Aida Begic Preps a Moving “A Ballad” for Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Certainly a project that will be pitched for pre-sales on the Croisette in a couple of months from now, Cineuropa reports that Aida Begic, who is technically far 3 for 4 at the Cannes film festival with 2008’s Snow being followed by Children of Sarajevo (12) and her contribution to omnibus Bridges of Sarajevo (2014), will display Bosnia and Herzegovina with the post-apocalyptic romance genre. A Ballad will be co-produced by the Begic, Film House Sarajevo and Les Films de l’Après-midi (The Strange Case of Angelica prod co. produced most of her films).

Gist: Written by Begic, this is being described as a post-apocalyptic Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Worth Noting: The filmmaker won the Special Jury Prize in the UCR section in 2012.

Do We Care?: Potentially retuning back to the poeticism found in her well-travelled film festival gem Snow, we can tag this romance at the breaking point of humanity as an early Cannes 2016 possibility.

Eric Lavallée
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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