Đurđa lives deep in the forest in a woodcutters’ settlement. The only woman in this men’s world, she does the household chores for the entire community. A film about her work and her life. > more
NATIONALE FILM ARCHIVE OF BOSNIA UND HERZEGOVINA
The National Film Archive of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Kinoteka Bosne i Hecegovine) was founded in 1994, and derives part of its holdings from the Yugoslavian Film Archive. The National Archive collects and stores film stock and data collections of historical, artistic, cultural, pedagogical or academic importance. Archived prints encompass both domestic and international productions. As well as organizing public screenings, discussions and conferences, the institution issues publications with the aim of publicizing cinematic culture. goEast is presenting eight short films from the National Archive’s repositories and also, in a special presentation, the current work of the Sarajevo-based video artist ejla Kamerić.
ĐURĐA
Mirza Idrizović
Yugoslavia 1978
APOLLO: FIRST WAR CINEMA
Šejla Kamerić
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013
Made twenty years after the siege of Sarajevo in 1993, this documentary captures the opening of a special cinema in the same city. It is also an account of the phenomenal will to survive displayed by several cinema-lovers. > more
FACADES
Suad Mrkonjić
Yugoslavia 1972
Images from the II. Self-Administration Congress, military parades and red flags. Hoardings with slogans were erected along the entire street in which the congress took place – conveniently also concealing from sight the old buildings on... > more
HEAVE HO!
Vlatko Filipović
Yugoslavia 1967
One man, one street, one bridge, one statue. Good, bad, rigid, weak or perfect – everything exists in its own form, finished and unchangeable. Equally, though, everything had to start somewhere. > more
PROVINCIAL TOWN
Mirza Idrizović
Yugoslavia 1977
A furious collage of archive films, photographs and everyday scenes. Social modernization, youth culture and “new” media are contrasted with tradition, folklore and day-to-day provincial life – rock ‘n’ roll,... > more
LOVE IN SARAJEVO
Edo Ljubić
Yugoslavia 1937
A young man on horseback approaches Sarajevo, on his lips a sevdalinka, a traditional song of love. He meets a girl fetching water from a well, falls in love with her, and slowly makes his way home. > more
HOPE
Midhat Mutapčić
Yugoslavia 1970
On the feast day of 24th June, an annual pilgrimage is made to the church of Sv. Ivana Krstitelja in the village of Podmilačje. > more
IN THE INN
Žika Ristić
Yugoslavia 1969
The clock ticks softly. Old men drinking mocha and rolling cigarettes. Nothing more than the occasional sigh to be heard. The old Bosnian coffee-houses are oases of tranquillity, screened-off from the fast-paced world outside. > more