Silver Frame Presents
Five environmental short documentaries developed through the Silver Frame Film Residency will be presented as a Special Screening in the Teen Arena programme of the Sarajevo Film Festival.
Following their world premieres at the Silver Frame Film Festival 2026 in Srebrenica and Bratunac, the films will now meet a new audience in Sarajevo.
This marks the second consecutive year that films developed through a Silver Frame educational programme have been presented at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
The selected films explore environmental responsibility, healing, solidarity and the relationship between people, memory and the natural world. Each film was created in close contact with local communities in Srebrenica and Bratunac.
Teen Arena
Screening Programme
Melting Together Stapajući se u jedno
10 min 31 sec
Director Ilma Kalač, Montenegro
Mentor Boris Gavrilović
A young filmmaker follows Irvin Mujčić, a genocide survivor who returned to Srebrenica to build a sustainable community deep in the forest. Through their shared time in nature, the film explores healing, belonging and the relationship between people and the environment.
The Kitchen of Care Kuhinja sa srcem
7 min 31 sec
Director Rebeka Bratož Gornik, Slovenia
Mentor Dragan Stanimirović
Following the journey of a single meal, from greenhouse to kitchen and finally to isolated households, the film reveals how everyday acts of care and solidarity sustain communities and create dignity through simple human gestures.
Law of Conservation Zakon očuvanja
3 min 53 sec
Director Emina Gabeljić, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mentor Corina Schwingruber Ilić
An experimental reflection on Srebrenica’s mining history, exploring the enduring relationship between humanity and nature while reminding us that nature remains the ultimate witness to time and memory.
Going Fishing U ribu
11 min 43 sec
Director Umma Jazvin, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mentor Isidora Ratković
A day spent fishing on Lake Perućac becomes an intimate portrait of love, environmental responsibility and everyday activism, following a couple who have dedicated years to protecting the lake from pollution.
Drina and Sakura Drina i Sakura
9 min 58 sec
Director Ilhan Zerem, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mentor Almir Berkovac
Through the stories of the Drina River, the Guber springs and the symbolic planting of a Japanese cherry tree, the film reflects on how small individual actions can inspire lasting environmental change.
