Sarajevo Film Festival is proud to announce that An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker by BiH director and screenwriter Danis Tanović will open the 19th edition of the Festival on Friday, 16th of August. The screening will take place simultaneously at the National Theatre and the !hej Open Air Cinema.
“And again this year, to our great joy, we are able to continue our tradition of opening the Festival with a film from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Our pleasure is even greater due to the fact that it is a film by our Oscar-winning director Danis Tanović which won prestigious awards at the Berlinale,” said Mirsad Purivatra, Director of the Sarajevo Film Festival.
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it won two Silver Bears – for film and Best Actor, Nazif Mujić, as well as a Special Mention by the Ecumenical Jury.
„The film is a reconstruction of the real events and the intention behind the film is to show the discrimination minorities have to deal with in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Roma communities in particular. I think it is necessary for the story to be seen, not only to initiate discussions about the society and all sorts of alienation and discrimination but also to, through the emotional understanding of the victim’s state, reach the moment when we all ask ourselves: What kind of people have we become?” Danis Tanović said.
(source: sff.ba)
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