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Ademir Kenovic
1950: born in Sarajevo1969: University of Sarajevo
1972 - 73: studied film, English literature and art at Dennison University, Ohio, USA
1974: Graduated in English language and literature at the University of Sarajevo with the thesis Shakespeare and Film.
1989 - : Professor at Cinema and Theatre Academy of Sarajevo. Since 1976 Kenovic directs and produces clips, documentaries, short feature films, publicity and educational films, amongst others for Sarajevo Television.
Long Feature Films
1986: A Little Bit Of Soul, opened "La Quinzaine de Realisateurs" at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.Subsequently, this film was programmed in most of the major film festivals at Tokyo, Montreal, San Fransisco and New York.
1989: Kuduz, featured at all the important international film festivals, won the Felix Award for the Best Film, Best Leading Actress and Best Music.
The Special Prize of the Jury was awarded to this film for "its new spirit coming from Sarajevo".
1994: Man, God, the Monster, aka MGM/Sarajevo opened the Director's Fortnight in Cannes. This film, which Kenovic co-directed with three others, has been subtitled: "an aesthetical approach from film directors, with their views considerably changed through the phenomenon of war". It was awarded in the European Academy in Berlin.