breath / Doar o răsuflare (Romania)
    Directed by Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan

    Young Wrestlers / Genç pehlivanlar (Turkey, Netherlands)
    Directed by Mete Gümürhan


    Bosnian Premieres
    Depth Two / Dubina dva (Serbia)
    Directed by Ognjen Glavonić

    Train to Adulthood / Reményvasút (Hungary)
    Directed by Klára Trencsényi