CHILDREN OF SARAJEVO

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Rahima is a fighter. She had to grow up fast from the get go: she’s been taking care of her nine-year-younger brother Nedim almost her whole life. Both of their parents died in the siege of Sarajevo. As an adolescent Rahima almost ended up getting mixed up with the wrong crowd, now she’s doing all she can to keep Nedin from going down that road. In present-day Sarajevo she struggles for survival and respect: she slaves away in the kitchen of an upscale restaurant only to be bullied by an ill-tempered chef. This award-winning film follows its young protagonist in intensive close-ups and long sequence shots through a life in which the echoes of war continue to resonate menacingly.


DJECA / DJECA - KINDER VON SARAJEVO
BIH, DEU 2012 / 90 min
Language: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Director: Aida Begić
  • Screenplay: Aida Begić
  • Cinematographer: Erol Zubčević
  • Editor: Miralem Zubčević
  • Sound: Igor Čamo
  • Cast: Marija Pikic,Ismir Gagula,Nikola Duricko
  • Production Company: Aida Begić - Film House Sarajevo
  • Co-Production Company: Les Films de l’Après-midi,Kaplan Film,MDM,ZDF/Arte
  • World Sales: barnsteiner-film

Rahima is a fighter. She had to grow up fast from the get go: she’s been taking care of her nine-year-younger brother Nedim almost her whole life. Both of their parents died in the siege of Sarajevo. As an adolescent Rahima almost ended up getting mixed up with the wrong crowd, now she’s doing all she can to keep Nedin from going down that road. In present-day Sarajevo she struggles for survival and respect: she slaves away in the kitchen of an upscale restaurant only to be bullied by an ill-tempered chef. This award-winning film follows its young protagonist in intensive close-ups and long sequence shots through a life in which the echoes of war continue to resonate menacingly.

  • Screenplay: Aida Begić
  • Cinematographer: Erol Zubčević
  • Editor: Miralem Zubčević
  • Sound: Igor Čamo
  • Cast: Marija Pikic,Ismir Gagula,Nikola Duricko
  • Production Company: Aida Begić - Film House Sarajevo
  • Co-Production Company: Les Films de l’Après-midi,Kaplan Film,MDM,ZDF/Arte
  • World Sales: barnsteiner-film