The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs

The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Bojan Bodružić and released in 2018.[1] The film centres on interviews between Bodružić, a Bosnian-born filmmaker who came to Canada with his parents as refugees from the Bosnian War in the 1990s, and his grandparents, who never left Sarajevo, about their experiences living through the war.[1]

The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs
Film poster
Directed byBojan Bodružić
Written byBojan Bodružić
Produced byBojan Bodružić
Igor Drljaca
CinematographyBojan Bodružić
Edited byBojan Bodružić
Music byBojan Bodružić
Alexandre Klinke
Production
company
Japanese Polka Dancing Films
Release date
  • September 30, 2018 (2018-09-30) (VIFF)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageSerbo-Croatian

The film took 15 years to make, beginning with Bodružić's first trip back to Sarajevo after the war in the early 2000s.[2]

The film premiered on September 30, 2018 at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival,[3] where it won the award for Best Canadian Documentary.[4] It received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best Canadian Documentary at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2018.[5]

References
  1. Sabrina Furminger, "Vancouver filmmaker revisits family he left behind in Sarajevo". Vancouver Courier, April 17, 2019.
  2. Michael Scoular, "VIFF 2018: The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs". The Georgia Straight, September 25, 2018.
  3. Ljudmila Petrovic, "VIFF 2018: The Museum of Forgotten Triumphs". SAD Magazine, October 3, 2018.
  4. Adrian Mack, "Haida-language feature Edge of the Knife wins VIFF’s top B.C. Spotlight awards". The Georgia Straight, October 6, 2018.
  5. Kelly Townsend, "Roads in February leads Vancouver critics’ nominations". Playback, December 17, 2018.


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