In the selection Open Air Premieres of the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival, tonight at 20:45 at the UNIQA Open Air Stari Grad, the film BOSNIAN KNIGHT by Tarik Hodžić was premiered.
During the Bosnian War, Sead Delić escaped to the free territory of Srebrenica, where he served as a soldier and survived the 1995 genocide. After the war, he moved to the United States and fulfilled his childhood dream of becoming a truck driver. Despite his new life, the past continued to haunt him. Seeking answers about his identity, he immersed himself in the history of medieval Bosnia, visiting fortresses, towns, and stećak tombstones. This passion gave his life new meaning and became his mission to honour Bosnia’s heritage.
In search of identity, Sead turns to the history of medieval Bosnia – he visits fortresses, towns and stećci, and through this search he finds a new meaning in life and a mission to preserve the Bosnian cultural heritage.
Hodžić told Fena news agency that the film should lay the foundations of Bosnian statehood in order to start treating sensitive topics in a different way.
“This is a film that calls for unity and hope for a brighter future,” he said.
Hodžić emphasized that the main theme of the film is Bosnian history.
He claims that the film was planned to be released the following year and that it took them six years to complete it.
The music for the film was composed by Larisa Buro, and the film is visually and thematically rich – it explores the identity of Bosnia and Herzegovina from its first written traces to contemporary social organization. Through one man’s personal story, the film raises universal questions about belonging, heritage and collective memory.
Within the Competition Program – Documentary Film of the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival, the audience has the opportunity to watch 20 films.
