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Hot Docs 2025 Official Selection
Once the pride of the city, Sarajevo’s 1.2-kilometre-long bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track is now overgrown with weeds, covered in graffiti and riddled with bullet holes from the Bosnian War. Today, it serves mainly as a tourist attraction. For young Olympic hopefuls Hamza, Zlatan and Mirza, however, the track is more than a relic—it’s their training ground. Despite chronic government underfunding for the sport, the boys are buoyed by the steadfast guidance of their seasoned Olympic coach Senad Omanovic, and they dedicate years to refining their technique and turns on the decaying track, which stands as a powerful visual reminder of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s ongoing post-war political struggles. Amid a large population of youth still grappling with economic despair and record levels of unemployment, the three use their sport and their dreams of representing their country in competition as a way to build a brighter, unified future. Aisha Jamal, Hot Docs
In Bosnian and English, with English subtitles.
Join director Ryan Sidhoo for a special post-screening virtual discussion. Moderated by Dragana Obradovic, associate professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Toronto.
Ryan Sidhoo is an award-winning documentary filmmaker exploring the intersections of identity, culture, and the universal search for belonging. The Track debuted at True/False Film Festival 2025, recently won the Audience Award at Sarajevo Film Festival, Best Documentary at VIFF, and Best Film Mountain Culture at Banff Mountain Film Festival. Sidhoo was long-listed for the Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award. Previously, Sidhoo produced Handle with Care, a feature nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Documentary. Sidhoo won a Webby Award for his series True North with the NFB and has created content for VICE, Participant Media, NBC-Universal, and others.
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