66th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
31 OCTOBER → 9 NOVEMBER 2025
Balkan Survey

1994-1997 87 35mm Colour
Incredibly, the film was shot right in the middle of a besieged Sarajevo, in the summer of 1993, by the actor Senad Basic and director Francois Lunel. In July of 1994, the film negative was transported with great difficulty to Zagreb for processing, then returned to Sarajevo for post-production. Twenty months later, the film had its world premiere at the Goteborg Film Festival. Yearning for his girlfriend Senka, Senad comes out of a hospital into a besieged city. His apartment has been bombed in the war, and so he stays with his best friend. Soon, Senad finds Senka working in another hospital, where sh