Croatia noms award-winning “Halima’s Path” for Best Foreign Oscar

PanARMENIAN.Net - Croatian director Arsen Anton Ostojic’s new feature film Halima’s Path is the country's official candidate for best foreign Oscar, The Hollywood Reporter said.

The film, based on a true story from a script from Fedja Isovic, tells a devastating story from the Balkans civil war about a couple who stumble upon a terrifying truth years after ‘ethnic cleansing’ had murderously torn the former Yugoslavia apart.

Powerful and moving, the film has been picking up awards at festivals worldwide and in May won the top prize at Los Angeles' SEEFilm Fest, a showcase dedicated to South East European cinema.

It’s the third time Ostojic has been put forward for a best foreign language Academy Award.

In 2004 his debut, the black and white A Wonderful Night in Split, was the country's candidate. Four years later in 2008 his second film No One's Son was its choice. Both films won international acclaim and festival kudos.

Halima's Path is a three-country co-production with contributions from Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, although most of the budget came via the Croatian Audiovisual Center.

The film is scheduled for festival screening in the next couple of months in Cairo, Cottbus and Tallinn.

Ostojic currently has two projects in development in the U.S. and is hoping to make his English-language debut soon.