Press release available here.
"After the War: Life post-Yugoslavia"
Festival selections and Awards
Red Rubber Boots dir: Jasmila Zbanic | 18 min. | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jasna searches for the remains of her two children who were killed and buried in the mass grave by Serbian Army. She gathers all available information and inspects mass grave sites hoping to find the red rubber boots her son wore the day he was abducted.
Official selection:
Karlovy Vary FF, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, 2000
Sheffield International Documentary Festival, United Kingodom, 2000
Winterthur International Short Film Festival, Switzerland, 2000
Pusan International Film Festival, South Korea, 2000
Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2000
Torino Film Festival, Torino, Italy, 2000
Tampere Film Festival, Tampere, Finland, 2001
MEDIAWAVE International Visual Art Foundation, Gy?r, Hungary, Finland, 2001
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Toronto, Canada, Finland, 2001
Hampton's International Film Festival, New York, USA, Finland, 2001
FIKE 2006 - Évora International Short Film Festival, Évora, Portugal, Finland, 2001
Amnesty International Film Festival, Amsterdam, Holland, Finland, 2001
Alpe Adria Film Festival, Italy, Finland, 2001
4th Meeting of Cinema and History, Turkey, Finland, 2001
Lofoten International Art Festival, Svolver, Norway, 2004
Index, Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm, Sweeden, 2004
Tehran Short Film Festival, Teheran, Iran, 2003
SAD 2005 Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria, 2006
Steirischer Herbst, “No Space is Inocent”, Forum Stadpark, Graz, Austria, 2006
Awards:
Recipient of the Soros/Sundance Documentary Fund, New York, 2006
Special mention, Alpe Adria Film Festival, Italy, 2001
Images from the Corner dir: Jasmila Zbanic | 32 min. | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bilja was seriously wounded in the 1992 shelling of Sarajevo. A French photographer took pictures of her while she lay bleeding and desperately begging for help; pictures of Bilja's wounds made him famous. Zbanic searches for Bilja and reconstructs the moment when news became more important than her life.
Official selection:
Human Rights Film Festival, Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2004
Cetinje Biennale V, Monte Negro, 2004
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2004
Exhibition "Galerie im Taxispalais", Innsbruck, Austria, 2005
Bosnian Film Festival, London,Great Britain, 2005
Eindhoven Istanbul", Vanabbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland, 2005
Das Neue Europa, Austria, 2005
Zagreb Dox, Documentary Film Festival, Croatia, 2005
Steirischer Herbst, "No Space is Innocent", Forum Stadpark, Graz, Austria 2006
Eastern Neighbors Film Festival, Utrecht, Holland 2006
Awards:
Award "Veliki pe?at", "Zagreb Dox" Documentary Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, 2005
Interviews with Jasmila Zbanic:
indieWIRE February 16, 2007.
NYC Film Forum interview [mp3 direct link]
Director bio:
Born in Sarajevo in 1974, Jasmila Zbanic is a graduate of her native city’s Academy of Dramatic Arts, in the Department of theater and film directing. Zbanic began making films in 1997 when she founded the artists' association Deblokada, through which she produced, wrote and directed numerous films.
She has now completed two feature-length narrative films Grbvica: Land of My Dreams (which took the Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival) and On the Path. In 2008 she was a finalist for the Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award.
Jasmila Žbanic belongs to an important group of filmmakers who as very young art students experienced firsthand the war against Bosnia-Heregowina and against the capital city of Sarajevo in particular. While the war was still waging, they decided to begin making films. Her short documentaries have won numerous awards at international film festivals.
A Conversation with Haris dir: Sheila Sofian | 6 min. | USA
An animated interview with an 11 year old Bosnian immigrant to the United States.
