PRODUCTION: Kristijan Milić Shoots Dead Fish Float on Their Backs
SARAJEVO: The third feature film by Kristijan Milić, Dead Fish Float on Their Backs, started shooting in Mostar on 3 April 2016. This is the second time Milić decided to…
Romanian Project Selected for the CineLink Co-Production Market
SARAJEVO: Romanian project Otto the Barbarian by Ruxandra Maria Ghițescu is among the first six projects selected for the CineLink Co-Production Market and announced by the Sarajevo Film Festival. The…
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Death in Sarajevo
BERLIN: Oscar winning Bosnian director Danis Tanović, whose An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker screened in Competition at the Berlinale in 2013, is back with his timely…
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Films from Bosnia and Herzegovina in Berlin
Latest film by Danis Tanović to premiere in the competition programme of the 66th Berlinale!
Berlinale Selects Films by Tanović and Wasilewski for Competition
SARAJEVO/WARSAW: Death in Sarajevo by Danis Tanović and United States of Love by Tomasz Wasilewski have been selected for the competition of the 66th Berlin Film Festival (11-21 February 2016).…
PRODUCTION: The Only Thing Left to Do Is to Cut Off My Ear in Development
SARAJEVO: Awarded Bosnian filmmaker Nedžad Begović is developing The Only Thing Left to Do Is to Cut off My Ear, an 80-minute documentary exploring the relationship between life and art.
PRODUCTION: Men Don't Cry in Preproduction
SARAJEVO: Alen Drljević is in preproduction with Men Don't Cry, a Bosnian/Slovenian/German/Croatian/Serbian coproduction starring prominent actors Miki Manojlović, Boris Isaković, Leon Lučev and Emir Hadžihafizbegović.
PRODUCTION: A Good Wife
SARAJEVO: Mirjana Karanović's A Good Wife / Dobra žena, a Serbian/Bosnian/Croatian coproduction, was finished just in time for Sundance where it was selected in World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
PRODUCTION: Under the Cover in Postproduction
SARAJEVO: The documentary Under the Cover by Nejra Latić Hulusić and Sabrina Begović Ćorić investigates the attitude towards headscarves in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
FNE Country Report 2015: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina saw four important events in 2015: it hosted the 21st edition of Sarajevo Film Festival, it joined the Film New Europe Association and European Film Promotion and…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: The Son
COTTBUS: Bosnia and Herzegovina teams up with Croatia and funding from Macedonia for director Ines Tanovic’s contemporary Sarajevo tale The Son presented at Connecting Cottbus.
PRODUCTION: BiH’s Aida Begić Develops A Ballad
SARAJEVO: The new project of the acclaimed writer/director Aida Begić, A Ballad / Balada, is a story about love in post-apocalyptic Bosnia and Herzegovina where myths and reality intertwine. The…
Film New Europe Association Welcomes Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia And Herzegovina as Newest Member
SARAJEVO: The Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina has become the newest member of the Film New Europe Association.
FESTIVALS: Mustang Wins Sarajevo Film Festival
SARAJEVO: Deniz Gamze Ergüven's Mustang was awarded Best Film in the feature film competition of the 21th Sarajevo Film Festival, running from 14 to 22 August 2015. The festival gave…
Our Everyday Life as Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Oscar Bid
SARAJEVO: Ines Tanović's debut feature Our Everyday Life has been selected as Bosnia and Herzegovina's candidate for the Foreign Language Academy Award.
FNE at Sarajevo Film Festival: Ines Tanović Develops The Son
SARAJEVO: Ines Tanović, whose debut feature Our Everyday Life (Dokument Sarajevo) had its world premiere in the international competition of the 21th Sarajevo Film Festival, is developing her second feature,…
FNE at Sarajevo: Romanian Double Debut in Postproduction
SARAJEVO: Catrinel Dănăiaţă's debut feature Double delves into depression, isolation, lack of maturity and loss of the individual self.
FNE at Sarajevo Film Festival: Interview with Elma Tataragić, the General Secretary of the Bosnian Filmmakers Association
SARAJEVO: FNE spoke with Elma Tataragić, the General Secretary of the Bosnian Filmmakers Association about the challenges the association is facing as a key institution in the development of the…
FNE at Sarajevo Film Festival: Birds Like Us Puts Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Animation Map
SARAJEVO: Faruk Šabanović’s animated film Birds like Us is a Bosnian/Turkish/UK/US coproduction participating in CineLink Work in Progress section in Sarajevo Film Festival (14-22 August 2015).
FNE at Sarajevo Film Festival: Rezo Gigineishvili Preps Honeymoon Flight
SARAJEVO: Rezo Gigineishvili is prepping his dream project Honeymoon Flight, a true story of a flight hijacking by Georgian youngsters in 1983, set to start shooting in late October 2015.…