Miroslav Mandić
Director · b. 1955 · Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Miroslav Mandić (1955), born in Sarajevo, graduated from the Columbia University School of the Arts, New York. After a brief film career in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he emigrated to the Czech Republic during the 1990s Yugoslav Wars and directed numerous documentaries. Currently, he lives and works in Slovenia. His films have been screened at many renowned international film festivals – Locarno, Chicago, Santa Barbara, Munich, Sarajevo, Melbourne, Krakow, Cairo – and have won several awards. These works include I Act, I Am (2018, fiction feature), Stairway (2015, fiction short), Adria Blues (2013, fiction), Searching for Johnny (2009, documentary), and Borderline Lovers (2005, documentary), Adria Blues (2013, fiction feature), I Act, I Am (2018, fiction feature) and Sanremo (2020, fiction feature).
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Movie6.0DramaA widow grieves, discovers her deceased spouse's secret, and builds a relationship with a talented boy who used to play the violin with her husband in a local bar.
Estrellita
2007 · 5 votes
MovieDramaDocumentaryThe history of Bosnian cinematography over 75 years of existence.
- MovieDocumentary
There is a farm somewhere in Koroska region. This farm treasures something precious - a table that can lift itself up and answer questions. The table has been in the family for more than centuries, and nobody knows who manufactured. The table needs quite some energy to be set into motion; therefore Grandma Marija and granddaughter Simona place their hands on it. The table won't answers any questions about death. It freely admits to occasionally telling lies. What is more, if asked whether it is all-knowing, it raises itself particularly high. Miroslav Mandic embarks on a journey because he wants to see this wonder with his own eyes.