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Credits

DIRECTOR: 
Srđan Perkić

 

SCREENPLAY:
Davor Sučić – Sejo Sexon, Srđan Perkić

 

STORYTELLER & NARRATOR:
Davor Sučić – Sejo Sexon

 

PRODUCER:
Amra Hadžihafizbegović – Deović

 

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
Sabrina Beširević

 

ADVISORS & CONSULTANTS:
Muris Beglerović, Dario Vitez, Tesa Sučić

 

EDITOR:
Tomislav Josipović

 

SOUND DESIGNER:
Toni Lović

 

MOVIE TRAILER NARRATOR:
Haris Burina

All credits:

PERFORMERS: Davor Sučić-Sejo Sexon, Robert Boldižar-Robi, Toni Lović, Branko Trajkov-Trak, Dejan Orešković-Klo, Lana Škrgatić, Predrag Bobić-Bleka, Mustafa Čengić-Muče, Mirko Srdić-Elvis J. Kurtović, Dario Vitez, Saša Perkić, Bakir Beširević, Anđela Šarac, Ibrahim Horić-Cuco, Anela Omahić, Aleksa Kubura, Vuk Kubura, Jan Hadžiabdić, Leon Nedić, Krešimir Jurina-Krešo, Mateo Patekar-Mici | DIRECTOR: Srđan Perkić | SCREENPLAY: Davor Sučić-Sejo Sexon & Srđan Perkić | STORYTELLER & NARRATOR: Davor Sučić – Sejo Sexon | PRODUCER: Amra Hadžihafizbegović-Deović | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Sabrina Beširević | LINE PRODUCER: Dario Vitez | ADVISORS & CONSULTANTS: Muris Beglerović, Muris Beglerović, Tesa Sučić | DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Mario Delić & Aron Kovačić | CAMERAMEN: Zoran Kubura, Lorenzo Gorini, Lisa De Cecco, Giordano Bianchi, Ciprian Turutea, Alessandro Calini, Bojan Hadžiabdić, Vanja Ban | EDITOR: Tomislav Josipović | ASSISTANT EDITOR: Sabrina Beširević COLORIST: Chroma studio | ANIMATOR: Davor Klarić | SOUND DESIGNER: Toni Lović | BOOM OPERATOR: Martina Marafatto | MOVIE TRAILER NARRATOR: Haris Burina | POSTER DESIGNER: Mirza Selimović | ILLUSTRATORS: Lisa De Cecco, Sabrina Beširević, Mattia Mode | LOGISTIC: Mehmed Kekić-Keka-“Caffe Rajvosa”, Irhad Alispahić-“Hotel Grad” | PRODUCTION MANAGER: Pasqualino Suppa | PROPS MASTER: Anela Omahić | TRANSLATOR: Sanja Marjanović-Haller | PROOFREADING: Jim Marshall | SKETCH ARTIST: Srđan Velimirović

IN COPRODUCTION

Nominations and awards

28. Sarajevo Film Festival

WORLD PREMIERE

Official selection of the Competition Program

2022.

Avant & Una

Bihać Avantura Film Festival

The award for the best documentary film alongside with the film "Skroz Sarajevo"

2022.

Tuzla Film Festival

24. International Documentary
Film Festival Tuzla

Award for the best documentary film

2022.

SEE fest Los Angeles

(South East European Film Festival)

AUDIENCE AWARD

Best Documentary Film

2023.

SEE fest Los Angeles

(South East European Film Festival)

BARCO HDR MASTER

Light Steering Color Grade Prize
for Best Documentary Film

2023.

LindenFest

Cetinje

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

For an innovative directorial-dramaturgical approach in the feature documentary
film category

2023.

dokuMfest

International Music Documentary
Film Festival Zenica

Award for the best documentary film

2023.

18. DOKUart

Documentary Film Festival
Association for the promotion of culture Bjelovar

AUDIENCE AWARD

For the best documentary film

2023.

Eastern Neighbours Film Festival

The Hague, Netherlands

Selection of the best 50 films from 27 countries

2022.

Summer Cinema Valter

Film Center Sarajevo

Ceremonial opening of the
1st "Ljetno Kino Valter"

2022.

Beldocs

International Documentary
Film Festival

Special Screening

2023.

About the movie

Sarajevo 1969-2019. The fiftieth anniversary of the legendary Skenderija Hall, a temple of music and sport, famed far and wide. Half a century of history of this Sarajevo institution is told from the point of view of Sejo Sexon, leader and frontman of the group “Zabranjeno pušenje”. An intimate story that starts from childhood, youthful dreams, failed attempts and first successes, all the way through to the post-war comeback and peak of their career, crowned at a concert on the occasion of the joint jubilee of both the band and the hall, in basements of which they began their journey.

 

The film Lights of Sarajevo takes us to cold winter nights, through unique, picturesque Sarajevo settlements and neighborhoods and through myths and legends related to the hall itself, dating back to the socialist period. The camera often, without censorship, peeks into the intimacy of the backstage and the preparations of its members for the gig, as well as all the tension and excitement prior to the biggest solo concert of the band in its long career. This time capsule, a remarkable and unique snapshot from its long and fascinating history, is given by “Zabranjeno pušenje” as a gift to its audience and all those people whose life stories the band turned into timeless songs, who have been the band’s loyal and only support throughout all these years.

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