Sabina Vajrača
Director | Writer | Philosopher
Sevap / Mitzvah
PRESS
Reuters Interview (VIDEO): "Film tells of Bosnian Muslims and Jews saving one another in wars"
B'nai B'rith International Interview (VIDEO)
N1 TV Interview (VIDEO): "Istinita ratna priča poslužila kao inspiracija za film Sevap" (in Bosnian)
RTVTK Interview (VIDEO) (in Bosnian)
Klix: "U centru Sarajeva osvanule nacističke zastave, snima se film o Drugom svjetskom ratu" (in Bosnian)
Klix: "Sabina Vajrača osvojila nagradu Claims Conferncea za film 'Sevap/Mitzvah'" (in Bosnian)
Oslobodjenje: "Film bosansko-američke režiserke Sabine Vajrače proglašen najboljim" (in Bosnian)
SEVAP / MITZVAH
Short Film | Period Drama
Status: In festivals
During WWII in Nazi-occupied Bosnia a Muslim woman risks everything to save her Jewish friends. 50 years later the tables have turned.
Inspired by a true story.
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Director/Writer: Sabina Vajrača
Producers: Kerim Mašović, Sabina Vajrača
Executive Producer: Azra Isaković
Co-Producer: Ivo Kaunitz
Director of Photography: Alen Alilović
Production & Costume Designer: Adisa Vatreš Selimović
Asst. Production & Costume Designer: Monika Močević
Props Master: Admir "Guma" Karkelja
Composer: Merima Ključo
Casting: Vanja Nikolić
Editor: Saša Peševski
Script Consultant: Richard Kletter
History Consultant: Eli Tauber
Book Illustrations by: Aurélie Tournois, inspired by
the works of Nesim Tahirović
CAST
Zejneba Hardaga: Helena Vuković
Bahra Hardaga: Sanela Krsmanović-Bistrivoda
Rifka Kabiljo: Magdalena Živaljić Tadić
Mustafa Hardaga: Adnan Hasković
Izet Hardaga: Muhamed Hadžović
Josef Kabiljo: Frano Mašković Mačak
Ivica: Rijad Gvozden
Older Zejneba Hardaga: Emina Minka Muftić
Older Rifka Kabiljo: Jasna Buha
Aida Hardaga: Snežana Vidović
JDC Representative: Reshad Strik
Translator: Amar Selimović
Benjamin Kabiljo: Darijan Mehmedpašić
Tova Kabiljo: Ela Selimović
Young Aida Hardaga: Uma Fijuljanin
Young Zejneba Hardaga: Dalia Kalamujić
Young Rifka Kabiljo: Reina Selimović
Bahra and Izet's Older Son: Aton Ilaj Kurt
Bahra and Izet's Younger Son: Omar Mahmutagić
Woman at the Marketplace: Asja Pavlović
Funded by the Claims Conference Film Grant
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