Vefik Hadžismajlović

Two Halves of a Heart

A boy's careless childhood is interrupted when he finds out about his parents' decision to divorce.

Two Halves of a Heart

A boy's careless childhood is interrupted when he finds out about his parents' decision to divorce.

Like Someone's Knocking

Parents who lost track of their children speak about their attempts to find them and hope for reunion.

Like Someone's Knocking

Parents who lost track of their children speak about their attempts to find them and hope for reunion.

The Dervish and Death

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.

At Lunch

Women pray for their men who are far away, in foreign countries where they work to earn money for better life.

At Lunch

Women pray for their men who are far away, in foreign countries where they work to earn money for better life.

Dreamers

City of Sarajevo from the view point of children.

Dreamers

City of Sarajevo from the view point of children.

Two Halves of the Heart

During divorce proceedings, children have to make a hard decision which parent they want to stay with, which leaves an indelible mark on the children's souls.

Two Halves of the Heart

During divorce proceedings, children have to make a hard decision which parent they want to stay with, which leaves an indelible mark on the children's souls.

In the Inn

The clock ticks softly. Old men drinking mocha and rolling cigarettes. Nothing more than the occasional sigh to be heard. The old Bosnian coffee-houses are oases of tranquillity, screened-off from the fast-paced world outside.

In the Inn

The clock ticks softly. Old men drinking mocha and rolling cigarettes. Nothing more than the occasional sigh to be heard. The old Bosnian coffee-houses are oases of tranquillity, screened-off from the fast-paced world outside.

Two Laws

Short documentary about the conflict between the law on education and the unwritten law of traditional Bosnian village life, which dictates that daughters stay at home.

Two Laws

Short documentary about the conflict between the law on education and the unwritten law of traditional Bosnian village life, which dictates that daughters stay at home.

Walking Pupils

Film follows pupils from a village in their long and arduous voyage to school.

Walking Pupils

Film follows pupils from a village in their long and arduous voyage to school.

Bridges

Documentary about bridges, with illustrations by Zuko Džumhur.

Bridges

Documentary about bridges, with illustrations by Zuko Džumhur.

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This is an animated film by Vefik Hadžismajlović.

Shop Window

This is an animated film by Vefik Hadžismajlović.