Home in a foreign land

Documentary “Home in a foreign land” is about the people (refugees) who, after the war, exchanged their apartments and houses with people who have fled from them during the armed conflict in BiH. Authors of the film: Davorka Turk, Nedžad Novalić. Production: Center for Nonviolent Action (CNA, 2017)

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Language: Bosnian

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“Crime Without Punishment – the Suffering of Serbs in the Middle Podrinje”

A documentary about the suffering of Serbs during the war in the Bosnian territory of the municipalities of Bratunac, Skelani, Milici, Kalesija and Zvornik. In the film, witnesses report the loss of civilians and soldiers during 1993. For some of these crimes, Naser Oric was charged with the BiH Court. The film deals with individual stories and war crimes cases.

The author of the film is Slađana Zarić. The film was produced by RTS.

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Language: Serbian

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The Unforgiven

Documentary “The Unforgiven” of Danish director Lars Feldbale Petersen. Esad Lando has been trying to reconcile with his war-past for years. A war criminal is returning to BiH to meet with a friend, a former guard of the camp, his victims and his family.

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Language: Bosnian, English, Danish

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Rambo Amadeus interrupted the Festival Belgrade Spring in 1992.

In 1992, a rock concert titled “Belgrade Rock Winner” was held during the Festival Belgrade Spring. The concert was broadcasted live by RTS. During the concert, Rambo Amadeus climbed on stage unannounced, wearing a recognizable fur coat. He interrupted Bebi Dol’s appearance and addressed the audience.

After this, for a long time he was removed from the state television program that broadcasted the concert. The then RTS planned to stop the live broadcast of the program as soon as Bora Djordjevic and Rambo Amadeus come on stage.

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Language: Serbian

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War in Mostar

Documentary produced by the British BBC. British journalists documented daily life in the eastern part of Mostar. The film is a set of testimonies about the war days by Mostar Bosniaks, under continuous shelling, by their neighbors Croats.

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Language: Bosnian, Croatian, English

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War photo Limited

War photo Limited is a web portal containing war photographs of war photographers exhibited in the War Photo Gallery in Dubrovnik.
Photographs were taken during the wars of the 1990s in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and were divided into segments: Eastern Mostar, Under siege: Dubrovnik 1991. Broken lights of Yugoslavia, Enclaves, Bosnians, Blood and Honey, Decade of War, Srebrenica 11/7/1995.

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Language: English

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Fortress

The documentary “Fortress” (2013) is about the memory of the war-time childhood of Sanja Burazerovic from Zavidovici during the wars of the 1990s in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. The film’s author is Nenad Vukosavljevic. Duration of the film 4:27 minutes.

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Language: Bosnian, Serbian, English

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Bosnian Book of the Dead – War Losses in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1991 – 1995

Bosnian Book of the Dead (2012) a list of 95,940 names of the killed and missing in the war of ’92 -’95. in Bosnia and Herzegovina, compiled by the Sarajevo Research and Documentation Center, by Mirsad Tokače. In four volumes, the victims were identified by the name and surname, the names of the parents, the date and place of birth, their nationality, the information about whether they are civilians or soldiers, the army to which the soldiers belonged, with the date and place of their death.

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Language: Bosnian

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Documentaries by the Center for Nonviolent Action

Fortress” – memory of war, author Nenad Vukosavljevic, shot in 2013, voice: Sanja Burazerovic from Zavidovici, duration: 4:27 minutes

Visits of veterans” – Documentary on joint visits to places of suffering, by former fighters from BiH, Serbia and Croatia, author: Nedžad Horozović, 2009, duration: 16 min

Everyone would gladly throw a stone“, 2006, Serbian-Croatian author: Nenad Vukosavljević, Running time: 45 min. The second film from the “Simulated Dialogue” series which deals with the attitude of people of Serbian and Croatian descent.

Traces“, 2004 – talks of former fighters, author: Nenad Vukosavljevic
Duration: 55 min. Four former combatants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia and four people close to them talk about their motivations to leave the war in the 1990s and their current views of the past and the knowledge they have gained in the meantime.

You do not hear a bird“, 2007 Bosnian-Croatian simulated dialogue, documentary, author: Nenad Vukosavljević, duration: 41 min.
Bosniaks and Croats talk about the war and the difficult legacy of the past, of hatred and pain, of fears and hopes.

It can not last forever” (2006), Documentary, by: Nenad Vukosavljević, duration: 47 min. the first film from the “Simulated Dialogue” series that discusses the attitude of Serbs and Bosniaks ten years after the war in Bosnia.

Availability: https://nenasilje.org/category/film/ ; https://nenasilje.org/2013/tvrdjava-sjecanje-na-rat/ ; http://nenasilje.org/online-kino/posjete-veterana-2009/ ; http://nenasilje.org/online-kino/film-pticu-ti-ne-cujes-2007/ ; http://nenasilje.org/online-kino/svi-bi-rado-bacili-kamen-2006/; http://nenasilje.org/online-kino/film-ne-moze-da-traje-vecno-2006/ ; http://nenasilje.org/online-kino/film-tragovi-2004/

Language: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian

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Pretty Village, Pretty Flame

“Pretty Village, Pretty Flame” is a feature film shot in 1996, directed by Srdjan Dragojevic. The script was written by Vanja Bulic, Srdjan Dragojevic, Biljana Maksic and Nikola Pejakovic. The film is inspired by a true event.

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Language: Serbian

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