Three films will be screened at the Meeting Point Cinema in Sarajevo on Saturday, 6 April, with free admission for all visitors: at 5 pm Jasmila Žbanić’s film “One Day in Sarajevo” will be screened; at 6.30 pm Danis Tanović’s film “Death in Sarajevo” (2016, 85 min.) and at 8.30 pm the omnibus “Bridges of Sarajevo”
Sarajevo Film City of UNESCO and the City of Sarajevo on the occasion of the City Day, on 6 April, present the audience with award-winning films, free of charge. Three films will be screened at the Meeting Point Cinema in Sarajevo on Saturday, 6 April, with free admission for all visitors: Jasmila Žbanić’s film “One Day in Sarajevo” will be screened at 5 pm, Danis Tanović’s film “Death in Sarajevo” will be screened at 6.30 pm and the omnibus “Bridges of Sarajevo” will be screened at 8.30 pm. Tickets can be picked up on screening day, 6 April from 4pm.
“One day in Sarajevo” (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2015, 60 min.) Jasmila Žbanić, through materials filmed by the citizens of Sarajevo (mobile phones and small cameras), talks about various aspects of the events of that day, and uses footage of feature scenes from films about the assassination of directors from Austria, BiH, Great Britain and contrasts them. This is a story about a special day, but also everyday life in Sarajevo, where weddings, funerals, love, official ceremonies, political protests take place… Through the artistic interpretation of director Jasmila Žbanić, the film is an entertaining document about human nature, the event and the city where the European 20th century began and ended.
Watch the movie at 5pm at Meeting Point Cinema.
“Death in Sarajevo” (France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2016, 85 min.) directed by Danis Tanović, 2016, won the Silver Bear – a special jury award at the Berlin Film Festival, the 66th Berlinale, and the FIPRESCI award given by film critics.
A hotel in Sarajevo is preparing for a dinner on the occasion of the centenary of the beginning of the First World War. After a long time, the hotel is operating at full capacity, but at the same time the bank is demanding the collection of debts, and the workers are preparing a strike just at the moment of the arrival of the high-ranking guests. A ruined dinner would also mean the ruin of the hotel. An unusual guest appears at the dinner – Gavrilo Princip. Under the pressure of various ideological, political and personal conflicts and the burden of boundless transition, poverty and disorderly society, what will happen at this Sarajevo hotel on June 28, 2014 at 6 pm?
The roles were performed by Jacques Weber, Snežana Vidović, Izudin Bajrović, Vedrana Seksan, Muhamed Hadžović, Faketa Salihbegović-Avdagić, Edin Avdagić.
Watch the film at 6.30 pm at Meeting Point Cinema.
The omnibus “Bridges of Sarajevo” (France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Germany, 114 min., 2014) was made to mark the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War and consists of 13 stories directed by Aida Begić, Leonardo Di Costanza, Jean-Luc Godard, Kamen Kalev, Isild Le Besco, Sergei Loznitsa, Vincenzo Marra, Ursula Meier, Vladimir Perišić, Cristi Puiu, Marc Recha, Angela Schanelec and Teresa Villaverde. In the film, the authors deal with different periods of Sarajevo’s history: 1914 – 1918.; 1992 – 1995, and today’s Sarajevo. It is a mosaic of artistic views that critically reflect on various universal themes that a historical place such as Sarajevo symbolizes. With different generations and backgrounds, eminent filmmakers offer us a multitude of individual views and styles.
Watch the film at 8.30 pm at Meeting Point Cinema.
Admission is free, we celebrate Sarajevo City Day together!
