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IFFTBW --- 1st EDITION / PARIS
January 11 - February 10, 2023


 



BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA AND NEIGHBORS COMPETITION
SHORT FILMS




FONDATION HELLÉNIQUE
CIUP / Paris

January 18th, 2023

9 pm - 21 h


 

 

9th Session

Mislav Muretic
Croatia / 2021 / 0:13:40


The Doctor is recounting her observations about her patient Danny, who is struggling with different personalities. Danny is shy and vulnerable and does not respond much. As the doctor starts asking questions, a new character Billy responds...

FRENCH PREMIERE


 

The Young Man Who Was Also Fire

Biri i zjarrtë
Martin Oliveros Heinze
Albania / 2021 / 0:09:41


With the death of his father, 17-year-old Meriton is faced with the question of whether to stay with his widowed mother or follow his studies and move out of the city.

FRENCH PREMIERE




 

Short Exercise on Truth

Zuko Garagic
Czech Republic (Bosnia Herzegovina) / 2021 / 0:06:35


A film director, after years of studying and working abroad, returns home to document his family and examine what it is to be an immigrant in a foreign country. Is there even a hidden truth to be found, or only that what is disavowed?. The filmmaker's approach of blending narrative with documentary challenges the familial bonds and questions the role of the camera in documentation.

EUROPEAN PREMIERE







 

The Ordinary Eli

Obicnata Eli
Lavinija Sofronievska
Macedonia / 2021 / 0:15:43


Eli has only two personality traits: she works as a security guard at the Modern Art Museum and her only friend is her golden fish. The loneliness of the modern man, the framed life, as living in a fish ball and the internal cry for freedom are the main motives of this short film. But the question is are they enough of a motive for Eli to leave her workplace and live her life...

FRENCH PREMIERE


 


Real News

Luka Popadic
Switzerland, Serbia / 2021 / 0:18:16


Nato bombing of Serbia in 1999. James, a young journalist on his first deployment abroad, is faced with the absurd reality of news production and is forced to choose between his career and his moral code.

PARIS PREMIERE


 

Luma

Eleanor Mortimer, Liridon Mustafaj
United Kingdom, Croatia, Albania /2021 / 0:31:00


For countless generations the Valbona River has carved its way through the Albanian Alps, leaving its mark on the lives of its people. At turns gentle, powerful or playful, the river moves through the valley carrying songs, childhood memories and legends of old, but something is stirring which threatens to halt its flow.

 


 


   
     
     

   



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