(This is a full list of films produced in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina (pronounced /ˈbɒzni.ə hɜrtsɨˈɡoʊvɨnə/ ( listen) or /ˌhɜrtsɨɡoʊˈviːnə/; Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Latin: Bosna i Hercegovina; Bosnian and Serbian Cyrillic: Босна и Херцеговина) is a country in South-Eastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south,. The country came into existence in April 1992. For an A-Z list see Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina films)
Cinema in Bosnia practically first dates back to 1992, when the country gained its independence. Because Bosnia and Herzegovina was part of Yugoslavia prior to that, all movies in that region were credited as being produced in Yugoslavia, and not in their respective countries, regardless of the producers or director. Wikipedia thus has a full list of movies from 1992.
Cinema in Bosnia as part of Yugoslavia dates back to the 1920s when it started producing silent films. Bosnia and Herzegovina now has one of the biggest and premiere film festivals in Europe; the Sarajevo Film Festival The Sarajevo Film Festival is the premier and largest film festival in the Balkans, and is one of the largest in Europe. It was founded in Sarajevo in 1995 during the siege of Sarajevo, and brings international and local celebrities to Sarajevo every year. It is held in August and shows feature and short films. The current director is Mirsad (SFF), established in 1995 by Mirsad Purivatra, who still presides as the president of the festival. The festival now is the biggest and most influential in South-Eastern Europe Southeastern Europe is a relatively recent political designation for the Balkan states. Because of the negative connotations of the term Balkan, writers such as Maria Todorova and Vesna Goldsworthy have suggested the use of the term Southeastern Europe instead. The use of this term is slowly growing; a European Union initiative of 1999 is called. It has hosted such greats as Steve Buscemi Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi is an American actor, writer and film director. An associate member of the renowned experimental theater company The Wooster Group, Buscemi is best known to the general public for his appearances in the Hollywood movies Reservoir Dogs, Billy Madison, Fargo, Escape from L.A., Con Air, The Big Lebowski, and, Katrin Cartlidge Katrin Cartlidge was an English actress. She first appeared on screen as Lucy Collins in the Liverpool soap opera Brookside from 1982 to 1988 and later became well known for her film work with directors such as Mike Leigh and Lars von Trier, Bono Paul David Hewson, KBE , most commonly known by his stage name Bono, is an Irish singer and musician, best known for being the main vocalist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2. Bono, Nick Nolte Nicholas King "Nick" Nolte is an American actor, film producer and former model, Michael Moore Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author and liberal political commentator. He is the director and producer of Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, and Capitalism: A Love Story, four of the top nine highest-grossing documentaries of all time. In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the Internet, Slacker, Alexander Payne Constantine Alexander Payne is an American Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter. His films are noted for their dark humour and satirical depictions of contemporary American society. His films also revolve around adultery in marriage and relationships. He also tends to set his films in Omaha. He has scenes of historical landmarks, and many more. Another undoubtedly notable festival is the annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF) established in 2003, held in the TriBeCa Tribeca is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York in the United States. Its name is a portmanteau composed of the words "Triangle below Canal Street". Tribeca is bounded by Canal Street, West Street, Cortlandt Alley, Broadway, and Chambers Street. Recent mega-project construction developments have attempted to nominally expand area of New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over global commerce, finance, media, culture, art, fashion, research, education, and entertainment. As host of the. The festival's aim is to promote movies from various young promising directors in Bosnia and showcase them to the American public in hopes of getting recognition.
Arguably the two most famous and celebrated Bosnian directors are Danis Tanović and Jasmila Žbanić, who directed No Man's Land No man's land is a term for land that is not occupied or is under dispute between parties that will not occupy it because of fear or uncertainty. The term was orignally used to define a contested teritory or a dumping ground for refuse between fiefdoms. It is most commonly associated with the First World War to describe the area of land between and Grbavica, respectively. No Man's Land won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States of America with a predominantly non-English dialogue track, among 42 other awards, while Grbavica won the Golden Bear at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival, and countless other awards. The country has many more respected and internationally-renowned filmmakers, including Stefan Arsenejevic whose 2003 short film Atorzija was nominated for the Best Short Film, Live Action Academy Award The Academy Award is an accolade by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in the world. It is also the oldest award in 2003 The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs. Jason, X2: X-Men United, Bad Boys II,, and Pjer Žalica whose 2004 film Fuse won a substantial amount of European and international awards.
