Bosnian/Herzegovinian
see all genres ›Home to the Sarajevo Film Festival, which was founded in the midst of that city's brutal siege during the 1990s civil war, this now-independent part of the former Yugoslavia has a modest but still notable latterday film industry. Prominent filmmakers today include Danis Tanovic and Jasmila Zbanic.
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Go West
Set during the brutal ethnic wars of the 1990s, GO WEST follows the story of two young lovers, Kenan a Muslim cellist and Milan a Serbian student, as they try to flee the fighting around them and daily discrimination they face. As Serb aggression persists in Sarajevo, Kenan’s faith makes him a...Watch Movie
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Halima's Path
Years before the Bosnian War ravaged their lives, Safija becomes pregnant by Slavo, a Christian man. Beaten and ostracized by her Muslim family, Safija gave the infant boy to her childless aunt, Halima, to raise and told Slavo the child was stillborn. Nearly twenty years later, war has devastated...Watch Movie
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The Troubles We've Seen
One of the most important films of Marcel Ophuls' career has also been the least seen until now. Shot primarily in Sarajevo in 1993, during the siege of the former Yugoslavian city, THE TROUBLES WE'VE SEEN is an exploration of the ethical challenges of war reporting, in which...Watch Movie
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Fuse
In Bosnia, still experiencing the effects of the breakup of Yugoslavia, everyday activities in the small town of Tesanj are thrown into a tailspin over an impending visit by American president Bill Clinton. Tesanj is a town still in shock from the war with Serbians, a place where a random land...Watch Movie
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Belvedere
Ruveyda is like most residents of the Belvedere refugee camp: a widow yearning to forget the tragedy of war, fifteen years after the ethnic cleansing of Bosnia and Herzegovina. But unlike those around her, she spends most of her days in a bittersweet routine of caring for her extended family, and...Watch Movie
