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"Serbia and
Kosovo: Intercultural Icebreakers"
Program at Sarajevo Film Festival
August 14, 2017
Helsinki Committee's "Serbia and
Kosovo: Intercultural Icebreakers"
Program will be presented at the
Dealing with the Past and True
Stories Market at Sarajevo Film
Festival. The Sarajevo Film Festival
continues to provide a platform to
help shed light on the consequences
of the wars in the former
Yugoslavia, and for using film to
bring important stories related to
these events to wider audiences. The
aim of the Dealing with the Past and
True Stories Market projects is to
increase awareness, dialogue and
knowledge, and has already seen
concrete results in the form of a
finished film. Nine cases that have
not yet been the subject of film or
TV productions are presented by
organisations that are documenting
and researching the Yugoslav wars of
the 1990's. The aim is to create an
"open source" where filmmakers and
organisations can meet and
collaborate, with the aim of
bringing these important stories to
wider audiences. This is a unique
event that connects filmmakers with
organisations that are documenting
and researching the Yugoslav wars of
the 90's.
Helsinki Committee's Story on our
"Serbia and Kosovo: Intercultural
Icebreakers" Program will be
presented at the True Stories Market
session on Monday 14 August at
17:00.
STORY 7: SERBIA AND KOSOVO:
INTERCULTURAL ICEBREAKERS
Source: Helsinki Committee for Human
Rights in Serbia
The art colony Serbia and Kosovo:
Intercultural Icebreakers is made up
of a group of young artists from
Serbia and Kosovo. They have worked
on joint art campaigns and met
artists from both countries, which
changed their lives. The
participants were children during,
or born after, the war in Kosovo,
during which there were massive
violations of human rights. They
experienced different traumas during
their childhood years. The young
artists from Kosovo and Serbia grew
up with stereotypes about one
another and feared meeting one
another. Visiting the country of the
“enemy” was a challenging experience
for those involved.
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