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The Perfect Circle
''The Perfect Circle'' ( Bosnian: ''Savršeni krug'') is a 1997 Bosnian war drama film by Ademir Kenović set in Sarajevo during the siege of 1992-1996. It was written by Kenović with Pjer Žalica and Abdulah Sidran. The title derives from the ability of "Hamza" (played by Mustafa Nadarević) to draw perfect circles on paper. Plot A Bosnian poet (Hamza) lives with his family in Sarajevo during the horrific siege of the city in the early 1990s. The war in Bosnia is raging all around them. After sending his wife (Gospoda) and daughter (Miranda) to Croatia, he finds two orphans Adis and Kerim, who have escaped a massacre in their own village, hiding in his home. After escaping their village the orphans have come to Sarajevo in search of their aunt, who used to live in the Bistrik district. Hamza decides to help the boys by sheltering them and helping them look for their aunt. After a long search, Hamza discovers that the boys' aunt has been airlifted to Germany. Upon learning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ademir Kenović
Ademir Kenović (born September 14, 1950) is a Bosnian film director and producer. He graduated from the University of Sarajevo in 1975. In 1972–73 he studied film, English literature and art at the Denison University in Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the .... His films include '' Kuduz'' (1989) and '' A Little Bit of Soul'' (1987). His 1997 work '' The Perfect Circle'' won the François Chalais Prize. He also produced the popular 2004 Bosnian film '' Days and Hours''. References External links * Ademir Kenovićat Bosnian Wikiquote {{DEFAULTSORT:Kenovic, Ademir 1950 births Living people Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina Film people from Sarajevo Denison University alumni Bosnia and Herzegovina film directors Bosnia and Herzegovina film pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetnik
The Chetniks,, ; formally the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army, and also the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland; and informally colloquially the Ravna Gora Movement, was a Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav royalist and Serbian nationalist movement and Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla force in Axis-occupied Yugoslavia. Although it was not a homogeneous movement, it was led by Draža Mihailović. While it was anti-Axis powers, Axis in its long-term goals and engaged in marginal resistance activities for limited periods, it also engaged in tactical or selective Collaborationism, collaboration with Axis forces for almost all of the war. The Chetnik movement adopted a policy of collaboration with regard to the Axis, and engaged in cooperation to one degree or another by both establishing a ''modus vivendi'' and operating as "legalised" auxiliary forces under Axis control. Over a period of time, and in different parts of the country, the movement was progressively drawn into collaborat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Božidar Bunjevac
''Božidar ( Bulgarian, Macedonian, sr-cyr, Божидар, , sometimes transliterated as Bojidar, or Bozhidar) is a Slavic masculine given name. It means "divine gift", derived from the Slavic elements ''božĭjĭ'' ("divine") and ''darŭ'' ("gift"). The name is a calque of the Greek name Theodoros. Direct cognates of the latter and of Božidar in the (South) Slavic languages include: Teodor, Todor, Tudor, Todo. The feminine form of the name is Božidarka. Notable people with the name Božidar include: * Božidar "Boki" Milošević (1931–2018), Serbian clarinetist * Božidar "Boško" Antić (1944–2007), Bosnian Serb footballer * Bozidar Brazda (born 1972), Canadian artist, writer, and musician * Bozidar Cuk (born 1992), Montenegrin volleyball player * Bozidar Iskrenov (born 1962), Bulgarian footballer * Božidar Adžija (1890–1941), Yugoslav left-wing politician and journalist * Božidar Alić (1954–2020), Croatian actor * Božidar Antunović (born 1991), Serbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amina Begović
Amina (or Aminah) is the loose transcription of two different Arabic female given names: * ʾĀmina (Arabic: آمنة, also anglicized as ''Aaminah'' or ''Amna'') meaning "safe one, protected" * ʾAmīna (Arabic: أمينة, also anglicized as ''Ameena''), the feminine form of Amin (name), Amin, meaning "devoted, honest, straightforward, trusty, worth of belief (believable), loyal, faithful, obedient of Iman (Islam), Iman". Women named Āmina *Amina bint Wahb (549–577), mother of Muhammad * Amina bint Affan, was the sister of third Muslim caliph Uthman (r. 644–656). *Aaminah Haq, Pakistani model and actress * See also people listed at Amna Women named Amīna *Amina (Queen of Zazzau) (died 1610), Hausa warrior queen of Zazzau (now Zaria), in what is now northwest Nigeria *Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (1954–2012), Moroccan princess *Amina of the Maldives, or Amina Rani Kilegefa’anu ( 1759), monarch, as Sultana regnant, of the Maldives from 1757 until 1759 after acting as r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senad Bašić
Senad Bašić (born 26 August 1962) is a Bosnian film, theater and television actor, and comedian. He also works as a professor at the Academy of Performing Arts, Sarajevo, Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, specializing in acting. Bašić graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in 1987. He has appeared in many films, such as ''Holiday in Sarajevo'' (1991), ''The Perfect Circle'' (1997), ''Summer in the Golden Valley'' (2003), ''Days and Hours'' (2004), ''It's Hard to Be Nice'' (2007) and ''Bosnian Pot (film), Bosnian Pot'' (2023). Bašić gained later recognition for portraying the role of List of Lud, zbunjen, normalan characters#Faruk Fazlinović, Faruk Fazlinović in the sitcom ''Lud, zbunjen, normalan'' from 2007 to 2016. Filmography Film Television Awards *Best young actor - Professional Actors Festival - 1989 *"Mala liska" award - Bosnian comedy festival "Mostar liska" - 2004 Nominations *Golden Leopard (Best Actor) - 55th Locarno Film Festival - 2002 Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabina Bambur