Official selection:
Animated Stories, Le Fresnoy, France, January-March, co-produced by Fundació "la Caixa" and Le Fresnoy Center, France. By invitation, 2007
Animated Stories, CaixaForum, Barcelona, June-September, co-produced by Fundació "la Caixa" and Le Fresnoy Center, France. By invitation, 2006
London International Animation Festival, Program on Documentary Animation By invitation, 2006
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France, “Animated Documentary” program by invitation, 2006
Narkolepsy International Short Film Festival Grenoble, France. By invitation, 2006
UNinvitéD Festival, Issy-Les-MLX, France. By invitation, 2006
Flicker Spokane Festival, Spokane, WA, 2006
Santa Clarita Valley Film Festival, Monthly Screening, 2006
Festival Subject, Vol du Papillon, Lausanne, Switzerland. Program of documentaries. Collaboration of ASIFA Switzerland and the City of Lausanne and State of Vaud, 2005
8th Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia, 2005
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 2004
Opening short film for “Fog of War” by Errol Morris. Lincoln, NE
Animac 2004, Lleida International Animated Film Festival, Spain, 2004
ANIFest Trebon International Festival of Animated Films, Czech Republic, 2004
Balagan Experimental Film & Video Series, Somerville, MA, 2004
True/False Film Festival, What’s Up, Docs? Columbia, MO, 2004
Milwaukee International Film Festival, 2004
Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival, MN, 2004
Festival of Moving Images, Tampa, FL, 2004
Cincinnati World Cinema Film Festival, Highland Heights, KY, 2004
Slamdance Film Festival, UT, 2003
Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children, Canada, 2003
SXSW South by Southwest Film Festival, TX, 2003
Taos Talking Picture Festival, NM, 2003
Canal Street Project, New Orleans, LA. 5 blocks of Canal Street turned into a projection corridor of new media images utilizing over 15 projectors, 2003
Tehran International Animation Festival, Iran, 2003
Women in the Director’s Chair, Chicago, IL, 2003
Madcat Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, 2003
Anima Mundi Animation Festival, Brazil, 2003
Adelaide International Film Festival, Australia, 2003
Rooftop Films, Brooklyn, Australia, 2003
Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore, MD, Australia, 2003
Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland, OH, Australia, 2003
Tiburon International 2nd Annual Film Festival, Tiburon, CA, Australia, 2003
Florida Film Festival, Maitland, FL, Australia, 2003
Myhelan Indie Film Festival, Long Valley, NJ, Australia, 2003
SF Indiefest 2003, San Francisco, CA, Australia, 2003
Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival, Colorado Springs, CO, Australia, 2003
15th Foyle Film Festival, N.Ireland, Australia, 2002
USA Film Festival, TX Finalist, 2002
San Francisco International Film Festival, CA, 2002
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, New York, NY, 2002
45th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany, 2002
Cinanima 2002 International Animated Film Festival, Portugal, 2002
Third Annual Cinemanila International Film Festival, Philippines, 2002
Santa Barbara International Film Festival, CA, 2002
Ann Arbor Film Festival, MI, 2002
Aspen Shortsfest, CO, 2002
Athens International Film and Video Festival, OH, 2002
Nashville Independent Film Festival, TN, 2002
Atlanta Film and Video Festival, GA, 2002
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, AR, 2002
Hamptons International Film Festival, “Conflict and Resolution” program, NY, 2002
Mountainfilm, Telluride, CO, 2002
Telluride IndieFest, Telluride, CO, 2002
7th Annual 1 Reel Film Festival, Seattle, WA, 2002
Hollywood Shorts Women in Filmmaking Short Film Festival, SAGIndie Los Angeles, CA, 2002
New York Expo, NY, 2002
Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, CA, 2002
Zagreb 2002 World Festival of Animated Films, Croatia, 2002
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2002
Slovenian Cinematheque, Slovenia, 2002
Hiroshima Animation Festival, “Animation for Peace” program, Japan, 2002
Krok Film Festival, Ukraine, 2002
Awards:
Second Prize, Black Maria Film Festival, 2003
Honorable Mention, Documentary Short Film Award, Cleveland International Film Festival 2003
Best Animated Film and Grand Jury Prize, New Orleans Film Festival, 2002
Best Animated Film, Humboldt International Short Film Festival, 2002
Best Animated Film, Ojai Film Festival, 2002
Canadian International Annual Film/Video Festival 2nd Best Amateur Animation, 2001
Bronze Award and Honorable Mention, John Michaels Memorial Award Big Muddy Film Festival, 2001
Reviews:
IndieWIRE.com:
Shelia M. Sofian's six-minute short "Conversations With Haris" is a touching documentary narrated by an 11-year-old Bosnian immigrant as he recounts his experiences in the war in his homeland. The film is beautifully made using painted animation, and set against Haris' thoughts on the war and the deaths of so many of his close family, the film illustrates how startlingly adult a child's thoughts can be. It brings to mind the old adage: Out of the mouth of babes. It's painfully clear that adults should listen to children far more often than they do.
