DEATH IN SARAJEVO

DEATH IN SARAJEVO (SMRT U SARAJEVU), 2016

Bosnia Herzegovina, France | DCP, Color, 85’ | Bosnian, French, English

Director: Danis Tanović

Cast:Snežana Marković, Izudin Bajrović, Vedrana Seksan

Adapted from Bernard-Henri Lévy’s play Hotel Europe, the film is based on the 100^th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria which directly led to World War I. While the host and guests of the television programme being filmed on the terrace of the hotel on the occasion of the 100^th anniversary of the assassination discuss whether Gavrilo Princip, the assassin of Franz Ferdinand, is a murderer or a hero, preparations for a grand event continue at the hotel. Meanwhile, hotel employees who have not been paid for months are getting ready to strike by taking advantage of the forthcoming event. Danis Tanović, who previously received the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for No Man’s Land, won the Jury Grand Prix at Berlinale as well as the FIPRESCI Award with Death in Sarajevo.