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| 1994 … 19th century . 20th century . 21st century … |
| Bosna! |
Alain Ferrari, Bernard-Henri Lévy |
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| Mizaldo, kraj teatra! |
Semezdin Mehmedinovic, Benjamin Filipovic |
Bernard-Henri Lévy, Ismet Bajramovic |
Mockumentary |
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| Magareće godine |
Nenad Dizdarević |
Draško Trninić, Igor Bjelan |
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| MGM Sarajevo: Čovjek, Bog, Monstrum |
Ismet Arnautalić, Mirsad Idrizović |
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| 1995 |
| The Fourth Part of the Brain |
Nenad Dizdarević |
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| 1997 Following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 1997; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for the calendar year. The top ten films of 1997 as of January 26, 2006 , January 26 |
| Das Jahr nach Dayton |
Nikolaus Geyrhalter |
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| Neočekivana šetnja |
François Bašić |
Senad Bašić |
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| Savršeni krug |
Ademir Kenović |
Mustafa Nadarević |
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| Zivot u krugu |
Goran Dujaković |
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| 1998 Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 1998; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten films of 1998 as of January 26, 2006 |
| Linije |
Dejan Strika |
Slobodan Perišić |
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| Made in Sarajevo |
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| Put na mjesec |
Srđan Vuletić |
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| 1999 The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies" . Several new feature films, including Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, The Sixth Sense, The Green Mile, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan, Magnolia, The Iron Giant, Fight Club, The Mummy, |
| Buđenje |
Danis Tanović |
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| Hop, Skip & Jump |
Srđan Vuletić |
Davor Janjić |
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| Mejdan Simeuna Djaka |
Petar Zec |
Slobodan Ćustić |
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| Prvo smrtno iskustvo |
Aida Begić |
Senad Alihodžić |
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| 2000 Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2000. The top ten films of 2000, by worldwide gross in $USD, as well as the US & Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows: |
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| No Man's Land |
Danis Tanovic |
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| 2002 The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Stuart Little 2, Blade II, the 3rd |
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| 2003 The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs. Jason, X2: X-Men United, Bad Boys II, |
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| Remake (film) |
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| Gori vatra |
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| Images from the Corner |
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| A Normal Life |
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| 2004 The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Fahrenheit 9/11, I, Robot, Ocean's Twelve and Scooby-Doo |
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| Back to Bosnia |
Sabina Vajraca |
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| Go West |
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With Croatia Croatia (pronounced /kroʊˈeɪʃə/ , kroe-AY-shə; Croatian: Hrvatska pronounced [xř̩ʋaːtskaː]), officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska listen (help·info)), is a country in Central Europe and Southeastern Europe at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain, the Balkans, and the Adriatic Sea. Its capital and largest |
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| Lost and Found A lost and found , lost property (British English), or lost articles (also Canadian English) is an office in a large public building or area where visitors can go to retrieve lost articles that may have been found by other visitors. Frequently found at museums, amusement parks and schools, a lost and found will typically be a clearly-marked box or |
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| Kako smo se igrali |
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| Grbavica |
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With Germany A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, has been known and documented before AD 100. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire, which lasted until 1806. During the 16th century, northern Germany became the centre of the Protestant Reformation. As a modern nation-state,, Austria Austria /ˈɒstriə/ or /ˈɔːstriə/ (German: Österreich (help·info)), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and, Serbia 2 Titular rulers of Serbia in Hungarian exile claimed Serbian throne until 1540. Belgrade fell to Ottomans in 1521. Serbia was briefly reestablished by Jovan Nenad 1526–7 and France France is a founding member state of the European Union and is the largest one by area. France has been a major power for several centuries with strong cultural, economic, military and political influence in Europe and in the world. During the 17th and 18th centuries, France colonised great parts of North America; during the 19th and early 20th |
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| In the Name of the Son |
Harun Mehmedinović |
Sergej Trifunović |
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| On Wednesdays |
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| 2008 Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008. The top ten films of 2008, by worldwide gross in $USD, as well as the US & Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows: |
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