by Mark Rabinowitz
Vjesnik, (Croatia) June 23, 2002:
"The Modern Man moves towards Nostalgia"
Sheila M. Sofian, representing America, made the film "A Conversation with Haris" which is an animated conversation with an eleven-year old Bosnian boy, an immigrant to the United States. He recollects his experience of the horrors of the war and his family drama. Seemingly older than his age, he comments on the situation in a mature and decisive manner and defends his perspective. The artist’s paintings on glass visually follow the events and in combination with the boy’s voice accentuate the tragedy even more.
From Osvrt- Internet Monitor (Croatia):
"Even Better Animafest – The fourth day"
Another disturbing film comes from the US by creator Sheila M. Sofian. She records a conversation with an 11-year old Bosnian boy named Haris. In an extremely composed and detached manner, he talks about events during the war in Bosnia which are most often personal. Furthermore, when such a documentary tonal device is combined with animation media the result is an unsettling film more real than life.
www.filmbrats.com:
HARIS is a little boy who has witnessed some of the war that’s going on between Croatia and Serbia. Through this wonderfully animated piece, we get honest, direct responses to some potentially difficult questions. Haris gives us his intriguing personality, but he can’t give us his hope because he has little of his own. This is another film that I wish would have gotten a higher prize.
by Jon Waterman
irresponsiblecybernetics.com:
Using a documentary interview with a young Bosnian immigrant as her soundscape and hand-painted animation as her pallet Sheila Sofian allows the viewer to experience the violence and tragedy one boy’s family endured in A CONVERSATION WITH HARIS. With dignity and maturity beyond his 11 years Haris recounts his life and the family members he lost.
Canadian Children's Literature, no. 109-110, Spring-Summer 2003
http://cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca/cclj/reviews/109-110stukator.shtml
There were a number of documentaries that employed unusual and highly idiosyncratic stylistic devices to render difficult but important subject matter. In A Conversation with Harris (Sheila M. Sofian, USA, 2001), animation is used to represent Harris's world. An 11-year-old Bosnian boy, Harris now lives in the United States. He tells of his experience in the Bosnian war and of the series of tragedies his family experienced. The animation does not strive for verisimilitude; rather it becomes, through the colour, texture, and density of the painting, a visual manifestation of Harris's emotional landscape, his world turned nightmare.
Interviews with Sheila Sofian:
Director bio:
Sheila M. Sofian's independent films are a hybrid of documentary and animation. She recently received a grant from the National Video Resources Program for Media Artists, as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship, for production on her upcoming film, "Truth Has Fallen". Sofian has previously received grants from the Pew Fellowships in the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Women in Film Foundation, a Roy W. Dean Film Grant, and a residency at the MacDowell Colony. Her films have been televised on WHYY's "Independent Images" in Philadelphia, WYBE's "Through the Lens" in Philadelphia, and WTTW's "Image Union" in Chicago. She is currently an Associate Professor of Animation at the University of Southern California.
The House of Wisdom dir: Roberto Forns-Broggi | 13 min. | USA
The national library of Sarajevo was burnt down, this travelogue documents relentless power of creation emerges from the ashes.
Official selection:
Starz Denver Film Festival, 2006
Director Bio:
Roberto J. Forns-Broggi was born in Lima, Perú, in 1962. He has taught literature in Peruvian high schools and universities until 1991, when he left to study in the US. He obtained a Ph.D. in Spanish at Arizona State University in 1995. He writes poetry, literary essays, and film reviews, and his research/teaching interests are several (Teaching literature & culture through film; Ecology in Latin American Literature). Currently he is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Metropolitan State College of Denver, and has been working with non-Hollywood films, short films, and videos to teach cultural issues in classes and workshops at different educational institutions for the past 12 years in Colorado. Recently in September 2007 he received the Golden Key Honour Society -Outstanding Researcher/Scholar Award in recognition of eco-critical publications, designing a new film course, and incorporating films in grammar, culture and literature classes. All his teaching experience can be considered as artistic terrain where he improvises and tests different intersections of art, film, culture, and emerging media technologies in the classroom. His active filmmaking started to be imperative when he visited Sarajevo in 2005. Roberto participated at the 29th SFFD with an earlier version of “The House of Wisdom.”
