The Fuse: or How I Burned Simon Bolivar

Kako Sam Zapalio Simona Bolivara (Bosnian / Serbo-Croatian)
2011, 9 min, Alt/Documentary

Director/Producer/Editor: Igor Drljača
Sound Design / Mix: Steve Cupani

Using personal home video footage, this documentary follows how a young boy's attempts to avoid a poor mark on a school assignment in 1990's Sarajevo, may have contributed to a civil war.

CSA Nomination 2013: Documentary Short
Yorkton Film Festival 2012 - Best Historical Documentary

• Sarajevo Film Festival (work-in-progress, Sarajevo, Bosnia, July 2011)
• Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, Canada, Sep. 2011)
• Vancouver International Film Festival (Vancouver, Canada, Oct. 2011)
• Canada’s Top Ten 2011 (Toronto, Canada, Jan. 2012)
• Victoria Film Festival (Victoria, Canada, Feb. 2012)
• Zagrebdox (Zagreb, Croatia, Feb. 2012)
• SXSW (Austin, United States, March 2012)
• Cinema du Reel – Int. Competition (Paris, France, March 2012)
• Yorkton Short Film Festival- Best His. Documentary (Yorkton, Canada, May 2012)
• Los Angeles Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA, June 2012)
• Vienna Indep. Short Film Festival (Vienna, Austria, June 2012)
• Rooftop Films (New York, USA, June 2012)
• Gimli Film Festival (Gimli, Canada, June 2012
• Docufest Kosovo (Prizren, Kosovo, July 2012)
• Era New Horizons (Warcow, Poland, July 2012)
• Melbourne International Film Festival (Melbourne, Australia, July 2012)
• Sao Paulo Int. Short Film Festival (Sao Paulo, Brazil, Aug. 2012)
• Belo Horizonte Int. Short FF (Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Sep. 2012)
• Rio de Janairo Int. Short FF (Rio de Janairo, Brazil, Nov. 2012)
• Winterthur Kurzfilmtage (Winterthur, Switzerland, Nov. 2012)
• Barcelona L’alternativa (Barcelona, Spain, Nov. 2012)
• Pravo Ljudski Film Festival (November 2012, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Go Short Film Festival (March 2013 Nijmegen, Netherlands)
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Cast: TimeLapse Pictures

Tags: Short Documentary, Children of War, Sarajevo Siege, Bosnian Civil War and Refugees