In the decade between the late 90s and mid-2000s, Bosnian director Srdan Vuletic helmed several award-winning films such as “Summer in the Golden Valley” and “It’s Hard to Be Nice,” which premiered in major festivals such as Toronto and Berlin. After the latter, the director did not helm a project for 17 years, returning to cinema last year in quite the prolific comeback with “Gym” and now “ Otter ,” which will have its world premiere at the Sarajevo Film Festival .

The coming-of-age drama is adapted from Stefan Bošković’s (also the film’s scriptwriter) short story and trails Hana (Maša Drašler), a shy 16-year-old who is in love with popular kid Mario (Savin Perišić). On the morning of their first unofficial date, a rare solar eclipse is set to take place, and Hana’s dad dies, start

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