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    • New Talents Open Call 2025
      As the only competitive program at ENFF, the New Talents Competition invites filmmakers or artists with their first, second or third short film, to compete for an Audience Award. Submit your film till 21 August 2025.
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      Last night, we took On Tour to Utrecht for a special screening at Louis Hartlooper Complex and mingled. We showed our festival’s closing film, My Late Summer by Danis Tanovic, one more time! Thank you to everyone who joined us for an evening filled with great film and fantastic company.
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      Photos by Mladen Pikulic

When We Were Them

Two Bosnians, Oscar winning director Danis Tanovic and Pulitzer Prize receiver photojournalist Damir Sagolj have just finished this short, compelling film that calls for urgency and action. In “When We Were Them” they depict the horrible reality of migrants stuck in Bosnia on their way to western Europe.

Surrounded by minefields and destruction from the Bosnian war and not considered welcome by anyone, thousands of migrants are still stranded in the northern part of the country that was once torn apart by war. The lack of food, clothes, firewood and communication are problems, but nothing compared to the serious violation of basic human rights these migrants are subjected to on a daily basis. Directors Danis Tanovic and Damir Sagolj show the brutality and inhumanity of the everlasting story of people “on the move”, seeking a better life in the EU. They raise the question: do we remember “when we were them”?

KAD SMO MI BILI ONI

Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2021 | 15 min

DIRECTOR: Danis Tanovic, Damir Sagolj

PRODUCTION: WARM Foundation

SCREENPLAY: Damir Sagolj, Danis Tanovic

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Damir Sagolj, Danis Tanovic

EDITING: Redzinald Simek

SOUND: Mirza Tahirovic

Friday 22.4. / 17:00h / Zaal 4

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