2012

Bosnia - France - Germany - Turkey

90min - 35mm / DCP - 1.85 - Color - Drama

Original language: Bosnian

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Cast

Marija Pikic
Ismir Gagula
Bojan Navojec

Credits

Director: Aida Begic

Producer : Aida Begic
Production Company : FILM HOUSE SARAJEVO
Co-producer : Benny Drechsel (ROHFILM) / François d'Artemare (LES FILMS DE L'APRES-MIDI) / Semih kaplanoglu (KAPLAN FILM)

Screenplay : Aida Begic
Director of photography : Erol Zubcevic
Sound : Igor Camo
Editing : Miralem Zubcevic
Costumes : Sanja Dzeba
Set : Sanda Popovac

Festivals & Awards

2012 :
Cannes Film Festival Official Selection - UN CERTAIN REGARD SPECIAL DISTINCTION OF THE JURY

Pesaro IFF  : Best film Young Jury Prize

Manesty International Prize
Melbourne IFF
Salé Women IFF
St-Petersburg IFF
Mumbai IFF
Canberra IFF
Warsaw IFF
Sao Paulo IFF
Ljubljana IFF
Gijon IFF

2013:

Film Comment Show Case NY

Palm Springs Film Festival

Göteborg IFF

Fajr FF

IF Spirit

International Debut FF

Vilnius IFF

FebioFest

Movies that Matter Festival FF

Festival Int.Du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan

International Female Film Festival Malmö

The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul

Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival in NY

Barcelona International Auteur Film Festival

Seattle Int FF

Kilkenny IFF

Children of Sarajevo

DJECA

a film by :Aida Begić

Rahima (23) and Nedim (14) are orphans of the Bosnian war. They live in Sarajevo, a transitional society that has lost its moral compass, including in the way it treats children of the people who were killed fighting for the freedom of their city. After crime-prone adolescent years, Rahima has found comfort in Islam and she hopes her brother will follow in her footsteps. Everything becomes more difficult the day Nedim gets into a fistfight at school with the son of a local strongman. This incident triggers a chain of events leading Rahima to discover that her young brother leads a double life…

French Synopsis :

Rahima, 23 ans, et son frère Nedim, 14 ans, sont des orphelins de la guerre de Bosnie. Ils vivent à Sarajevo, dans cette société transitoire qui a perdu toute compassion pour les enfants de ceux qui sont morts pendant le siège de la ville. Après une adolescence délinquante, Rahima a trouvé un réconfort dans l’Islam, elle espère que Nedim suivra ses pas. Tout se complique le jour où à l’école, celui-ci se bat avec le fils d’un puissant ministre du pays. Cet incident déclenche une série d’événements qui conduiront Rahima à découvrir la double vie de son jeune frère...

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