No Smoking in Sarajevo

No Smoking in Sarajevo is a 2016 French documentary film by Gianluca Loffredo and Andrea Postiglione.[1] The documentary explores the history of rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje (transl. No Smoking) through stories of three founding members; Sejo Sexon, Nele Karajlić and Fudo.[2] The film was released on October 26, 2016, in Paris, France.

No Smoking in Sarajevo
Directed by
  • Gianluca Loffredo
  • Andrea Postiglione
Written by
  • Gianluca Loffredo
  • Andrea Postiglione
Produced by
  • Gildas Nivet
  • Tristant Guerlotté
  • Thomas Bouniort
  • Rafael Bernabeu Garcia
  • Gianluca Loffredo
Starring
Narrated byGianluca Loffredo
CinematographyTristant Guerlotté
Edited by
  • Gianluca Loffredo
  • Tristant Guerlotté
Music byRafael Bernabeu Garcia
Production
companies
  • Grenouilles Productions
  • Colibri Film
  • Chacapa Studio
Release date
  • 26 October 2016 (2016-10-26) (Paris)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageItalian
Budget€168,000

On December 21, 2016, the film had its Sarajevo premiere at the 2016 Sarajevo Film Festival.[3] The film won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2017 Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival in New York City, NY.[4]

Synopsis

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The documentary tells the history of a Yugoslavian rock band through stories of its three first members, Sejo Sexon, Nele Karajlić and Fudo. Their story is emblematic of what happened in socialist Yugoslavia in the last 30 years. The film revisits the time of New Primitivism, famous TV show Top Lista Nadrealista and old concerts of Zabranjeno Pušenje.[5][6]

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References

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  1. ^ "No Smoking in Sarajevo". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  2. ^ ""No smoking in Sarajevo": Talijani i Francuzi napravili film o Seji, Neletu i Zenitu". klix.ba. Retrieved 2 September 2018. (in Bosnian)
  3. ^ "Održana premijera filma "No smoking in Sarajevo"". ba.n1info.com. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  4. ^ "THE GOLDEN APPLE AWARDS". bhffnyc.org. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  5. ^ "No smoking in Sarajevo". peramuseum.org. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  6. ^ "No Smoking in Sarajevo: Ni hepek im ne može pomoći". filmofil.ba. Retrieved 2 September 2018. (in Bosnian)
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