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DESCRIPTION:Videoletters, Program 1 Katarina Rejger, Eric van den Broek 
 (Netherlands/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Slovenia/Macedonia/Croatia/Serbia and 
 Montenegro, 2004–5)   A project designed to reconcile citizens of the 
 former Yugoslavia metamorphosed into an inspiring cinematic feat in this 
 powerful collection of video “letters” to and from former friends, 
 neighbors, and lovers. Dutch filmmakers Katarina Rejger and Eric van den 
 Broek created the project, and in most cases acted as initiators, 
 recorders, and even mail carriers, finding and bringing into contact those 
 whom the war had driven apart. Traveling across five separate republics, 
 the two urged people of different nationalities to send one another a video 
 letter of questions and answers, comments and expressions of sadness. A 
 Bosnian woman appeals to a former soldier to help find the bodies of her 
 children; a Croat tries to find an old friend, only to discover the friend 
 is dead; and a Muslim seeks his childhood best friend, but hears rumors 
 that he is a war criminal. Most, however, have only one question: “How 
 are you?” Across the Balkans, there are now over sixty places where 
 individuals can record their own letters; Bosnian radio stations now 
 announce when a letter has arrived from Serbia, and vice versa. In a 
 further testament to the power of this remarkable series (and to the 
 commitment of the filmmakers), every public television station in the 
 former Yugoslavia agreed to broadcast the episodes.   Winner, Nestor 
 Almendros Prize 2005.   A second program of Videoletters screens on Sunday, 
 February 26.   —Jason Sanders   • Photographed by various participants. 
 (Total running time: 75 mins, In Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, 
 Serbian, and Slovenian with English subtitles, Color, Beta SP) \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/01/31/86373.php
SUMMARY:Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2006
LOCATION:Pacific Film Archive\n2575 Bancroft Way @ Bowditch  UC Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/01/31/86373.php
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