Klip (2012)

AKA:
Clip

Synopsis:
Jasna is a teenage girl living in the poor suburbs in the south of Belgrade, Serbia. She likes to record everything around her using a mobile phone camera. She is making videos of herself, her school friends, family and Djole - the boy of her dreams. Her family is a mess: father is terminally ill and mother is barely coping. That's why she is spending more and more time hanging out with her school friends, partying and drinking. At one of the parties, she finally starts a conversation with Djole and later they develop an intense sexual relationship. When he realizes that she will do anything to be close to him, Djole starts using her as a sexual object. Jasna starts to experiment with drugs and to skip school. Her life is getting out of control and she needs Djole to accept and reciprocate her affections.

Starring:
Isidora Simijonovic
Vukasin Jasnic
Sanja Mikitisin

Director: Maja Milos

Anatema (2006)

AKA:
Kosovo Inferno
Larmes de sang

Synopsis:
Kosovar journalist Ema Berisha, working with two American journalists Laura and David Schwatz report from war torn Kosova. When the war reaches its highest peak the Americans are ordered to flee. They unsuccessfully try to persuade Ema to leave Kosova with them, but Ema is determined to stay. Upon returning home to marry. On her wedding night Serbian forces oust the refugee camps. The soldiers rape Emma. She becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl, which she names Ana. She is abandoned by her husband, and friends for not getting rid of the child. Unable to feed her baby, reluctantly she puts her into an orphanage. The American journalist David returns with Ema's payment for her work. With this new capital she runs to the orphanage to retrieve her child only to discover it is close. She discovers that children are taken to a monastery to be sold, with the help of Doresa, the American David and the Kosovar Komandant Shpati she attempts to save her child.

Starring:
Lumnie Sopi
Doug Barron
Blerim Gjoci


Director: Agim Sopi

A Lonely Place to Die (2011)

 

Synopsis:
"A Lonely Place to Die" opens with a beautifully lensed rock-climbing scene with some fucking breathtaking landscape photography (from a low-budget of $4M).  Even being shot on a Red One Camera, the Scottish Highlands look gorgeous.  And the opening scene is a real nail-biter.  Alison (Melissa George) and Ed (Ed Speleers) prepare a leg of the climb with Rob (Alec Newman) waiting ahead.  Distracted, Ed falls when Rob draws the rope.  They eventually save Ed from dangling off a cliff and continue on their journey.  Cut to the opening credits playing over ballad “The Burning of Achindoun” while the camera features the Highlands in all of their long-shot natural glory.

On their way to camp, Alison informs Ed that “complacency is a killer out here,” meaning he needs to pay more attention on their next ascent.  They meet up with Jenny (Kate Magowan) and Alex (Gary Sweeney) and settle for a bit at a chateau.  Alison has a nightmarish flashback to the accident while taking a bath.  Later, the group plays cards.  The next day, on their way to a climb, they discover an air pipe sticking out of the ground.  After digging, they find little Serbian girl Anna (Holly Boyd) buried alive in a small confined space.  Rob decides to take Alison to scale a dangerous face in order to get help as quickly as possible.  He instructs the others to take a longer trail to the closest village.  During the climb down, a stranger cuts Rob’s rope mid-climb and he plummets to his death.  A minor avalanche also causes Alison to fall, but branches and a river landing save her.

She has a nightmare about waking up in the confined area they found the girl.  Two hunters (Douglas Russell, Alan Steele) watch the hiking group.  The two kidnappers Mr. Kidd (Sean Harris) and Mr. McRae (Stephen McCole) stumble across and murder the hunters, absconding with their weapons.  Andy (Eamonn Walker) drives Darko (Karel Roden) and Chris (Paul Anderson) to meet with the kidnappers.  The climbing team find Alison across a loud river and they experience trouble communicating.  The kidnappers start picking off the climbers.  Jenny is the first to go and she inadvertently drags Anna down with her into the river.  Alison receives a minor hit, knocking her into the water, but she manages to save Anna in the process.  They lose each other, but are reunited again when Ed grabs Anna to escape the kidnappers.  They also meet up with Alex, who chooses to run off with a decoy doll bundled up to look like Anna (where they found this doll is beyond me).  They shoot him like an animal.  As Alex slowly dies, Mr. Kidd enjoys his suffering for fooling them.  “Do you feel that?  That’s the price of your nobility.  It hurts, doesn’t it?”

Alison and Ed scale a small face with Anna.  Ed figures out that she is probably in the middle of a ransom situation.  Andy coaches Darko on how to conduct himself during the negotiations with Mr. Kidd.  When Darko expresses his doubts about receiving proper backup, Chris gets cheeky and chimes in, “We’re English, Darko.  We leave friendly fire to the Yanks."  During carnival (of all things) in the small town of Dingwall (?), Alison and Ed find a local police station.  But, there aren’t any officers available to help them, because they’re all on patrol at the festival.  Darko sits down with Mr. Kidd and refuses to pay until he sees Anna.  Mr. Kidd goes on to explain a botched kidnapping that occurred, because the parents tried to outsmart him.  The threatening scene is unnecessary for the characters, but the back-and-fourth bluffing between the two gentlemen buys Mr. McRae time to find Anna.