Cowboys in Kosovo dir: Corinne van Egeraat | 24 min. | Netherlands
In Yugoslavia, American westerns were endlessly repeated on television. Four Kosovo friends used to play cowboy, like so many children everywhere - in a landscape that seems to come right out of those films. At the start of the war one of the four friends fled to the Netherlands, one fought in the Kosovo Liberation Army and two others escaped from torture in captivity. Now they return to talk about the war.
Official selection:
IFFR International Film Festival Rotterdam 2004
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2004
Dubrovnik International Film Festival, International Documentary Competition
Norwegian Short Film Festival, International Short Film Competition
Melbourne International Film Festival, International Short Film Competition
Biennial documentary film conference "Sights of the Turn of the Century” – Mexico City
Awards:
International Short Documentary Competition (Kodak award for ‘best pith at rendez vous’)
NFTVM Award Nederlands Filmfestival: Best New Film and Television Maker 2004
Director bio:
Corinne van Egeraat began her career as an actress in theater and television. In 2000 she founded the production ZINdocumentaire and made its first low budget documentaries' Lord of the Jungle 'and' Cowboys in Kosovo. "She started as a freelancer working in the television and made productions for various (non-) profit organizations. She began working as a freelancer in television productions and made for various (non-) profit organizations. With producer / presenter Cindy Pielstroom thought they Globalicious.org in 2003, an internet platform in collaboration with MTV. Ag producer / presenter Cindy Pielstroom devised in 2003 Globalicious.org, an internet platform in collaboration with MTV. during the Dutch Film Festival 2004 she won the award for best new NFTVM film and televisiemaker. During the Dutch Film Festival 2004, she won the NFTVM Award for best new film and televisiemaker. Speeding Her documentary on the Virtual Highway about Micha Klein was first shown at IDFA 2007. Speeding Her documentary on the Virtual Highway about Micha Klein was first shown at IDFA 2007. film Bridging the Gap, premiered at the end of 2008. The film Bridging the Gap, premiered at the end of 2008.
It's Only Mine dir: Zelimir Gvardiol | 16 min. | Serbia
In Serbia the installment of communism led to massive police seizure of private property. Sixty years later the original owners and their inheritors have been unable to regain their rights.
Official selection:
International Short Film Festival Santiago 2003, Chile
International Short Film Festival Bucharest 2003, Romania
Izmir International Short Film Festival 2003, Turkey
Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival 2003, Brazil / Ampas/
Documentary&Short Film Festival of Belgrade 2004, Serbia
Mediterranean Festival of New Filmakers Larissa 2004, Greece
Prima Aziz Int’l Documentary&Short Film Festival Palermo 2004, Italy
International Film Festival of Montevideo 2004, Uruguay
Festival de Cine de Huesca 2004, Spain / Ampas/
International Festival for TV&Film Productions “Golden Chest” Plovdiv 2004, Bulgaria
Vue Sur les Cortos Puebla, Mexico City 2004, Mexico
Vue Sur les Cortos 2004, Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia
International Film Festival Nova de Famalicao 2005, Portugal
International Documentary Film Festival Bogota 2005, Colombia
Mardin Film Festival 2005, Turkey
International Documentary Film Festival La Paz 2007, Bolivia
Cinema Baretti Torino 2007, Italy
Awards:
Best Documentary International, Int’l Short Film Festival Santiago 2003, Chile
I Don't Know Where, Or When, Or How dir: Zelimir Gvardiol | 8 min. | Serbia
During the war, the death rate among elderly people increased dramatically. A sensitive portrait of a number of aged people in the war-torn country, their alienation, confusion and, most importantly, their sense of dignity.
