Gegić Šemsudin
Gegić Šemsudin

Director

Šemsudin Gegić was born in 1951. in Zavidovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He graduated from University of Arts/Academy of Dramatic Arts (theatre, film, radio and television) in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia. He finished his specialisation in directing in Milan (Italy). He is the author and director of numerous documentary, documentary–feature films and TV movies, as well as radio and stage plays, for which he won domestic and international plaudits and awards (Award Golden Hands for Human Rights and Humanity for the Best Documentary AUTOGRAPH,Plovdiv, 2010; Camera veritas for the Best Documentary AMBASSADORS LEARNING LANGUAGES, Plovdiv, 2007.; Golden Art Amphora for the Best Documentary A BOY FROM A WAR MOVIE, Sophia, 2005.; First Special Award Napolidrammaturgiain Festival for the Best Drama LA DOTE, Napoli, 2002.; Special Award of the International Jury of the VI Sarajevo Film Festival for the documentary-feature film TRACING THE FOOTPRINTS OF SHADOWS, Sarajevo, 2000.; Scena Prima Award for the best play LA SIBILLA DI SARAJEVO, Lombardia, 1996.)

Filmography

2019 - SNOWBALL AND SHIITAKE MUSHROOM / I PALLA DI NEVE E SHITAKE FUNGO - Feature-lenght documentary film - (cinematografpher, editor, director, screenwriter)

2015 - INVISIBLE CHILD TRAP - Feature-lenght documentary film - (producer, director, screenwriter)

2011 - AUTOGRAF - Short documentary film - (director, screenwriter), ŠANTIĆEVA 88 - Short documentary film - (director)

2010 - NOSTALGIC CLOCKS - Feature-lenght documentary film - (director, screenwriter)

2007 - AMBASSADORS ARE LEARNING LANGUAGES - Short documentary film - (director, screenwriter)

2004 - BOY FROM A WAR MOVIE - Short documentary film - (producer, director, screenwriter)

1995 - FRIEND OF BOSNIA - Short documentary film - (director, screenwriter)

1994 - EVACUATION - Short documentary film - (director, screenwriter), SARAJEVO – 1001 NIGHTS - Short documentary film - (director, screenwriter)

1993 - DO YOU REMEMBER GORAŽDE? - Short documentary film - (director), SARAJEVO FROM RIGHT TO LEFT - Short documentary film - (director, screenwriter)

1992 - A TICKET FOR THE PAST - Short documentary film - (director, screenwriter)

Other movies

2019 - I PALLA DI NEVE E SHITAKE FUNGO / SNOWBALL AND SHITAKE MASHROOM, documentary

2014 - FABLE OF BOSNIA, documentary-feature

2012/13 - TITOVAZA, omnibus of 7 short films

2003 - SUADA - GODDESS OF THE GOOD INTENTIONS, documentary

2002 - SHOES OF A SINISTER HERO, TV movie

2001 - PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER 1, documentary

2000 - TRACING THE FOOTPRINTS OF SHADOWS, documentary-feature

1998 - TALIA ON UNA, documentary

1993 - HOTEL EUROPE, documentary;

1992 - AJSA'S VOICE ECHO, documentary;

1991 - ADD SORROW IN WRITING, documentary-feature

1989 - A FREE RIDE, documentary-feature