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.

1995년 세르비아군에 쫓기던 보스니아인들이 UN 캠프로 피신을 한다. UN군 통역관 아이다는 남편과 아들이 캠프 안으로 들어오지 못한 상태임을 알게 된다. 그들을 살리기 위해 동분서주한 끝에 무사히 캠프로 들어오지만 진짜 문제가 벌어진다. UN군은 보스니아인을 해치지 않겠다는 약속을 믿고 세르비아군을 캠프로 진입시킨다. 세르비아군은 약속과 달리 보스니아 남자들을 따로 분류해서 어딘가로 끌고간다. 아이다는 남편과 아들을 살리기 위해 다시한번 안간힘을 쓴다. 발칸반도에서 벌어진 인종학살은 상상조차 힘든 일이지만 실제 있었던 사건이고 그런 만큼 사건의 진상을 파악하는 것은 중요하다.

무자비한 학살과 의미를 잃어버린 희생의 연속이었던 2차 세계대전, 한적한 오스트리아의 시골 마을에서 농사를 짓던 ‘프란츠’(오거스트 딜)는 나치군에 징집된다. 하지만 평범한 농부이자 독실한 가톨릭 신자였던 ‘프란츠’는 그의 신념에 반하는 군인 선서를 거부하고 이로 인해 투옥된다. 군의 명령에 불복종한 ‘프란츠’는 투옥과 동시에 갖은 고초와 고문을 겪게 되고 평화로웠던 그의 삶은 위태롭기만 한데…

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.