Official selection:
Cleveland International Film Festival 1995, USA
Documentary&Short Film Festival of Belgrade 1995, Serbia
San Francisco International Film Festival 1995, USA / Ampas/
International Festival of Visual Arts Mediawave Gyor 1995, Hungary
International Documentary Film Festival Munich 1995, Germany
International Short Film Festival Krakow 1995, Poland / Ampas/
Melbourne International Film Festival 1995, Australia / Ampas/
Festival de Cine de Huesca 1995, Spain / Ampas/
International Documentary Film Festival Marseilles 1995, France
Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival 1995, Brazil
International Film Festival of Figuerira da Foz 1995, Portugal
Denver International Film Festival 1995, USA
Chicago International Film Festival 1995, USA / Ampas/
International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film 1995, Germany
Charleston International Film Festival Worldfest 1995, USA
Short Film Festival of Namur 1995, Belgium
New York Expo of Short Film&Video 1995, USA
International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao 1995, Spain / Ampas/
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 1995, Netherlands
Film Festival Max Ophuls Saarbrucken 1996, Germany
Tage des Unabhangigen Films Osnabruck 1996, Germany
Barcelona’s Internacional Alternative Film Festival 1996/99, Spain
Mediterranean Festival of New Filmakers Larissa 1996, Greece
International Short Film Festival of Montreal 1996, Canada
Grenzland Filmtage Selb 1996, Germany
Silver Images Film Festival Chicago 1996, USA
Mediterranean Film Festival Sorrento, Roma 1996, Italy
International Short Film Festival of Montecatini 1996, Italy
Philadelphia International Film Festival 1996, USA
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt 1996, Germany
International Festival of Mediterranean Documentaries Alghero 1996, Italy
Cinema Tout Ecran Geneve 1996, Switzerland
International Short Film Festival of Wilhelmshaven 1996, Germany
Albany International Short Film Festival 1996, USA
International Short Film Festival of Imola 1996, Italy
Mediterranean Film Festival Bastia 1996, France
International Short Film Festival of Bucharest 1996, Romania
Crystal Prism Belgrade 1996, Serbia
Black Maria Film&Video Festival Jersey City 1997, USA / Ampas/ ( traveling showcase tour: Wash., DC; NYC; Berkeley; Cleveland; Atlanta; Saratoga Springs; Newark; Virginia; Montreal; Phila; Chicago; Wichita;
Delaware; Colgate; Syracuse; Hartford; Boston; Lafayette; Rutgers; Ithaca)
Stuttgarter Filmwinter 1997, Germany
Parnu International Visual Anthropology Festival 1997, Estonia
International meeting of cinema, tv, video and multimedia Avanca 1997, Portugal
Columbus International Film&Video Festival 1997, USA / Ampas/
Brnenska sestnactka Brno 1997, Czech Republic
International Documentary Film Festival Amadora 1997, Portugal
Independent Film Festival of Cahteauroux 1997, France
Canadian Int’l Documentary Festival&Awards Toronto “Hot Docs” 1998, Canada
Newport Beach International Film festival 1998, USA
Carolina Film and Video Festival 1998, USA
Davis Independent Film Festival 1998, USA
EthnoFilmfest Berlin 1998/99, Germany
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival New York 1998, USA
Brisbane International Film Festival 1998, Australia
Central Florida Film&Video Festival Orlando, Melbourne 1998, USA
United Nations Association Film Festival Stanford 1998,
International Cindy Competition Spring Valley 1998, USA
US International Film&Video Festival Chicago 1998, USA
New York Festivals 1999, USA
Tampere Film Festival 1999, Finland /Ampas/
Short List San Diego/Rochester 1999, USA
Panorama Internacional de Cine Independiente Madrid 2004/06, Spain
Prima Aziz Int’l Documentary&Short Film Festival Palermo 2004, Italy
International Documentary Film Festival La Paz 2007, Bolivia
Cinema Baretti Torino 2007, Italy
Awards:
