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THE BLUE VIKING IN SARAJEVO (2012)

Sinopsis / Bosnian:
The Blue Viking in Sarajevo je film koji govori o latinoamerikancu sa tri nacionalnosti, Argentinskim, Čileanskim i Urugvajskim. Emilio se sa svojih 19 godina počeo baviti sa uličnim performansom u Čileu. Obišao je 65 država širom svijeta, a zatim se pojavio i na ulicama u Sarajevu. Glavni grad, Sarajevo, postaje njegov «dom», a novi prijetelji, njegova porodica.

Synopsis / English:
"The Blue Viking in Sarajevo" is a film that portrays a Latin American whose background includes three nationalities – Argentinean, Chilean, and Uruguayan. Emilio started performing street dance in Chile at the age of 19. He had visited 65 states, and then he found himself on the streets of Sarajevo. The capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina has become his home, and new friends have become his family.

Synopsis / Spain:
La película “El Vikingo Azul en Sarajevo” presenta a un latinoamericano de tres nacionalidades: Argentina, Chile y Uruguay. Emilio comenzó con bailes callejeros en Chile a los 19 años de edad. Tras viajar por 65 países, se encuentra en las calles de Sarajevo. La capital de Bosnia y Herzegovina se ha convertido en su hogar, y sus nuevos amigos en su familia.

  • Ado Hasanovic
    Director
  • Ado Hasanovic
    Writer
  • Sarajevo Film Academy
    Producer
  • Emiliola Valenzuela
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    17 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 8, 2012
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 EUR
  • 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 Festival
    Sarajevo
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
Director Biography - Ado Hasanovic

ADO HASANOVIC (Srebrenica, 1986) is a film director based in Rome. In 2013 he graduated in Directing at the Sarajevo Film Academy with the short film MAMA, which enjoyed a positive festival distribution.

The same year he finished the Norwegian Nansen Academy, a course focused on inter-ethnic dialogue.
In 2014, after an internship at the Cinema for Peace Foundation and the participation in the Documentary Summer School organised by the US James Madison University in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he received the award as Best Student, he enrolled in the prestigious National Film School Centro
Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, where he specialised as a film director. In 2017 he also finished a Master in Dramaturgy at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo.

His short films THE ANGEL OF SREBRENICA, BLUE VIKING IN SARAJEVO, MAMA, BREATH OF LIFE SREBRENICA, PINK ELEPHANT and NOMOPHOBIA enjoyed world-wide selections and won many international awards. His first feature film JA SAM ANA is currently in development with the Italian production Il Gigante and 39Films, in co-production with the Serbian This and That Production and the Hungarian FocusFox. The project won the Focus-Fox Studio
Award at the 15th Sofia Meetings.

Since 2015 he has been the Art Director of the Mediterranean Short Film Festival The Author’s Passages in Sant’Antioco (Italy).

He 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.

On August 20th 2019 he was awarded with the Sarajevan Golden Medallion by the Mayor of Sarajevo Abdulah Skaka as a special recognition for his cultural achievements.

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