Milica Tomovic on the winner of the Sarajevo Industry Award “Big Women”
Serbian filmmaker Milica Tomović, whose second film, “Big Women,” was among the big winners of industry awards at the Sarajevo Film Festival on Thursday, believes audiences are afraid of women behaving badly. “People are not so interested in watching films…
“Big Women” and “Times New Roman” win at the Sarajevo Industry Awards
“Big Women” by Milica Tomović and “Times New Roman” by Philip Sotnychenko were big hits at the CineLink section of the Sarajevo Film Festival, which featured projects from Southeast Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Serbian director Tomović’s second…
Alexander Payne sharply criticizes plagiarism allegations against “The Holdovers”
EXCLUSIVE: Alexander Payne has sharply criticized a report from earlier this year that the script for his five-time Oscar-nominated film The remainswhich he directed from a screenplay by David Hemingson, was a plagiarism. “It was the stupidest thing in the…
Balkan drama makers want to turn local stories into global hits
Two hot Balkan series took center stage this week at the Sarajevo Film Festival, where local creatives shared their recipe for turning regional stories into potential surprise hits. Sunday evening saw the red carpet regional premiere of Operation Sabre, a…
“I Know Your Soul” wins Sarajevo TV Series Award
Bosnian crime drama “I Know Your Soul” by Jasmila Žbanić – who directed the Golden Bear-winning “Grbavica” and the Oscar-nominated “Quo Vadis, Aida?” – and Damir Ibrahimović – who produced those films – was named best drama series at the…
“I Know Your Soul” by Jasmila Zbanic is the big winner at the Sarajevo TV Awards
“I Know Your Soul,” a six-part drama series by Oscar-nominated Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Žbanić (Where are you going, Aida?) won the highest award for television series at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival, winning Best Drama Series and sweeping almost all…
Jasmila Žbanić’s “I Know Your Soul” dominates the Sarajevo TV Awards
Bosnian drama I know your soul was the biggest winner at this year’s Heart of Sarajevo Awards for TV series, the Sarajevo Film Festival’s TV series awards ceremony, as it nearly swept the drama categories. The six-part series, written by…
