Private Project

Lukomir, my home / Lukomir, moj dom

Lukomir is the village with the highest altitude (1472 m above sea level) in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the southern slopes of the mountain massif Bjelašnica. Despite the outward migration of the population and the increase in tourism in the last decades the transhumant pastoralism remains one of the main economies in the villages of Bjelašnica. In the summer, 22 houses are populated in Lukomir.

Transhumance and seasonal migration of families and their flocks of sheep characterize the life of their residents. The life of the villagers could roughly be divided into a summer life on Bjelašnica and a winter season in lower settlements in the vicinity of Sarajevo, such as Hadžići, Iliđa, Tarčin, Pazarić, etc. The summer season consists of bringing sheep to mountain pastures, drying hay and diverse chores that secure the inhabitants of Lukomir their living throughout the entire year. Up until 2010 the villagers stayed in Lukomir even during winter.

Lukomir is one of the few villages on Bjelašnica that was not burnt down during the Yugoslav War in the 1990s, therefore it has maintained its traditional architecture and appearance. Today, this is its main attraction that brings in growing numbers of outside visitors. In tourism, Lukomir is painted as a picturesque village above the Rakitnica Canyon, one of the most authentic and unspoilt villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The entire area is popular among hikers as well as among skiers in the winter season.

Lukomir, My Home is an ethnographic film that was in the making from April 2014 until May 2017. It portrays a visual ethnography of an older couple’s everyday life. The authors of the film lived with Hismet and Tidža in different periods and seasons. They accompany the couple while they carry out most of their everyday chores in Lukomir and Hadžići as well as when they release the sheep into the valley and when they return to Lukomir.

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Lukomir je najvišje ležeča vas (1472 m nadmorske višine) v Federaciji Bosne in Hercegovine, nahaja se na južnih pobočjih planinskega masiva Bjelašnice. Kljub odseljevanju prebivalstva in porastu turistične dejavnosti v zadnjih desetletjih transhumantno pašništvo ostaja ena glavnih gospodarskih panog bjelašniških vasi. V Lukomirju je v poletnem času naseljenih 22 hiš. Življenje prebivalcev je zaznamovano s transhumanco in sezonsko selitvijo družin in njihovih čred ovac.

V grobem bi lahko življenje vaščanov razdelili na poletno življenje na Bjelašnici in zimsko obdobje v nižje ležečih naseljih v okolici Sarajeva, kot so Hadžići, Iliđa, Tarčin, Pazarić itn. Poletni del leta je zaznamovan s planinsko pašo ovac, pripravo sena in različnimi delovnimi opravili, ki prebivalcem Lukomirja omogočajo preživetje skozi celo leto. Vse do leta 2010 so vaščani ostajali na Lukomirju tudi pozimi.

Lukomir je ena redkih vasi na Bjelašnici, ki med jugoslovansko vojno v 90. letih ni bila požgana in je zato ohranila tradicionalno arhitekturo in videz. To je danes njena glavna znamenitost, ki spodbuja vedno večji obisk zunanjih obiskovalcev. V turistični ponudbi se Lukomir predstavlja kot idilična vasica nad kanjonom Rakitnica, kot ena najbolj avtentičnih in nedotaknjenih vasi v Bosni in Hercegovini. Celotno območje je priljubljeno tudi med pohodniki in v zimski sezoni med smučarji.

Lukomir, moj dom je etnografski film, ki je nastajal od aprila 2014 do maja 2017, in sicer kot vizualna etnografija vsakdanjega življenja starejšega para, Ismeta in Tidže Čomor, s katerima sta avtorja filma živela v različnih obdobjih oz. letnih časih. Spremljata ju pri večini delovnih opravil na Lukomirju in v Hadžićih, ki zaznamujejo njun vsakdan, kot tudi pri spustu ovac v dolino in ponovni vrnitvi na Lukomir.

  • Manca Filak
    Director
    Land Grabbing, Young hopefuls, Zvonko and Ivanka, Captain and his Friday, I will carry you to the seaside
  • Žiga Gorišek
    Director
    Young hopefuls, Captain and his Friday, Zvonko and Ivanka, Push Bura 1996-2011
  • Ethnocinema production
    Producer
    Land Grabbing, Young hopefuls, Zvonko and Ivanka
  • Jan Turk
    Sound advisement
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Lukomir, moj dom
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Student
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 1 minute 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 31, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    Slovenia
  • Country of Filming:
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Language:
    Bosnian
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - University of Ljubljana
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Days of ethnographic film
    Ljubljana
    Slovenia
    February 6, 2018
    Slovenian premiere
  • SEFF - Student's ethnographic film festival
    Zadar
    Croatia
    June 1, 2018
    Croatian premiere
  • Nordic Anthropological Film Association (NAFA)
    Cluj-Napoca
    Romania
    September 14, 2018
    European premiere
  • Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival (SVAFMF)
    San Jose, CA
    United States
    World premiere
  • European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    August 14, 2018
    European premiere
    Audiovisual program
  • International festival of ethnological film
    Belgrade
    Serbia
    October 12, 2018
    Serbian premiere
  • Kratovo ethnographic film festival
    Kratovo
    October 6, 2018
  • Festival gorniškega filma
    Ljubljana
    Slovenia
    February 20, 2019
    Official selection: Movies, Mountain nature and culture
  • World Film Festival
    Tartu
    Slovenia
    February 21, 2019
  • International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF): Track Changes: Reflecting on a Transforming World
    Santiago de Compostela
    Spain
    April 16, 2019
    Audiovisual program
  • 7th Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association (APA)
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    June 5, 2019
    Ethnographic Film Screening
  • ETNO Film Festival
    Skopje
    October 5, 2019
    Opening film of the festival
  • Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival KIMFF
    Kathmandu
    Nepal
    December 12, 2019
    Aisan premiere
  • German (Göttingen) International Ethnographic Film Festival
    Göttingen
    Germany
    May 13, 2020
    Manfred Krüger Student Award
  • Golden Tree International Documentary Film Festival
    Bejing - Paris
    China
    November 5, 2021
  • Intra/strukture
    Ilirska Bistrica
    Slovenia
    April 21, 2026
Distribution Information
  • Audio Visual Laboratory, Institute for Slovene ethnology, Slovene scientific research centre
    Country: Slovenia
    Rights: Video on Demand
Director Biography - Manca Filak, Žiga Gorišek

