Ermin Sijamija

A young American is trying to find a man from her past, but he is never to be found, during the largest conflict on European soil since World War II – the battle of Vukovar. It is a search of identity and truth at a place where truth is selective, elusive, and even feared. A quest for faith, connection, and redemption simmers beneath the search.

Set in Sarajevo in May 2021, the city's famous Old Town tries to recover after a difficult pandemic year. When a visitor from Zagreb comes looking for the best kebabs in town, a harmless gesture causes the disintegration of the business and private lives of several people.

ボスニア紛争末期の1995年7月11日、ボスニア東部の町スレブレニツァがセルビア人勢力の侵攻によって陥落。避難場所を求める2万人の市民が、町の外れにある国連施設に殺到した。国連保護軍の通訳として働くアイダは、夫と二人の息子を強引に施設内に招き入れるが、町を支配したムラディッチ将軍率いるセルビア人勢力は、国連軍との合意を一方的に破り、避難民の“移送”とおぞましい処刑を開始する。愛する家族と同胞たちの命を守るため、アイダはあらゆる手を尽くそうと施設の内外を奔走するが――。

オーストリアにある、山と谷に囲まれた美しい村ザンクト・ラーデグント。フランツとファニは出会ってすぐに結婚。しかしナチスドイツはオーストリアを併合し、1940年、フランツはエンス基地での軍事訓練に召集され、愛する家族と何カ月も離れて暮らすことに。彼は村に戻ると、教会の神父に兵役は断わると語る。フランツが兵役を拒否しようとしていることはたちまち村中に広まり、彼やファニは村民たちになじられる事態に……。

A police officer Hamza has to work that night even though his wife has gone into labour, because the police are short-staffed. To make everything worse, it seems that people showing up at the station have decided to prove the old belief about the mysterious powers of the full moon and its influence on human behaviour. In the course of that one night, representatives of all the absurdity and tragedy of life in Bosnia and Herzegovina parade through the station and somehow help Hamza get ready for a new life.

Armin has been unemployed for a long time, and in desperately need of a job. His wife Jasmina is pregnant, and his son Edin has behavioral problems at school.

Sarajevo on 28 of June, 2014. At the Hotel Europa, the best hotel in town, the manager Omer prepares to welcome a delegation of diplomatic VIPs. On the centenary of the assassination that is considered to have led to World War I, an appeal for peace and understanding is supposed to start from here. But the hotel staff have other worries: having not been paid for months, they are planning to go on strike. Hatidza from the hotel laundry is elected strike leader even though her daughter Lamija, who works in reception, is firmly against industrial action. Meanwhile, in the sealed-off presidential suite, a guest from France rehearses a speech. Elsewhere, a television reporter conducts interviews about war and its consequences. Was Gavrilo Princip, the 1914 assassin, a criminal or a national hero? What long shadow does his deed cast into the present?

A Donatello award nominated short drama about some wartime children who are allowed to live in a derelict old factory so long as they loot other bombed-out buildings for the soldiers.

This film follows father Ahmed and son Tarik Karaga during WWII and the Siege of Sarajevo.