The White Fortress

The White Fortress

"The White Fortress is a startling, hypnotizing, but above all haunting work destined to linger." Globe and Mail

Berlin International Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival

Set in the rundown Sarajevo suburb of Alipasino Polje, writer/director Igor Drljaca's gripping drama focusses on Faruk (Pavle Cemerikic, giving a captivating performance), an orphan who lives with his ill grandmother and spends his days foraging for scrap metal and dabbling in petty crime. One day he meets Mona (Sumeja Dardagan), a timid teen from a politically powerful and affluent family. As Mona dreams of escaping the overbearing toxicity of her home life, she seeks refuge and opens herself up to Faruk, a boy from a world entirely different than her own.

Canada, Bosnia & Herzegovina - 2021 - 1h 29m
Directed By: Igor Drljaca
Written By: Igor Drljaca
Starring: Pavle Cemerikic, Sumeja Dardagan, Jasmin Geljo

The White Fortress
  • The White Fortress

    "The White Fortress is a startling, hypnotizing, but above all haunting work destined to linger." Globe and Mail

    Berlin International Film Festival
    Thessaloniki International Film Festival
    Vancouver International Film Festival

    Set in the rundown Sarajevo suburb of Alipasino Polje, writer/direct...

Extras

  • The White Fortress Trailer

    When a chance encounter brings together two teens from opposite sides of life in post-war Sarajevo, a blossoming romance conceals their desperate and disturbing motives.