Tuzla Film Festival

Tuzla Film Festival
LocationTuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Founded2012
DirectorsBoris Balta
LanguageInternational
Websitewww.tff.ba

The Tuzla Film Festival is an annual film festival that takes places in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Focus

The Tuzla Film Festival is organized by Magic Factory, with the aim of promoting South Slavic cinematography.

History

Organizational efforts for the first festival began in 2010, requiring two full years because of lack of financial and human resources. The first festival occurred on August 22, 2012, at the Bosnian Cultural Center in Tuzla. In attendance were actors, directors, producers and business people from the former Yugoslavia.

The second festival featured a casting call for the film Atomski s desna directed by Srđan Dragojević, in which two local children (Ensar Hamzić and Danis Aljić) became the first children of Tuzla to be cast in a feature film.

The third annual festival introduced an international film competition.

Categories

Tuzla Film Festival includes the following categories:

  • feature film
  • documentary
  • short
  • animated movie

In addition, the Tuzla Film Festival has two special categories:

  • "Shoot with anything"
  • "Future generation short films"

These categories aim to encourage participation of young filmmakers.

Awards

The main award at the festival is called Vila TFF

Vila TFF for the best feature movie

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
2012 Death of a Man in the Balkans (2012 film) Smrt čoveka na Balkanu Miroslav Momčilović  Serbia
2013 A Stranger (2013 film) Obrana i zaštita Bobo Jelčić  Croatia
2014 See You in Montevideo (2014 film) Montevideo, vidimo se Dragan Bjelogrlić  Serbia
2015 Our Everyday Life (2015 film) Naša svakodnevna priča Ines Tanović  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016 Death in Sarajevo (2016 film) Smrt u Sarajevu Danis Tanović  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2017[1] The Constitution (2016 film) Ustav Republike Hrvatske Rajko Grlić  Croatia
2018 Miner (2017 film) Rudar Hanna Slak  Slovenia
2019[2] God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija(2019 film) God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija Teona Strugar Mitevska  North Macedonia

Vila TFF for the best short movie

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
2012 Bardo (2012 film) Bardo Marija Apchevska  North Macedonia
2013 — Priča bez kraja (2013 film) Elvir Muminović  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2014 Boxed (2014 film) Kutija Nebojša Slijepčević  Croatia
2015 If the Sheep were Pink (2015 film) Kad bi ovce bile roze Đurđija Radivojević  Serbia
2016 The Beast (2015 film) Zvjerka Daina Oniunas Pusić  Croatia
2017[3] Iron Story (2017 film) Zeleznata prikazna Zlatko Kalenikov  North Macedonia
2018 The Last Well (2017 film) Posljednji bunar Filip Filković  Croatia
2019[4] Tina & Sendy (2018 film) Tina & Sendy Hani Domazet  Croatia

Vila TFF for the best documentary movie

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
2012 — Bijelo Dugme (2012 film) Igor Stoimenov  Serbia
2013 Mother Europe (2013 film) Mama Europa Petra Seliškar  Slovenia
2013 — Neke djevojke su veće od drugih Anja Kavić  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2014 Nobody's (2014 film) Ničiji Jadran Boban  Croatia
2015 — Prolaz za Stellu Ljiljana Šišmanović  Croatia
2016 Vietnam Vijetnam Jovana Kovanović  Serbia
2017[5] Scream For Me Sarajevo Scream For Me Sarajevo Tarik Hodžić  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018 Lica Lafore The Faces of Lafora Denis Bojić  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2019[6] Poštovana predsjednice Dear Mrs. President! Daniel Pavlić  Croatia

Vila TFF for the best animated movie

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
2012 Dove sei, amor mio (2012 film) Dove sei, amor mio Veljko Popović  Croatia
2013 — Fibonaccijev kruh (2013 film) Danijel Žeželj  Croatia
2014 Aleric (2013 film) Alerik Vuk Mitevski  North Macedonia
2015 Secret Laboratory of Nikola Tesla (2015 film) Tajni laboratorij Nikole Tesle Bruno Razum  Croatia
2016 Ghost Town (2016 film) Grad duhova Marko Dješka  Croatia
2017[7] The Dragon Aždaja Ivan Ramadan  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018 White Crow Bijela vrana Miran Miošić  Croatia
2019[8] Malleus Dei Malleus Dei Dino Krpan  Croatia

Vila TFF for the best film in "Future Generation Short Films" category

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
2016 Face to Face (2016 film) Lice u lice Valerie Knill  Germany
2017[9] Revelation – The City Of Haze Revelation – The City Of Haze Mao Qichao  China
2018 The Box The Box Aristeidis Deligiannidis  Greece
2019[10] Elisabeth Elisabeth Noemi d'Ursel, Laura Bossicart  Belgium

Notable guests

People who visited the festival include:

References

  1. ^ "Završen šesti Tuzla film festival".
  2. ^ "Završen 8. Tuzla film festival: Ovi filmovi su odnijeli Vilu TFF".
  3. ^ "Završen šesti Tuzla film festival".
  4. ^ "Završen 8. Tuzla film festival: Ovi filmovi su odnijeli Vilu TFF".
  5. ^ "Završen šesti Tuzla film festival".
  6. ^ "Završen 8. Tuzla film festival: Ovi filmovi su odnijeli Vilu TFF".
  7. ^ "Završen šesti Tuzla film festival".
  8. ^ "Završen 8. Tuzla film festival: Ovi filmovi su odnijeli Vilu TFF".
  9. ^ "Završen šesti Tuzla film festival".
  10. ^ "Završen 8. Tuzla film festival: Ovi filmovi su odnijeli Vilu TFF".