UN CERTAIN REGARD SPECIAL DISTINCTION AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2012

In another country or another era, they might have been happy. But Rahima, 23, and her brother Nedim, 14, are children of sarajevo and war orphans. After dabbling in petty crime, Rahima has found comfort in islam and works long hours in a restaurant kitchen for a paltry 500 euros a month. As for nedim, his life takes a sudden turn for the worse when he breaks the iPhone of a classmate, the son of a prominent politician. after snow, which delves into the lives of war widows, Bosnian filmmaker Aida Begic is back with a new look at her troubled country and the ghosts that still haunt it. Winner of a jury prize in the un Certain Regard program at Cannes, Children of sarajevo is a candid, hard-hitting film, but it never sinks into doom and gloom. Begic makes inspired use of music by Beethoven and an all-seeing hand-held camera. In the role of the complex, engaging rahima, Marija Pikic shines like a bright star in a pitch-black sky.