Section: POLSKIE HORYZONTY: The Female Gaze

Under the Cover

Under the Cover

Sabrina Begović-Ćorić, Nejra Latić Hulusić
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2015, 60 Min

By many the headscarf is regarded as a form of oppression in a male-dominated society. What is to be done however when young Muslim women reinterpret the hijab as a symbol of female liberation?

HAVA Sarajevo

Bosnian-Herzogovinian filmmaker Nejra Latić Hulusić, a hijab-wearer, and Sabrina Begović Ćorić, a Muslim who prefers not to wear a headscarf, discuss a new “punk movement” that has appeared in society; “a young generation of Muslim women are choosing to wear the headscarf as an expression of faith and rebellion against the capitalist vision of female liberation.” On researching the matter further they encounter self-assured women who see the headscarf as a source of freedom in a sexually-charged society. An alternative, Bosnian take on the headscarf debate.

As UNDER THE COVER is yet to be completed, the directors will discuss their film within the framework of the FilmFestival Cottbus as a work in progress.

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Sabrina Begović-Ćorić, Nejra Latić Hulusić
Kamera
Amel Đikoli
Ton
Vanja Kutrović
Schnitt
Nejra Hulusić
Musik
Ahmed & Muhamed Latić
Produzent
Sabrina Begović-Ćorić, Nejra Latić Hulusić
Produktion
HAVA Sarajevo
Kontakt
HAVA Sarajevo
Sabrina Begović-Ćorić
Grbavička 14a
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel.: +387.619.224 22
hava.film@gmail.com

Sabrina Begović-Ćorić, Nejra Latić Hulusić - Sabrina Begović-Ćorić – born 1986 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina). She graduated at the Film, Theatre and Television Directing Department of the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. From 2009, she has collaborated with TV channels, film festivals, theaters, and companies. In 2011, she co-founded HAVA, an NGO production company promoting only art made by or about women.

Nejra Latić Hulusić – born 1985 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina). She graduated at the Film, Theatre and Television Directing Department of the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. In 2011, she co-founded the NGO production company HAVA.

Movies
Sabrina Begović-Ćorić:
SUNČANA DJECA (2009, short, doc)
TREBA BITI LAV (2015, short, doc)

Nejra Latić Hulusić:
NJENA FILMSKA LJUBAV (2013, short, doc)
U PLAVO (2014, short)