The Love Of Books: A Sarajevo Story

Produced in 2010

Film Information

Festival Edition 2012 - Edition 12

Section Panorama

Director Sam Hobkinson

Country Qatar - UK

Duration 75 mins

Language Bosnian

Producer Sam Hobkinson

Screenplay Sam Hobkinson

Cast George Eggay, Ravijolja Jovanovic-Leic, Sead Pandur, Mirsad Tuka

Genre Documentary

Synopsis

War-torn Bosnia in 1992. The city of Sarajevo is besieged and burning. Great art treasures are lost in the flames. Only one library remains. Amid bullets and bombs, a group of book-lovers risk their lives to rescue 10,067 irreplaceable Islamic manuscripts. At stake is a nation’s history and identity.