Ed convinces Alison to leave, because the officer doesn’t appear to be of much help, but the authority insists the pair must leave the girl in his custody.  Mr. McRae shoots the officer dead from outside the building and the electricity goes out.  The group escapes into the revelry and loudness of the fireworks.  A backup officer has been killed.  Mr. McRae emerges wearing a pig mask and shoots Ed, as well as another officer.  The females disperse and Mr. McRae continues to kill people, including innocent festival goers.  Andy finds the dying Ed and leaves him a gun to protect himself.  Alison and Anna find a house owner (Jamie Edgell) willing to let them in to his home.  Unfortunately, Alison doesn’t lock the door to even buy them a little time.  Mr. McRae shoots the man and takes off his piggy mask.  The house begins to burn.  After a few scuffles, Alison kills Mr. McRae and helps Anna escape from an upstairs window.  Fireman save the injured Alison.  Apparently, Mr. Kidd makes off with the money, though we never see how things ended with Darko.  Andy crashes through Mr. Kidd’s vehicle and beats the living shit out of him.  Darko observes Alison being wheeled off to the hospital with Anna at her side and a police officer (Gillian MacGregor) in attendance.

Darko and Andy meet with some Serbs, one of which is Anna’s father Mr. Rakovic (Mathew Zajac).  Mr. Kidd is brought to his feet and ordered to die.  Mr. Rakovic informs Andy that he wired a payment to his account.  The Serbs begin to bury Mr. Kidd.  Roll End Credits.

Starring:
Alec Newman
Ed Speleers
Melissa George

Director: Julian Gilbey

Muhamed Mesic Talenti BiH ()

AKA:
Muhamed Mesic: A talent from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo Romeo and Juliet ()

Synopsis:
A 1994 PBS documentary about the deaths of Admira Ismić and Boško Brkić. The couple were natives of Bosnia and Herzegovina living in the city of Sarajevo. She was a Bosniak, and he a Bosnian Serb. They were killed on 19 May 1993 by a Serb sniper, while trying to cross the Vrbanja bridge into the Serb-occupied territory of Grbavica.

Neprijatelj ()

AKA:
The Enemy

Umorstvo Jugoslavije ()

AKA:
The Murder of Yugoslavia

Srebrenica - A Cry from the Grave ()

Synopsis:
A Cry from the Grave tells the story of the Srebrenica massacre of 1995, in which the Bosnian Serb army killed an estimated 7,000 Bosnian Muslims.

It follows hour by hour the story of the killings. Through the testimony of survivors and relatives of those who died it explores the pain felt when no one is brought to justice.There are interviews with investigators from the UN-sponsored court at The Hague and from the UN special prosecutor.

But the underlying message of the film is bleak indeed - no matter what is done, it will never be enough. A Cry from the Grave has won numerous prizes. It has been shown at the UN, and it was used during a war crimes trial at The Hague.

Sestre (2011)

AKA:
Sisters

Synopsis:
Two sisters from Krusevac, Serbia, decided to take part-time job in Italy, little did they know that they will become victims of human trafficking, prostitution, and well organized crime organization.

Starring:
Ivana Vukovic
Ana Mandic
Ljubomir Bandovic

Director: Vladimir Paskaljevic

The Postman of Tuzla - Bosnia ()

Synopsis:
April 1994
During the war in Bosnia, letters were a rare treasure, passed entirely on trust to strangers.

Teacher Sadil Mehmedmovic provided Tuzla's only postal service. We follow Sadil on his round, visiting shell-shocked towns and villages. There wasn't a proper postal service for over two years, but the underground service was astonishingly reliable. For Nazlija Delic the postal service was a godsend as she awaited news of her sons: one was fighting on the front, another was wounded, and a third was a prisoner of war.

Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

Rezolucija 819 SREBRENICA ()

Siege of Grozny (1995)

The Death of Yugoslavia ()

Synopsis:
Part 01 - Enter Nationalism
Part 02 - The Road to War
Part 03 - Wars Of Independence
Part 04 - The Gates Of Hell
Part 05 - A Safe Area
Part 06 - Pax Americana

Demons of War ()

Synopsis:
A War Drama set during the Bosnian War.
A detachment of the Polish IFOR forces in Bosnia is led by Major Keller, who is being investigated for insubordination during a patrol in Srebrenica. The investigation is to be led by two arriving officers - Lieutenant Czacki and Major Kusz who will also replace Keller as CO. When the camp's RTO receives a communication from a downed Norwegian chopper, Keller ignores his standing orders and leads a platoon to rescue the crew.

Director: Władysław Pasikowski

Underground (1995)

AKA:
Подземље

Synopsis:
The story follows an underground weapons manufacturer in Belgrade during WWII and evolves into fairly surreal situations. A black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans doesn't mention to the workers that the war is over, and they keep producing. Years later, they break out of their underground "shelter" --- only to convince themselves that the war is still going on.

Starring:
Miki Manojlovic
Lazar Ristovski
Mirjana Jokovic

Director: Emir Kusturica

Taras Bulba (2009)

Starring:
Bogdan Stupka
Igor Petrenko
Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Director: Vladimir Bortko

Konjanik (2003)

AKA:
The Horseman

Starring:

Niksa Kuselj

Zrinka Cvitesic

Goran Grgic

Director: Branko Ivanda

Kupi Jedan Molim Te! (2010)

Kraljica Noći ()

U Zatvoru ()