‘Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry’ Wins at Sarajevo Film Festival

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Elene Naveriani’s “Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry” won the top prize, the Heart of Sarajevo Award for best feature film, Friday at the Sarajevo Film Festival. The Georgian film al…

Elene Naveriani’s “Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry” won the top prize, the Heart of Sarajevo Award for best feature film, Friday at the. The Georgian film also won the best actress prize for Ekaterine Chavleishvili’s performance.

The awards were given by a jury headed by actor Mia Wasikowska , which included Danish-Croatian actor Zlatko Burić , Serbian-Danish actor Danica Ćurčić , Museum of Modern Art Department of Film curator Josh Siegel and Croatian writer-director Juraj Lerotić, who won lThe ceremony at Sarajevo’s historic National Theater took place beneath stormy skies, as thunder rumbled over the green hills that ring this picturesque Balkan city and arrivals did their best to strike poses on a red carpet still...

Last Friday, in the small northeastern town of Gradačac, a man livestreamed the murder of his former wife on Instagram before killing another man and his son, injuring a further three people before committing suicide. Officials later said some 12,000 people watched the slaying live, and the video received 126 likes.

The emotional, standing-room-only event at Sarajevo’s red-carpeted Festival Square was broadcast live on Bosnian television. Festival topper Jovan Marjanović, expressing his dismay at a “terrible incident” that “shocked the country,” toldthat the hastily assembled panel was a “humble but relevant contribution” to the ongoing conversation around domestic violence and femicide, noting that the festival program this year included over 15 titles dealing directly with the subject.

 

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