After the Second World War, in devastated, rural Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country of illiterate people, the entrepreneur Emerik Blum created a large and successful global company, "Energoinvest," that operated worldwide with a billion dollars in profit. Taking advantage of the specific position of Yugoslavia that was between East and West, socialism and capitalism, the company operated on a worldwide unique business model based on the workers’ participation in management and profit. Blum turned a small engineering atelier into a great company success by operating under the self-management model. The self-management model is a system in which all employees in a factory or enterprise decide on everything concerning their company. This most democratic model worked excellently in this case but is largely unknown today. Through interviews with contemporaries who knew Blum, his workers, as well as archive interviews with himself, the film paints a portrait of a genius man and a story about a special time. The way Blum thought and worked today seems like science fiction!
Director´s Fortnight FF 2025, US | Zagreb Dox 2025, HR I Bosnian FF 2025, US I Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg 2025, DE I Beldocs 2025 RS I Sarajevo FF 2025 I FicUba 2025, AR
Bosnian entry for the 98th ACADEMY AWARDS - "Best International Film"
OKTOBER 2025
ein Film von Sigurður Anton Friðþjófsson
Island 2024, 92 Minuten, OF mit dt. UT
FSK 16
Mi, 8.10., 20:40 KIZ Royal Kino
Mo 20.10., 20.00 Votivkino, Wien
Do 8.10., 20.10 Volkskino Klagenfurt
Mo 27.10., 20:30 Cinematograph
ein Film von Nathalie Borgers
ab 3.10. im ADMIRALKINO
Ab 10. Oktober im Kino:
BLUM - Gospodari svoje buducnosti
Ein Film von Jasmila Žbanic
Wien-Premiere in Anwesenheit der Regisseurin Jasmila Žbanic
am 10. Oktober, 19.30 im Village Cinema
Wien: VILLAGE CINEMA, MILLENIUMCITY
Graz: KIZ Royal Kino
Linz: Moviemento
Innsbruck: Leokino (ab 17. Oktober)
Klagenfurt: Volkskino
ORT OHNE ERINNERUNG. KAISERSTEINBRUCH, die verschwundene Geschichte
14. Okt.,19:00, Festival-Eröffnung im Gemeindezentrum St. Ruprecht, Klagenfurt
15.Okt., 08:15, Gemeindezentrum St. Ruprecht, Klagenfurt
15. Okt., 19:30, Filmstudio Villach
HOW I BECAME A PARTISAN
15. Okt., 14:00, Gemeindezentrum St. Ruprecht, Klagenfurt
15. Okt., 19:00, Container 25, Wolfsberg
EDIMOTION, DE 2025
Nominierung:
BESTE MONTAGE - ANDREA WAGNER
für ihre herausragende Arbeit an
DEAR BEAUTIFUL BELOVED
Erlebt echte Kinomomente bei euch im Ort!
Eine Vielzahl ausgewählter Filme findet Ihr auf
Kino Vod Club, Watch AUT
Festival De Cine Aleman, Mexiko
23 Sept- 3 Oct.
BiH´s entry for the 98th ACADEMY AWARDS
in the category: BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
FicUBA, Argentina
1-8 Oct., 2025
October: Dok Leipzig
November: IDFA