Manca Filak and Žiga Gorišek are visual anthropologists and documentary filmmakers from Ljubljana, Slovenia. They finished postgraduate study of Ethnology and cultural anthropology at the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). All their films were screened at various (ethnographic and documentary) film festivals around Europe.

Filmography, screenings and awards:

- Odnesel te bom na morje / I will carry you to the sea side (2012):
Days of Ethnographic Film Ljubljana (SI, 2013), Asterfest International Film Festival Strumica (MK, 2013) - Second prize SILVER horseshoe;
part of permanent exhibition I, we and others: Images of my world in Slovene Ethnographic museum (Ljubljana).

- Kapitan in njegov Petek / Captain and His Friday (2013):
Days of Ethnographic Film Ljubljana (SI, 2014), Festival of Ethnological Film Belgrade (SRB, 2014), Etnographic Film Festival Kratovo (MK, 2013).

- Zvonko in Ivanka / Zvonko and Ivanka (2015):
Etnofilm Festival Rovinj (HR, 2016) – SPECIAL MENTION, Festival of Ethnological Film Belgrade (SRB, 2016), Etnographic Film Festival Kratovo (MK, 2016), Days of Ethnographic Film Ljubljana (SI, 2017), Sguardi sui territori: Antropologia visuale ed ecomusei - Gemona del Friuli (IT, 2017).

- MLADA NADA / Young Hopefuls (2016):
Grossman Fantastic Film and Wine Festival Ljutomer (SI, 2016), DOKUDOC International Documentary Film Festival Maribor (SI, 2016), Festival of independent film Ljubljana (SI, 2016), DORF Documentary festival of rock film Vinkovci (CRO, 2017), Jamnarkult Motavun (SI, 2018) - BEST FILM OF THE FESTIVAL (MAIN JURY & AUDIENCE AWARD).

- Заграбване на земята / Land Grabbing (2017):
Sjón International Film Festival Copenhagen (Denmark, 2018), International conference ORGANIC FARMING IN BULGARIA: MORE INNOVATIONS FOR BETTER RESULTS (Bulgaria, 2018), Sofia Biting Docs (Bulgaria, 2019).

- Lukomir, moj dom / Lukomir, my home (2018)
Days of Ethnographic Film Ljubljana (SI, 2018), SEFF International Ethnographic Film Festival (CRO, 2018), NAFA Nordic Anthropological Film Association (ROM, 2018), Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival (USA, 2018), European Association of Social Anthropologists (Biennial Conference: Staying, Moving, Settling) (SWE, 2018), International festival of ethnological film (SRB, 2018), Kratovo ethnographic film festival (MK, 2018), Festival Gorniškega filma (SI, 2019), World Film Festival (EST, 2019), International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF): Track Changes: Reflecting on a Transforming World (ES, 2019), 7th Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association (APA) (PORT, 2019); ETNOFF (MK, 2019), Kathmandu Mountain Film Festival (NEPAL, 2019), (Göttingen) International Ethnographic Film Festival (GER, 2020) - MANFRED KRUGER STUDENT AWARD.; Golden Tree International Documentary Film Festival (Bejing – Paris 2021).

- Etnologija, antropologija, folkloristika / Ethnology, anthropology, folkloristics (2018), short documentary.

- Tradicionalna reja in vzreja lipicancev / Traditional breeding and raising of Lipizzan horses (2019)
ETNOFilm Kaštel (CRO, 2021).

- Tobačni spomini / Tobacco memories (2020)
Days of Ethnographic Film Ljubljana (SI, 2021); Rising Gardens Film Festival (Asia 2021); SIEF2021: BREAKING THE RULES? POWER, PARTICIPATION, TRANSGRESSION; SEFF Student Ethnographic Film Festival (CRO, 2021) - THIRD PLACE; 8th International Degrowth Conference (NL, 2021) – “Feminist and Decolonial Naturecultures”; Cinema and You International Film Festival (UKR, 2021) – NOMINATION Documentary Film Students; Kratovo Ethnographic Film Festival (MK, 2021); International festival of ethnological film Belgrade (SRB, 2021); ETNOFF Skopje (MK, 2021); Vizantrop engaged ethnographic film festival (SRB, 2021) Serbia; Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival (US, 2021); IUAES 2021 Yucatan Congress: INDIGENOUS AND ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM EXHIBITION (Mexico, 2021); The International Ethnographic Film Festival of Quebec (Canada, 2022); Festival neodvisnega filma (SI, 2022); The International Ethnographic Film Festival of Quebec (Canada, 2022); Festival neodvisnega filma (SI, 2022); EASA2022: Transformation, Hope and the Commons (Belfast, 2022); 8th Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association APA (2022); KIEFF - Korea International Ethnographic Film Festival (2022); ETNOFILM ČADCA (Slovakia, 2022) - ETHNOLOGIST BEHIND THE CAMERA AWARD.

- Lipizzan Horse Breeding Traditions (2020)
Multinational nomination film for UNESCO.

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