Tuzla Film Festival

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Tuzla Film Festival
Location Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Founded2012
DirectorsBoris Balta
LanguageInternational
Website www.tff.ba

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

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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:

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

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

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

Vila TFF for the best short movie

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

Vila TFF for the best documentary movie

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
2012Bijelo Dugme (2012 film) Igor Stoimenov Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
2013Mother Europe (2013 film)Mama Europa Petra Seliškar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
2013Neke djevojke su veće od drugih Anja Kavić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2014Nobody's (2014 film) Ničiji Jadran Boban Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
2015Prolaz za Stellu Ljiljana Šišmanović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
2016VietnamVijetnam Jovana Kovanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
2017 [5] Scream For Me SarajevoScream For Me Sarajevo Tarik Hodžić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018Lica LaforeThe Faces of Lafora Denis Bojić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2019 [6] Poštovana predsjedniceDear Mrs. President! Daniel Pavlić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia

Vila TFF for the best animated movie

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
2012Dove sei, amor mio (2012 film) Dove sei, amor mio Veljko Popović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
2013Fibonaccijev kruh (2013 film) Danijel Žeželj Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
2014Aleric (2013 film)Alerik Vuk Mitevski Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
2015Secret Laboratory of Nikola Tesla (2015 film) Tajni laboratorij Nikole Tesle Bruno Razum Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
2016Ghost Town (2016 film)Grad duhova Marko Dješka Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
2017 [7] The DragonAždaja Ivan Ramadan Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018White CrowBijela vrana Miran Miošić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
2019 [8] Malleus DeiMalleus Dei Dino Krpan Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia

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

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
2016Face to Face (2016 film) Lice u lice Valerie Knill Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2017 [9] Revelation – The City Of Haze Revelation – The City Of Haze Mao Qichao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2018The Box The Box Aristeidis Deligiannidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
2019 [10] Elisabeth Elisabeth Noemi d'Ursel, Laura BossicartFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium

Notable guests

People who visited the festival include:

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