Recent years have seen the emergence of numerous film festivals in the former Yugoslavia and Albania. Three of these imaginative and highly successful festivals, run on an extremely tight budget, have been invited to this year's CULTURESCAPES festival. A selection of innovative and exciting short films and documentaries from the Western Balkans will be showcased.
The Human Rights Film Festival FREE ZONE, Belgrade (Serbia) was founded in 2005. This hugely respected and influential festival is held in the capital and in various towns and cities around the country.
Film selection:
‹Ratni reporter / War reporter› (Silvestar Colbas, HR 2011, 60', OV/e)
‹Ispit zrelosti / The Test of Maturity› (Smirna Kulenovic, BIH/SE 2012, 31', OV/e)
As a guest Branka Pavlovic (program director of Free Zone festival) will be attending the screenings in Basle, Berne and Zurich.