Golden Gate Merit Award, San Francisco Int’l Film Festival 1995, USA / Ampas/
Diploma of the Jury, Documentary&Short Film Festival of Belgrade 1995, Serbia
Special Prize, Int’l Festival of Visual Arts Mediawave Gyor 1995, Hungary
Special Award, Festival de Cine de Huesca 1995, Spain / Ampas/
Golden Hugo Merit Award, Chicago Int’l Film Festival 1995, USA / Ampas/
Finalist Award, Charleston Int’l Film Festival Worldfest 1995, USA
Finalist Award, New York Expo Short Film&Video Festival 1995, USA
Nomination for Crystal Prism Belgrade 1996, Serbia
Special Mention, Mediterranean Festival of New Filmakers Larissa 1996, Greece
Audience Prize; Special Mention, Int’l Festival of Mediterranean Documentaries Alghero 1996, Italy
Director’s Choice Award, Black Maria Film&Video Festival Jersey City 1997, USA / Ampas/
Bronze Plaque; Honorable Mention, Columbus Int’l Film&Video Festival 1997, USA / Ampas/
Audience Prize, Independent Film Festival of Chateauroux 1997, France
Nomination for the best int’l short documentary Hot Docs Toronto 1998, Canada
Gold Cindy; Silver Cindy, Int’l Cindy Competition Spring Valley 1998, USA
Certificate for Creative Excellence, US Int’l Film and Video Festival Chicago 1998, USA
Bronze World Medal, New York Festivals 1998, USA
Honorable Mention, EthnoFilmfest Berlin 1999, Germany
Kodak Award, Short List Rochester New York 1999
A Father, ASon, A Holy Ghost dir: Zelimir Gvardiol | 19 min. | Serbia
Three family portraits connected by shared inevitability and intense misfortune. Part One: A twenty year old boy who deserted the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina finds himself taking care of his siblings after his stepmother is killed by his father. Part Two: A sixteen year old whose life has been traumatized by both the divorce of his parents and the ensuing war reunites with his father. Part Three: An unborn child is deprived of health as a war breaks out just before his birth, a war which claims the life of his father and forces his mother to give birth in the sewer.
Official selection:
Berlin International Film Festival 1999, Germany / Ampas/
Cleveland International Film Festival 1999, USA
Mediterranean Festival of New Filmakers Larissa 1999, Grecce
International Documentary Film Festival Munich 1999, Germany
Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival 1999, Canada / Ampas/
Athens International Film&Video Festival 1999, USA / Ampas/
EthnoFilmfest Berlin 1999, Germany
Atlanta Film&Video Festival 1999, USA / Ampas/
Corto Imola International Short Film Festival 1999, Italy
Human Rights International Film Festival Nurnberg 1999, Germany
United Nations Association Film Festival Stanford 1999, USA
Ajijic International Film Festival 1999, Mexico
Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre International Short Film Festival 1999, Brazil / Ampas/
New York Expo of Short Film&Video 1999, USA
Documentary&Short Film Festival of Belgrade 2000, Serbia
One World Film Festival Prague, Olomouc, Brno 2000, Czech Republic
Mediterranean Film Festival Mallorca, Illes Balears 2000, Spain
Parnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival 2000, Estonia
Human Rights International Film Festival Buenos Aires 2000, Argentina
Panorama Internacional de Cine Independiente Madrid 2004/06, Spain
Prima Aziz Int’l Documentary&Short Film Festival Palermo 2004, Italy
International Documentary Film Festival La Paz 2007, Bolivia
Cinema Baretti Torino 2007, Italy
Awards:
Special Mention, Berlin Int’l Film Festival 1999, Germany / Ampas/
Bronze Horse, Mediterranean Festival of New Filmakers Larissa 1999, Grecce
Honorable Mention, New York Expo of Short Film&Video 1999, USA
Ravens dir: Zelimir Gvardiol | 14 min. | Serbia
The story of Dusan Vukovic, who publicly returned the medal of bravery posthumously awarded to his son after he died in Milosevic's army. We see the entire Balkan situation encapsulated in the family conflict that ensued.
