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.
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. © IWPR

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Bosnia and Hercegovina: Twenty Years Later

Years active: 2012-2013

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.

The Friends

How Muslims and Catholics joined forces to build a church.

Bracika

Community leader argues that returning refugees prevented Bosnia dividing into totally segregated units.

The Forgotten

Second World War graves in Mostar abandoned and desecrated.

Elvis

Wartime foundling tries to come to terms with the past.

The Best Men

Some friendships across ethnic divides survived the Bosnian conflict.

The Acting Mum

How a Serb woman in Bosnia adopted children from another community.

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