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South-East European Film Festival - Program2
Thursday, April 30th at 6:30 pm
Ploha 2008/color/48 min.
Dir: Kostana Banovic
Ploha documents the director’s journey, along with her teenage daughter and son, from the Netherlands to Sarajevo, the city of her birth.
The driving force behind the film is the director’s need to confront the identity issues that she and her family face in being part of a Diaspora, and, throughout the course of the film, we see the director’s struggle to bridge the cultural and emotional gaps between her and her children and her homeland.
Thursday, April 30th at 7:00 pm
Secret Years 2009/color/90 min.
Dir: Mariá Takács
In Secret Years, Hungarian lesbians reflect on their experiences living through Communism.
Ranging in age from 45 to 70 years old, these women vividly remember the repression of the 1960s and 70s, when they were forced to hide their true identities and could only “be themselves” at secret clubs and picnics.
In this powerful documentary, these courageous women proudly reminisce at the methods used to get through some of the toughest times of their lives.
Thursday, April 30th at 9:00 pm
The Blacks 2009/color/75 min.
Dir: Zvonimir Juric, Goran Devic
War. A city under siege. A truce has been signed, and the special ops squad known as “The Blacks” is about to be disbanded.
Despite the cease-fire, the squad commander plans a maneuver to destroy an enemy dam while retrieving the dead bodies of his soldiers from a mine-strewn forest.
Although the surviving members of the squad are tortured by their personal doubts and guilt, they move into action behind their leader…
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