MY MOTHER’S SWEDISH HEART

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

DIRECTOR: Adis Bakrač

COUNTRY: Bosnia and Herzegovina

GODINA/TRAJANJE: 2021 • 89’

GENRE: drama

CROATIAN PREMIERE

Info

SCREENPLAY: Zilhad Ključanin
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Admir Švrakić
EDITOR: Antonio Ilić
SCORE: Hamza Ražnatović
CAST: Faketa Salihbegović-Avdagić, Nermin Omić, Irina Dobnik, Armin Omerović, Ejla Bavčić, Suada Ahmetašević, Sanjin Arnautović, Alija Aljović
PRODUCER: Almir Šahinović
COMPANY: Heft Production Sarajevo

Trailer

Synopsis

In the summer of 1993, a group of Bosnian refugees fled to Sweden due to the war in Bosnia. The Swedish Red Cross places refugees in a pavilion for migrants. Among them is a middle-aged married couple Derviša and Adem. In the migrant pavillion, Derviša meets a Swedish woman, Ingrid, whose husband, a migrant, was killed. Despite the language barrier, the two become good friends. Derviša finds out that Ingrid is seriously ill. When the war in Bosnia is over, Derviša searches for her lost son and collects herbal medicine for her friend.

About the director

Adis Bakrač (Bihać, 1974) graduated in directing from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo in 1999 and started directing plays, as well as feature and documentary films, and was actively working in television and radio directing. He directed the documentary film Play to the End (2003) and the awarded feature film The Abandoned (2010).

Screening

INK – 18.07.2022
19:00

FREE ENTRANCE

MY MOTHER’S SWEDISH HEART