Balkans

Bosnia and Hercegovina: Twenty Years Later

 

A series of short TV documentaries about life in Bosnia and Hercegovina 20 years after the start of the 1992-95 war which tore the country apart.

The films, produced by IWPR and Mebius Film, feature people whose lives were changed by the war, but who managed to overcome ethnic and political divisions at the worst of times. They are stories of humanity and moral courage, of people coping with the consequences of war as best they can, and hoping for a better future.

The films were produced under IWPR's Programme for the Western Balkans and the ICTY, funded by the Norwegian government.

Dejan Plahuta, defence witness in the Simatovic trial. (Photo: ICTY)
Courtside
24 May 12
Court hears that “Red Berets” title could refer to other units.
Bosnia and Hercegovina: Twenty Years Later
23 May 12
Second World War graves in Mostar abandoned and desecrated.
Bosnia and Hercegovina: Twenty Years Later
21 May 12
Wartime foundling tries to come to terms with the past.
Courtside
18 May 12
Appeals bench hears that attacks came after legitimate military order was issued.
Ratko Mladic in the ICTY courtroom, 17-May-12. (Photo: ICTY)
Courtside
17 May 12
Judge delays witness testimony after prosecution fails to disclose documents to defence.
Project Highlight
16 May 12
Schoolchildren too young to remember war admit they are still weighed down with the prejudices of their elders.
Richard Butler, an American military analyst appeared as a prosecution witness. (Photo: ICTY) The three members of the panel at which the IWPR documentary was screened. From left to right,  Bosnian movie director Ahmed Imamovic, IWPR reporter Marija Arnauitovic, and Italian director Mirko Pincelli. (Photos: Vanja Pantic and Kristi Roybal) Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. (Photo: ICTY) Ante Gotovina. (Photo: ICTY) Evert Rave, prosecution witness in the Tolimir trial. (Photo: ICTY) Nightime view of Sarajevo. (Photo: Lazhar Neftien)
Courtoom six of the court of Bosnia and Hercegovina in Sarajevo. Some smaller courts are less well equipped. Photo: Archive of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Military analyst Richard Butler. (Photo: ICTY) Radovan Karadzic in the ICTY Courtroom. (Photo: ICTY)
Salih Subasic at the funeral of his grandfather,who was amongst those murdered after the enclave fell. (Photo: Still from Uspomene 677, a documentary by Mirko Pincelli) Shefqet Kabashi witness at the Haradinaj trial. (Photo: ICTY) President Mahmoud Ahmadinejed receives Emir Hadžikadunić, the new Bosnian ambassador in Tehran. (Photo: Danial Shaigan/Fars News Agency)