# Tuzla Film Festival

The Tuzla Film Festival is an annual film festival that takes places in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

## Focus

The Tuzla Film Festival is organized by Magic Factory, with the aim of promoting South Slavic cinematography.

## History

Organizational efforts for the first festival began in 2010, requiring two full years because of lack of financial and human resources. The first festival occurred on August 22, 2012, at the Bosnian Cultural Center in Tuzla. In attendance were actors, directors, producers and business people from the former Yugoslavia.
The second festival featured a casting call for the film Atomski s desna directed by Srđan Dragojević, in which two local children (Ensar Hamzić and Danis Aljić) became the first children of Tuzla to be cast in a feature film.
The third annual festival introduced an international film competition.

## Categories

Tuzla Film Festival includes the following categories:
* feature film
* documentary
* short
* animated movie
In addition, the Tuzla Film Festival has two special categories:
* "Shoot with anything"
* "Future generation short films"
These categories aim to encourage participation of young filmmakers.

## Awards

The main award at the festival is called Vila TFF

### Vila TFF for the best feature movie

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 2012 | Death of a Man in the Balkans (2012 film) | Smrt čoveka na Balkanu | Miroslav Momčilović | Serbia |
| 2013 | A Stranger (2013 film) | Obrana i zaštita | Bobo Jelčić | Croatia |
| 2014 | See You in Montevideo (2014 film) | Montevideo, vidimo se | Dragan Bjelogrlić | Serbia |
| 2015 | Our Everyday Life (2015 film) | Naša svakodnevna priča | Ines Tanović | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2016 | Death in Sarajevo (2016 film) | Smrt u Sarajevu | Danis Tanović | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2017 | The Constitution (2016 film) | Ustav Republike Hrvatske | Rajko Grlić | Croatia |
| 2018 | Miner (2017 film) | Rudar | Hanna Slak | Slovenia |
| 2019 | God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija(2019 film) | God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija | Teona Strugar Mitevska | North Macedonia |

### Vila TFF for the best short movie

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 2012 | Bardo (2012 film) | Bardo | Marija Apchevska | North Macedonia |
| 2013 | — | Priča bez kraja (2013 film) | Elvir Muminović | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2014 | Boxed (2014 film) | Kutija | Nebojša Slijepčević | Croatia |
| 2015 | If the Sheep were Pink (2015 film) | Kad bi ovce bile roze | Đurđija Radivojević | Serbia |
| 2016 | The Beast (2015 film) | Zvjerka | Daina Oniunas Pusić | Croatia |
| 2017 | Iron Story (2017 film) | Zeleznata prikazna | Zlatko Kalenikov | North Macedonia |
| 2018 | The Last Well (2017 film) | Posljednji bunar | Filip Filković | Croatia |
| 2019 | Tina & Sendy (2018 film) | Tina & Sendy | Hani Domazet | Croatia |

### Vila TFF for the best documentary movie

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 2012 | — | Bijelo Dugme (2012 film) | Igor Stoimenov | Serbia |
| 2013 | Mother Europe (2013 film) | Mama Europa | Petra Seliškar | Slovenia |
| 2013 | — | Neke djevojke su veće od drugih | Anja Kavić | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2014 | Nobody's (2014 film) | Ničiji | Jadran Boban | Croatia |
| 2015 | — | Prolaz za Stellu | Ljiljana Šišmanović | Croatia |
| 2016 | Vietnam | Vijetnam | Jovana Kovanović | Serbia |
| 2017 | Scream For Me Sarajevo | Scream For Me Sarajevo | Tarik Hodžić | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2018 | Lica Lafore | The Faces of Lafora | Denis Bojić | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2019 | Poštovana predsjednice | Dear Mrs. President! | Daniel Pavlić | Croatia |

### Vila TFF for the best animated movie

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 2012 | Dove sei, amor mio (2012 film) | Dove sei, amor mio | Veljko Popović | Croatia |
| 2013 | — | Fibonaccijev kruh (2013 film) | Danijel Žeželj | Croatia |
| 2014 | Aleric (2013 film) | Alerik | Vuk Mitevski | North Macedonia |
| 2015 | Secret Laboratory of Nikola Tesla (2015 film) | Tajni laboratorij Nikole Tesle | Bruno Razum | Croatia |
| 2016 | Ghost Town (2016 film) | Grad duhova | Marko Dješka | Croatia |
| 2017 | The Dragon | Aždaja | Ivan Ramadan | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2018 | White Crow | Bijela vrana | Miran Miošić | Croatia |
| 2019 | Malleus Dei | Malleus Dei | Dino Krpan | Croatia |

### Vila TFF for the best film in "Future Generation Short Films" category

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 2016 | Face to Face (2016 film) | Lice u lice | Valerie Knill | Germany |
| 2017 | Revelation – The City Of Haze | Revelation – The City Of Haze | Mao Qichao | China |
| 2018 | The Box | The Box | Aristeidis Deligiannidis | Greece |
| 2019 | Elisabeth | Elisabeth | Noemi d'Ursel, Laura Bossicart | Belgium |

## Notable guests

People who visited the festival include:
* Lazar Ristovski
* Enis Bešlagić
* Emir Hadžihafizbegović
* Nikola Kojo
* Zlatan Zuhrić
* Jelena Perčin
* Slaven Knezović
* Srđan Dragojević
* Robert Kurbaša
* Asim Ugljen
* Zijad Gračić
* Ademir Kenović
* Hrvoje Barišić
* Miloš Samolov
* Miroslav Momčilović
* Mira Banjac
* Milutin Karadžić
* Filip Juričić
* Zijah Sokolović
* Momčilo Otašević
* Adnan Hasković