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Igor Drljaca

The White Fortress (Tabija)

Official Selection
90' - 2021 - Drama, Romance, Youth / Coming-Of-Age - Dialogue: Bosnian, English
Director: Igor Drljaca Composer: Casey Manierka-Quaile With: Pavle Čemerkić, Sumeja Dardagan, Jasmin Galjo
In the rundown Sarajevo suburb of Alipasino Polje, Faruk is an orphan who lives with his ill grandmother and spends his days foraging for scrap metal and dabbling in petty crime.
In the rundown Sarajevo suburb of Alipasino Polje, Faruk is an orphan who lives with his ill grandmother and spends his days foraging for scrap metal and dabbling in petty crime. One day he meets Mona, a timid teen from a politically powerful and affluent family. As Mona dreams of escaping the overbearing toxicity of her home life, she seeks refuge and opens herself up to Faruk, a boy from a world entirely different than her own.
"Igor Drljača's elegiac drama is an account of a post-war city, torn, lost and violent, where seeds of love may germinate but never reach the light. It's an examination of two classes colliding and how their perspectives differ. It's a despondent fairy tale of sorts." - Film Threat

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Credits

Director

Igor Drljaca

Composer

Casey Manierka-Quaile

With

Pavle Čemerkić, Sumeja Dardagan, Jasmin Galjo

Scenario

Igor Drljaca

Director of Photography

Erol Zubcevic

Editor

Ajla Odobasic

Producer

Igor Drljaca, Amra Baksic Camo, Jordan Barker, Adis Djapo, Borga Dorter, Albert Shin

Production studios

SCCA / pro.ba, TimeLapse Pictures

More information

Dialogue

Bosnian, English

Countries of production

Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Year

2021

Filmography

Igor Drljaca
Rana (short, 2005), The Battery-Powered Duckling (short, 2006), Mobilni Snovi (short, 2008), Woman in Purple (short, 2009), On a Lonely Drive (2009), Kako sam Zapalio Simona Bolivara (short, 2011), Krivina (2012), The Waiting Room (2015), The Stone Speakers (2018), The Archivists (short, 2020)

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