Sabina may refer to: Places and jurisdictions * Sabina (region), region and place in Italy, and hence: * The now Suburbicarian Diocese of Sabina (-Poggio Mirteto), Italy * Magliano Sabina, city, Italy * Pozzaglia Sabina, city, Italy *Fara Sabina, a commune in the province of Rieti, Lazio, Italy * Palombara Sabina, a town and commune in the province of Rome, Italy * Sabina Shoal, a disputed atoll of Dangerous Ground in South China Sea *Sabinas Hidalgo, a municipality in Nuevo León, Mexico *Sabinas, Coahuila, a municipality in Mexico * Sabina, Illinois, unincorporated community, United States * Sabina, Ohio, village, United States *Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica * Šabina, region in the Sokolov District, Czech Republic * Al-Sabinah, a town in Rif Dimashq governorate, Syria People Antiquity * Poppaea Sabina (30–65), wife of the emperor Nero * Vibia Sabina (83–136/137), wife of the emperor Hadrian, posthumously deified as ''diva Sabina'' * Saint Sabina, dedicatee of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mira Avram
Mira (), designation Omicron Ceti (ο Ceti, abbreviated Omicron Cet, ο Cet), is a red-giant star estimated to be 200–300 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Cetus. ο Ceti is a binary stellar system, consisting of a variable red giant (Mira A) along with a white dwarf companion ( Mira B). Mira A is a pulsating variable star and was the first non-supernova variable star discovered, with the possible exception of Algol. It is the prototype of the Mira variables. Nomenclature ο Ceti ( Latinised to ''Omicron Ceti'') is the star's Bayer designation. It was named Mira (Latin for 'wonderful' or 'astonishing') by Johannes Hevelius in his ''Historiola Mirae Stellae'' (1662). In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN, which included Mira for this star. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragan Marinković
Dragan Marinković "Maca" (born 17 March 1968) is a Bosnian actor and TV personality. Widely known by his nickname Maca, though trained as an actor, Marinković is most notable for his outrageous personality showcased during his stints on reality television. In mid-2007, he was a contestant on the first season of '' Veliki brat VIP'' (the Serbian version of ''Celebrity Big Brother''), making it all the way to the final day. In early 2010 he repeated the same on another reality contest ''Farma''. He currently resides in Novi Sad with his family. His biggest acting job is a role opposite Mirsad Tuka and Mira Furlan in the 2010 multiple award-winning Bosnian film '' The Abandoned''. Career Acting After graduating from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, Maca experienced trouble breaking into the business. Initially only involved with acting through supporting parts on film and in theater, he could be seen in the occasional play on small Sarajevo stages such as Kamerni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubica Lohajner-Znidarić
Ljubica ( sr-cyr, Љубица and ) is a Slavic feminine given name meaning "love" or "kiss", where -ica is a diminutive suffix. Also, ''ljubica'' means violet, while the actual flower is ''ljubičica'', a superdiminutive. It is Serbo-Croatian in origin, used throughout the former Yugoslavia. Variants * Bulgarian: ''Lyubitsa'', Любица * Slovak: ''Ľubica'' Notable people * Ljubica Acevska (born 1957), Macedonian diplomat * Ljubica Čakarević (1894–1980), Serbian combatant * Ljubica Drljača (born 1978), Serbian basketball coach and player * Ljubica Ivošević Dimitrov (1884–1933), Serbian-Bulgarian textile worker, activist, newspaper editor and poet * Ljubica Janković (1894–1974), Serbian ethnomusicologist * Ljubica Jelušič (born 1960), Slovenian politician * Ljubica Jembrih (born 1974), Croatian politician * Ljubica Luković (1858–1915), Serbian nurse, social worker, teacher and translator *Ljubica Marić (1909–2003), Serbian composer * Ljubica Mrdaković ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirela Lambić
Mirela is a Southern and Eastern European feminine given name with a Latin origin, cognate to Mirella. People Notable persons with that name include: *Mirela (singer) (born 1990), Spanish singer *Mirela Balić (born 1999), Spanish actress *Mirela Brekalo (born 1956), Croatian actress *Mirela Cabero García (born 1990), Spanish singer known mononymously as Mirela *Mirela Delibegovic, British virologist originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina *Mirela Demireva (born 1989), Bulgarian high jumper *Mirela Dulgheru (born 1966), Romanian-Turkish Olympian long jumper *Mirela Holy (born 1971), Croatian politician *Mirela Maniani (born 1976), Greek Olympian track and field athlete *Mirela Nichita-Pașca (born 1985), Romanian handballer *Mirela Roznoveanu (born 1947), Romanian-American literary critic, writer, and journalist *Mirela Rupic (born 1967), American costume and fashion designer *Mirela Țugurlan (born 1979), Romanian artistic gymnast Ships , a Canadian ferry in service 1986-87 See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasna Diklić
Jasna Diklić (born March 8, 1946) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian theatre and film actress. She was born in Sarajevo. Her mother was also an actress and a puppeteer. Diklić's first theatre experiences began at MESS Festival's experimental theatre studio, after which she proceeded to study acting at the Department of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. She was first engaged professionally by Banja Luka's National Theatre in 1969. Shortly thereafter, she was hired by a small Sarajevo theatre presently known as Kamerni Teatar 55. She has appeared in over 150 theatre and film roles. She has won a number of awards for her roles and is one of the founders of The Sarajevo War Theatre. In 2017, she has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
