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MAMA

A Bosnian woman is released from prison after 13 years. She comes back home, where she finds her young son and his pregnant girlfriend. With luggage and flight tickets in their hands, they are up to travel to start a new life.

  • Ado Hasanovic
    Director
  • Ado Hasanovic
    Writer
  • Ado Hasanovic
    Producer
    Ado
  • Ado Hasanovic
    Key Cast
    "Ado Hasanovic"
  • Ena Kurtalić
    Key Cast
  • Emir Fejzić
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 6, 2013
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Country of Filming:
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Language:
    Bosnian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Sarajevo Film Academy
  • Sarajevo Film Festival
    Sarajevo
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Sarajevo Film Academy
Director Biography - Ado Hasanovic

Ado Hasanovic is a Bosnian film director based in Rome. He was born in 1986 in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A 2008 Berlinale Talents Sarajevo alumnus, in 2010, he finished the Norwegian Nansen Academy focused on interethnic dialogue and later studied Directing at the Sarajevo Film Academy, from which he graduated with the short film "Mama" in 2013.

In January 2014, he enrolled in the prestigious Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia National Film School in Rome, where he specialized as a film director. In 2017 he finished a Master's in Dramaturgy as a guest student at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo.

His short films The Angel of Srebrenica (2010), Blue Viking in Sarajevo (2012), Mama (2013), Breath of Life Srebrenica (2015), Pink Elephant (2017), Nomophobia (2019) and Let There Be Colour (2020) enjoyed worldwide festival selections and won many international awards.

Ado is also the creator of Cortovisioni - How To Make A Short Film, a workshop format in which he teaches how to make a short film from the subject up to the post-production, and since 2015 he has been the Artistic Director of the Mediterranean Short Film Festival The Author's Passages in Sant'Antioco, Italy.

Ado recently completed his debut documentary, "My Father's Diaries." This highly anticipated project, produced by the acclaimed production companies Palomar (Italy) in collaboration with Mediawan (France), has generated significant anticipation for its upcoming release.

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Director Statement

Po mom mišljenju za dobar film je potrebno da imamo dobru priču i dobre likove. Glumci koje sam odabrao da rade na ovom projektu su veliki profesionalci i puno obečavaju. Način na koji će film biti snimljen, imaće dokumentaristički pristup, kamera iz ruke i snimanje nekih scena iz jednog kadra. Na početku filma, kamera će biti blizu glumaca, a na kraju filma svi glumci će biti u totalima koji se voze u taksi vozilima.

The focus of the film is about family and domestic violence. It touches upon a universal problem that families are dealing with on a daily basis. As such, its importance is based on my belief and depiction that violence is a disease in our society that is not being fully addressed and discussed about.