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theartsdesk at the Sarajevo Film Festival
theartsdesk at the Sarajevo Film Festival
Angelina Jolie drops in, but the 17th festival is more about Balkan film
Monday, 01 August 2011
Sarajevo: audiences watch movies surrounded by buildings which still bear mortar gashes and bullet holes
There is an interesting tension at the Sarajevo Film Festival which, though this was my first time, I suspect exists as a matter of course. And this is a tension between the spirit of the people I meet here – ebullient, good-humoured and indefatigable (they really know how to party) – and the films themselves, which suggest a country and a region still reeling from the turmoil of its recent past. It’s a strange experience, then, poised between light and gloom.
There is an interesting tension at the Sarajevo Film Festival which, though this was my first time, I suspect exists as a matter of course. And this is a tension between the spirit of the people I meet here – ebullient, good-humoured and indefatigable (they really know how to party) – and the films themselves, which suggest a country and a region still reeling from the turmoil of its recent past. It’s a strange experience, then, poised between light and gloom.
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