Bosnia
19th ethnocineca to open with intimate portrait of war, memory, and displacement
The 19th edition of #ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival Vienna will open on 8 May 2025, with the Austrian premiere of Home Game by #Lidija Zelovic#. The festival, which runs through May 14 at Vienna’s Votiv Kino and Kino De France, brings a thematic focus on «Hauntings»—a reflection on how history lingers in personal…
Nikolaus Geyrhalter: «I don’t like humans as a species.»
INTERVIEW:The 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival paid a tribute to the Austrian filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter (51), with a masterclass and screening of 10 films.
Beautiful prisons set in our modern times
INTERVIEW: A conversation with Francesco Montagner whose film Brotherhood will have its Czech premiere at IDFF Ji.hlava as part of the official competition.
A journey into a world of pain
CONFLICT: A Bosnian’s woman’s search for answers in a darkened theatre.
Making sense of murder
CONTROL: In a violent society, Serbian director Filip Čolović seeks to make sense of his brother's murder.
Ideologies and refugees
Migrants: Refugee deterrent border fences add to the already complicated relationship between the Croats and Slovenians of the Kupa region.
KARLOVY VARY 2009: A Diary of Her Own
In July, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s annual presentation of up-coming Eastern European documentaries showcased a lexicon of lifestyles – works-in-progress.
RADA SESIC: Personal, Political and Poetic
Rada Sesic, a Croatian/Bosnian film critic and filmmaker living in The Netherlands has experienced war and the difficulties of living in exile, adjusting to a new culture and learning to fit in. She believes that such experiences affect a filmmaker and that films made by filmmakers from areas of war and crisis naturally become political.