Ahmet Nurudin is a dervish and head of the Islamic monastery of the Mevlevi order in Sarajevo. He is a personification of morale and dogmatic belief, everything that Muslim religion of the Ottoman rule rests on. Throughout his life, the atmosphere of the city, the relations with the judge and the mechanism of government, the image of Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the nineteenth century is being revealed. Based on a highly praised novel by Meša Selimović.

A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Su...

An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with he...

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...

A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...

The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of te...

Ruža left Serbia, her country, over 30 years ago and lives in Zurich. Her daily life is a string of ...

In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakista...

During the conflict in the former Yugoslavia many soldiers were convinced to kill fellow citizens in...

Middle-aged cinephile and film projectionist Pera still lives with his mother - and best friend - Ma...

Salvador, Bahia, January 1835. After more than a decade of hard work, Guilhermina, 27, a slave of Mu...

Debbie, a working class single mother from Leeds, moves her family to Bradford, where they find them...

The last film made in Yugoslavia, tells a story about Sarajevo during the last days of Europe, bette...

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor wr...

A beautiful and poetic at the same time difficult and tragic story. In the distant mountain village ...

Trials and tribulations of a Jewish family from Sarajevo during turbulent times between 1914 and 194...

Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing, but also very danger...
Everyone in his village believes that Zein is a simpleton, a half-wit, an amiable buffoon. Thus, his...

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of hi...

The horrors of war are examined from the view points of lifelong friends (Linus Roache, Vincent Pere...