19th Sarajevo Film Festival

The 19th edition of Sarajevo Film Festival was closed with award ceremony on Saturday 24th of August.  The SFF fever took over Sarajevo, one of my dearest cities, for nine days and was visited by various generations. Among many visitors were my correspondents (in this case my family), who have enjoyed the biggest festival in the Balkan region. It is truly lovely to stay in the charming capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina'.
The 19th edition was again marked with premieres and stars like Danny Glover, Armand Asante and Emile Hirsch. The big winner of the evening was Georgian film "In Bloom" by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Grob. The movie won the Heart of Sarajevo Award for the Best Feature Film.

Na Putu / On the Path

Thursday Night, 3rd day of Made in europe Film Festival I went to see 'Na Putu' On the Path'.

Sarajevo-born director Jasmila Žbanic, winner of the Golden Bear four years ago with her striking debut 'Grbavica', consolidates her reputation as a director of Balkan political themes from a female perspective in 'Na Putu' (On the Path), an involving drama about a young woman whose boyfriend embraces fundamentalist Islam.
The film is driven by strong and subtile acting, notably from Leon Lucev and by Zrinka Cvitešic; whose self-aware, self-determined Luna is a strong, intelligent and sexy characterisation.
I enjoyed the movie and beside that it was nice to see Sarajevo.
The charachter Luna works at Sarajevo Airport, and my family lives on the other side of it, under the mountain Igman.



You can see the film during Made in Europe Film Festival this week.
http://www.madeineurope.nu/