International premiere

Bosnian Pot

Local title
Bosnia pada
Title in Russian
Боснийский котел
Original title
Bosanski lonac
Director
Pavo Marinković
Country
Croatia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year
2023
Programme
Focus: Serbia and SEE* Neighbours
Genre
drama, comedy
Subject
individual vs society, religion, humour, theatre, satire

A slow-cooked meat and vegetable stew is an esteemed speciality of Bosnian cuisine.

Archival footage explains how Bosnian miners prepared the traditional dish to eat together after the shift. Culinary history aside, this relevant metaphorical social drama unleashes Zlatko Burić as a vampire elf on the stage.

The doubting actor tries to lend a helping hand to a Bosnian refugee, Muslim Faruk Šego. The hapless playwright fled from Sarajevo to Graz during the Siege. After 12 years, strict Austrian authorities threaten to cancel his residency permit. The only way to escape deportation is to write and cook up something meaningful and tasty. The intellectual Faruk hasn’t produced any artistically relevant dishes for nine years.

With delicate humour and unfading optimism, we follow his sorrowful quest in the never-ending mazes of bureaucracy.

Edvinas Pukšta

Director
Pavo Marinković
Screenwriter
Pavo Marinković
Cast
Senad Bašić, Andreas Kiendl, Birgit Stöger, Bruna Bebić, Admir Glamočak, Zlatko Burić
Producer
Stanislav Babić, Peter Roehsler, Slaven Knezović
DoP
Peter Roehsler
Editor
Dubravko Slunjski
Composer
Ted Regklis
World sales
Antidote Sales
Runtime
Language
Croatian, German, Bosnian
Subtitles
English

Croatian Audiovisual Centre

Croatian Audiovisual Centre

Film Center Serbia

Film Center Serbia

Screenings

9th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening030901 / Bosnia pada
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsPavo Marinkovic (Director), Dubravko Slunjski (Editor)
Q&A duration
Screening duration
7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening100705 / Bosnia pada
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
6th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening170603 / Bosnia pada
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
Trailer
Q&A with the filmmaker