Kingston Canadian Film Festival 2022

THE WHITE FORTRESS

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One of Canada’s most distinctive young filmmakers, Igor Drljaca delivers his strongest and most distinctive work to date with this bittersweet and beautifully shot romantic drama set in post-war Sarajevo. A teenage orphan living with his grandmother in the suburbs, Faruk (Pavle Čemerikić) has a glimpse of another kind of life than he’s fated to live when he meets Mona (Sumeja Dardagan), the daughter of a politically powerful man. Their connection gives warmth and richness to Drljaca’s deftly rendered portrait of a wider society in transition. A Canada’s Top Ten selection (TIFF) that first earned rave reviews at the Berlin Film Festival, THE WHITE FORTRESS earned another honour when it became Bosnia and Herzegovina’s entry for consideration for the best international feature at this year’s Academy Awards.

  • Runtime
    88 minutes
  • Language
    Bosnian, English
  • Director
    Igor Drljaca
  • Cast
    Pavle Čemerikić, Jasmin Geljo, Alban Ukaj