Praznik praznine / Glory of Emptiness
Praznik praznine / Glory of Emptiness
General Information
Duration: 1 hr 35 min 50 sec
Genres: Feature, Fiction
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Submitted By: Jasmin Durakovic
Festival Rating
“Glory of Emptiness” is a dramatic crime film situated in modern-day Sarajevo. The story revolves around a man who attempts to reconnect the scattered threads of his life through books he has lent to others and wishes to reclaim. These books not only embody his pursuit but also precipitate a series of tragic events and murders.
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DirectorsJasmin Durakovic
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WritersJasmin Durakovic
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ProducerAmira Kudumovic
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CastJasmin Durakovic
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CastSenad Basic
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CastEna Kurtalic1
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CastMirsad Tuka
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CastIzudin Bajrovic
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CastHaris Burina
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CastTihomir Stanic
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CastSlaven Knezovic
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CastBelma Salkunic
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CastVanesa Glođo
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CastJusuf Hadzifejzovic
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Film TypeFeature, Fiction
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Runtime1 hours 35 minutes 50 seconds
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Production BudgetUSD
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Film ColorColor
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerNo
Sarajevo Film Festival
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
08/16/2023
BH Film Selection
Mostar Film Festival
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mostar
11/15/2022
Festival Premiere
Best Actors Award/Official Selection
Internationa film festival
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bihac
08/20/2022
Bosnia Herzegovina Premiere
Grand Prix
Pula Film Festival
Croatia
Pula
07/25/2022
Eurorpean Premiere
Postproduction Award Selection
Festival of Author Film/FAF
Serbia
Belgrade
Serbain Premiere
Specijal Screenings
DEPO
Bosnia and Herzegovina: All Rights
Director's Biography
Jasmin Durakovic is film director, screenwritter and producer. His first two films „Nafaka“ (2026) and „Sevdah for Karim“ (2020) opened Official Selection of Sarajevo Film Festival and were shown on many International Film Festivals.His last film was „The Final Barrier“ (2016) was international cooproduction (Austria, Great Britany, United Kingdom, Bosnia, Croatia) about refugess crises in Europe. He was (co)producer of some important Bosnian and SEE cinematography (Fuse, Snow, The Tour and others) in last 20 years. He is meber of PEN.
Director's Statement
Sarajevo, the time of crisis of the human race is on the scene. Middle-aged Sado makes radical decisions - he leaves his wife,
family, mistress and does not know what a new life brings him. The only thing he brings with him to his new apartment are his old books,
but some are missing. But there’s a notebook with a list of debtors of his books. He starts looking for those people and books.
When He loses his job in the national museum, the socially lost Sado has the only foothold in his friendship with
an old conceptual artist Jusuf who sells a emptiness in his gallery. There is a student Maja who lives in his building and to whom he pays for sex.
People linking to the books he searches for in different ways are dying. It all becomes one very intricate story in which the circle of the dead expands.
Inspector Zlatko is investigating the case, and Sado, although not guilty, is slowly becoming a target.
Whether there is anything worth sacrificing in today's world without ideals and values is a question that hangs over Sado,
but also with the audience in a story that begins as an existentialist drama and ends as a tense neo noir thriller.