Official selection:
International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film 2001, Germany
International Short Film Festival Santiago 2001, Chile
Foyle Film Festival Derry 2001, North Ireland / Ampas/
International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao 2001, Spain / Ampas/
Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival 2001, Brazil / Ampas/
Barcelona’s International Alternative Film Festival 2001, Spain
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival Sydney 2002, Australia / Ampas/
York Independent Film Festival 2002, England
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival London 2002, England
Documentary&Short Film Festival of Belgrade 2002, Serbia
Mediterranean Festival of New Filmakers Larissa 2002, Grecce
Int’l Festival of Documentary Films& Multimedia Olomouc 2002, Czech Republic
Athens International Film&Video Festival 2002, USA / Ampas/
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival 2002, Germany / Ampas/
Venice International Short Film Festival 2002, Italy
Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival 2002, Canada / Ampas/
Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival 2002, Brazil
Nashville Film Festival 2002, USA / Ampas/
Festival de Cine de Huesca 2002, Spain / Ampas/
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival New York 2002, USA
International Short Film Festival of Montecatini 2002, Italy
Hardacre Film Festival Tipton 2002, USA
International Film&Video Festival Monterrey 2002, Mexico
International Short Film Festival of Sao Paulo 2002, Brazil
Reykjavik International Short Film Festival 2002, Iceland
Cinema Texas International Short Film Festival Austin 2002, USA
Moebengo Film Festival 2002, Italy
Empire State Film Festival New York 2002, USA
Ismaillia Int’l Film Festival for Documentary&Short Films 2002, Egypt
International Festival of Documentary and Anthropology Film Sibiu 2002, Romania
Docupolis International Festival for Documentary of Barcelona 2002, Spain
United Nations Association Film Festival Stanford 2002, USA
Mediterranean Film Festival Roma 2002, Italy
Ajijic International Film Festival 2002, Mexico
New York Expo of Short Film&Video 2002, USA
Alpe Adria Cinema Trieste Film Festival 2003, Italy
Tiburon International Film Festival 2003, USA
International Documentary Film Festival Fundao 2003, Portugal
Prima Aziz Int’l Documentary&Short Film Festival Palermo 2003, Italy
Manchester International Short Film Festival 2003, England
Etiuda International Film Festival Cracow 2003, Poland
Traveling Festival Berkeley 2003, USA
Keswick Film Festival 2004, England
Prima Aziz Int’l Documentary&Short Film Festival Palermo 2004, Italy
Magma Mostra di Cinema Breve Acireale 2004, Italy
Panorama Internacional de Cine Independiente Madrid 2004/06, Spain
International Human Rights Film Festival Barcelona, Madrid, Bilbao 2004, Spain
Tirana International Film Festival 2004, Albania
International Documentary Film Festival Zagreb 2005, Croatia
International Documentary Film Festival Chisnau 2005, Moldova
International Film Festival Nova de Famalicao 2005, Portugal
Cusco Short Film Festival 2005, Peru
International Documentary Film Festival Bogota 2005, Colombia
Museum of Modern Arts MoMA New York 2006, USA
International Documentary Film Festival La Paz 2007, Bolivia
Cinema Baretti Torino 2007, Italy
Awards:
Highly Commended Award for Documentary, Flickerfest Int’l Short Film Festival Sydney 2002, Australia / Ampas/
Best Documentary, York Independent Film Festival 2002, England
Jovan Acin Award; Vladimir Bunjac Award, Documentary & Short Film Festival of Belgrade 2002, Serbia
Silver Danzante; Francisco Garcia de Paso Award, Festival de Cine de Huesca 2002, Spain / Ampas/
Best Documentary, Hardacre Film Festival Tipton 2002, USA
Best Documentary; Kodak Award, Int’l Film&Video Festival Monterrey 2002, Mexico
Jury Award, New York Expo of Short&Video 2002, USA
Audience Award; Special Mention, Prima Aziz Int’l Documentary&Short Film Festival Palermo 2003, Italy
Best Documentary, Tirana Int’l Film Festival 2004, Albania
Director bio:
Zelimir Gvardiol graduated in Film and Television Department from FAMU (Prague). In 1991he founded Spesfilm, an independent production company in Belgrade. His creative documentaries focus on human rights, freedom of expression, social justice and civil liberties have appeared and were awarded in many international film from Finland, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Sweden, Hungary to Greece, Italy, Poland, Australia, Yugoslavia and the U.S.
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