Sarajevo Film Festival
August 12 - 20, 2009
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
International Competition: Documentary Film - Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Documentary Film
Programmer: Rada Šešić
International Jury: Alice Klara Arnold - filmmaker, film lecturer (Switzerland), Zijah Gafić, photographer (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Chris McDonald, Hot Docs executive director (Canada)
SEVDAH
Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009, 66 min
Director: Marina Andree
Producer: Darija Kulenović Gudan, Marina Andree
Production company: Studio Dim
Screenplay: Jelena Paljan, Marina Andree
Director of photography: Sandi Novak
Editor: Staša Celan
Music: Damir Imamović
Sound: Eric Bajramović
An intimate journey through Bosnian "blues" dedicated to the prematurely deceased Farah, a passionate fan of sevdah. Trying to confront their own loss and grief, the autors create a film about sevdah as an emotional, musical, lyrical and visual journey through the soul of Bosnia.
Official website: www.sevdahfilm.com
Sevdah on YouTube: Teaser1 / Teaser2 / Teaser3
The film was developed within the 2007 Ex Oriente Film workshop.
A complete list of films included in the International Documentary Competition:
ANYBODY
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009, 22 min
D: Timur Makarević
BATHERS
Greece 2008, 46 min
D: Eva Stefani
BELIEVERS
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008, 22 min
D: Namik Kabil
CASH & MARRY [photo]
Croatia, Macedonia, USA, Austria 2009, 76 min
D: Atanas Georgiev
Ex Oriente Film 2006
Docu Talents from the East 2006
THE CAVIAR CONNECTION
Serbia 2008, 58 min
D: Dragan Nikolić
CONSTANTIN AND ELENA
Romania 2008, 103 min
D: Andrei Descalescu
COOKING HISTORY [photo]
Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic 2009, 88 min
D: Peter Kerekes
Docu Talents from the East 2007
DREAMERS
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009, 30 min
D: Nermin Hamzagić
FATA MORGANA
Hungary 2008, 22 min
D: Eszter Cseke
GIRLS CAN PLAY TOO
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009, 20 min
D: Aldin Arnautović
GOLESHOVO
Bulgaria, United Kingdom 2008, 34 min
D: Ilian Metev
GOODBYE, HOW ARE YOU? [photo]
Serbia 2009, 60 min
D: Boris Mitić
Docu Talents from the East 2008
HAPPY LAND
Croatia 2009, 50 min
D: Goran Dević
HEATED BLOOD
Serbia 2008, 51 min
D: Marko Mamuzić
LETTER TO A CHILD
Slovania 2008, 100 min
D: Vlado Škafar
MOSTAR UNITED
Italy, Slovenia 2008, 75 min
D: Claudia Tosi
MUEZZIN
Austria 2009, 85 min
D: Sebastian Brameshuber
ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL
Turkey 2009, 81 min
D: Orhan Eskiköy, Özgür Dogan
SEVDAH [photo]
Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009, 66 min
D: Marina Andree
Ex Oriente Film 2007
THE SPLIT WATERCOLOUR
Croatia 2009, 16 min
D: Boris Poljak
SPY IN A ONE HORSE TOWN [photo]
Hungary 2009, 51 min
D: Gábor Zsigmond Papp
Contact:
Sarajevo Film Festival
Zelenih beretki 12
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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