Suočavanje sa prošlošću / Dealing With the Past

Synopsis

27.11. / 17:30
Lost Country
Srbija, Francuska, Hrvatska, Luksemburg, Katar / Serbia, France, Croatia, Luxembourg, Qatar, 2023, 98 min.
Režija / Director: Vladimir Perišić
Uloge / Cast: Jovan Ginić, Jasna Đuričić, Miodrag Jovanović, Lazar Ković, Pavle Čemerikić

Srce Sarajeva za najboljeg glumca / Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Actor / 29. Sarajevo Film Festival

Srbija, godina 1996. Tokom studentskih demonstracija protiv Miloševićevog režima petnaestogodišnji Stefan prisiljen je sprovesti najtežu od svih revolucija. Stefan se mora suočiti sa svojom voljenom majkom koja je glasnogovornica i saučesnica korumpirane vlasti protiv koje njegovi prijatelji protestuju.
Serbia, 1996. During the student demonstrations against the Milosević regime, fifteen-year-old Stefan has to go through the hardest revolution of all. He has to confront his beloved mother, spokesperson for and accomplice of the corrupted government his friends are rising up against.

28.11. / 17:30
Šutnja razuma / Silence of Reason
Bosna i Hercegovina, Sjeverna Makedonija / Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, 2023, 63 min.
Režija / Director: Kumjana Novakova

Nagrada za ljudska prava / Human Rights Award / 29. Sarajevo Film Festival

Sastavljen isključivo od svjedočanstava i videomaterijala iz forenzičkog arhiva, film ŠUTNJA RAZUMA i sam je poput sjećanja: neuhvatljiv, fluidan, odbacuje okvire, razbacan je na sve strane, prostoran i temporalan. Lična iskustva pretrpljenog nasilja i torture žena koje su tokom rata u Bosni i Hercegovini prošle kroz kampove za silovanje u Foči prevazilaze okvire vremena i prostora i postaju naša kolektivna sjećanja.
Built solely from forensic visual archive and testimonies, Silence of Reason acts as a memory itself: elusive, fluid, rejecting framing, moving in all directions, spatial and temporal. The singular experiences of violence and torture to women from the Foča rape camps during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina become our own collective memories, surpassing time and space.

29.11. / 17:30
Presretnuti / Intercepted
Kanada, Francuska, Ukrajina / Canada, France, Ukraine, 2024, 95 min.
Režija / Director: Oksana Karpovych

Službena selekcija – Kinoscope program / Official Selection – Kinoscope Programme / 30. Sarajevo Film Festival

Ukrajinska obavještajna služba presrela je hiljade telefonskih poziva ruskih vojnika s ukrajinske linije fronta upućenih njihovim porodicama i prijateljima u Rusiji. Sadržaj tih poziva, na vrtoglavo napet i emotivan način, oslikava svu okrutnost rata. Upareni sa prizorima razaranja usljed invazije i svakodnevnog života Ukrajinaca koji obnavljaju porušeno i suprotstavljaju se okupaciji, glasovi ruskih vojnika – od onih ispunjenih iluzijama o herojstvu do onih potpuno razočaranih i neracionalnih, kao i onih koji govore o pljačci i činjenju sve užasnijih ratnih zločina ili šire propagandu, izražavaju sumnju i razočarenje – otkrivaju čitav spektar dehumanizirajuće moći rata i imperijalističku prirodu ruske agresije.
Ukrainian intelligence services have intercepted thousands of phone calls Russian soldiers made from the battlefield in Ukraine to their families and friends in Russia — calls that paint a stark picture of the cruelty of war with dizzying emotional tension. Juxtaposed with images of the destruction caused by the invasion and the day-to-day life of the Ukrainian people who resist and rebuild, these voices of Russian soldiers – ranging from being filled with heroic illusions to complete disappointment and loss of reason, from looting to committing more horrible war crimes, from propaganda to doubt and disillusionment – expose the full scope of the dehumanising power of war and the imperialist nature of the Russian aggression in Ukraine.

30.11. / 17:30
Dezerteri / Deserters
Hrvatska / Croatia, 2023, 45 min.
Režija / Director: Damir Markovina

Takmičarski program – Dokumentarni film / Competition Programme – Documentary Film / 29. Sarajevo Film Festival

DEZERTERI je hibridni dokumentarni esej o generaciji bosanskohercegovačkih srednjoškolaca iz grada Mostara koja je na pragu zrelosti pogođena razornim ratom. Ovaj mozaik sjećanja na rane devedesete sastavljen je od savremenih razglednica i nijemih kadrova mjesta gdje su se nekada vodili ratovi, a koja su protagonisti filma bili prisiljeni napustiti. Smirenost tih mjesta danas je u suprotnosti s emotivnim isječcima iz pisama upućenih reditelju iz izbjegličkih kampova razasutih diljem Evrope. Izbjeglice opisuju svoj bijeg preko granice, svoja iskustva u izbjegličkim kampovima i svoju dugotrajnu mržnju prema neprijateljima koji su im oteli dom i mladost. Film o nestaloj generaciji, egzilu, teškim izborima i odgovoru na najteže pitanje svakog rata: ostati ili bježati.
DESERTERS is a hybrid documentary essay about director Damir Markovina’s generation – Bosnian and Herzegovinian high schoolers from the town of Mostar, struck by a devastating war on the verge of their maturity. This tapestry of their memories of the early nineties is composed of modern-day postcards and silent shots of places where wars used to be waged and which the protagonists of this film were forced to abandon. The serenity of these places today contrasts with emotional excerpts from letters addressed to Markovina from refugee camps scattered all over Europe. The refugees describe their flight across the border, their experiences in refugee camps and their lasting hate of the enemies who took away their home and their youth. A film about a lost generation, exile, and difficult choices, and an answer to the toughest question of any war: to stay or to run?