Nafaka (2006)

Se supone que la guerra en los Balcanes ha terminado, pero la batalla por la supervivencia apenas ha comenzado. Tras ser tiroteado durante una misión de reconocimiento en Bosnia, el piloto americano Chris Burnett (Owen Wilson) tendrá que luchar por sobrevivir y escapar de las tropas serbias. Con el tiempo en su contra, el jefe de Burnett (Gene Hackman) prepara una arriesgada misión de rescate -en contra de las directivas de la OTAN- para salvarlo.

Bosnia, julio de 1995. Aida trabaja como traductora para la ONU en la pequeña ciudad de Srebrenica. Cuando el ejército serbio ocupa el pueblo, su familia está entre las miles de personas que buscan refugio en los campos de la ONU. Como participa en las negociaciones, Aida tiene acceso a información importante.

En algún lugar de los Balcanes, 1995. Un equipo de cooperantes debe resolver un problema aparentemente simple en un territorio casi completamente pacificado que ha sido devastado por una guerra cruel, pero algunos de los habitantes locales, los combatientes en retirada, las fuerzas de la ONU, muchas vacas y una burocracia absurda no dejarán de poner obstáculos en su camino.

Antes de la guerra de los Balcanes (años 90), Danijel, un policía serbio y Ajla, una joven artista bosnia- musulmana, se conocieron y se enamoraron, pero la guerra y la terrible violencia que asoló el país los cambió para siempre. Al verse involucrados en el conflicto, su relación y la lealtad que se profesaban empezaron a desmoronarse.

Guerra de Bosnia, 1993. Dos soldados de bandos distintos, un bosnio y un serbio, se encuentran atrapados entre las líneas enemigas, en tierra de nadie. Un sargento de los cascos azules de las Naciones Unidas se dispone a ayudarlos, contraviniendo las órdenes de sus superiores. Los medios de comunicación no tardan en convertir el asunto en un show mediático de carácter internacional. Mientras la tensión bélica crece y la prensa espera pacientemente nuevas noticias, los dos soldados intentarán por todos los medios salir con vida de tal situación.

Un grupo de periodistas británicos y norteamericanos cubre desde Sarajevo la guerra de Bosnia. Uno de ellos, Michael Henderson, encuentra en la ciudad un orfanato sometido día y noche a implacables bombardeos. Allí conoce a Emira, una niña a la que promete ayuda. A partir de entonces, trata de convencer a Nina, una asistente social norteamericana, para que le ayude a sacar ilegalmente a Emira del país.

In the opening stages of the Bosnian War, a small group of Serbian soldiers are trapped in a tunnel by a Muslim force.

A detachment of the Polish IFOR forces in Bosnia is led by Major Keller, who is being investigated for insubordination during a patrol in Srebrenica. The investigation is to be led by two arriving officers - Lieutenant Czacki and Major Kusz who will also replace Keller as CO. When the camp's RTO receives a communication from a downed Norwegian chopper, Keller ignores his standing orders and leads a platoon to rescue the crew.

El filme está compuesto de tres partes, respectivamente tituladas: Reino 1. Infierno; Reino 2: Purgatorio y Reino 3: Paraíso. El infierno, de una duración aproximada de siete u ocho minutos, se compone de distintas imágenes de guerra, sin orden cronológico o histórico. Aviones, tanques, buques de guerra, explosiones, fusilamientos, ejecuciones, poblaciones en fuga, campos devastados, ciudades destruidas, etc. Todo tanto en blanco y negro como en color. Las imágenes quedan mudas, acompañadas por cuatro frases y cuatro músicas (piano). El purgatorio, de aproximadamente una hora de duración, se desarrolla en nuestros días en la ciudad de Sarajevo -mártir entre otras - con ocasión de los Encuentro Europeos del Libro. Se trata de conferencias o de simples conversaciones sobre la necesidad de la poesía, de la imagen de uno mismo y el otro, de Palestina e Israel, etc., (FILMAFFINITY)

The war crimes trial of Ratko Mladic, accused of masterminding the murder of over 7000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in the 90s Bosnian war, the worst crime in Europe since WW2.

Kym, an Australian tourist, decides to travel to Bosnia. Her guidebook leads her to Višegrad, a small town steeped in history, on the border of Bosnia and Serbia. After a night of insomnia in the 'romantic' Hotel Vilina Vlas, Kym discovers what happened there during the war. She can no longer be an ordinary tourist and her life will never be the same again.

Hadi travels to Croatia to complete his researches on Film-making. His friend Aziz who has heard about his trip gives him a photo and a VHS cassette asking him to look after a girl Fatemeh there. Hadi with the help of a woman Hanifeh who can talk Persian searches for the girl. Croatian police arrest Hadi and because of his passport problems expelled him from the country. He then with Hanifeh go to Bosnia to complete his search after Fatemeh but involved in the Bosnia's war and get injured.

In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. Football rivals, and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations. Meanwhile, the lives of four English families are affected in different ways by encounter with the refugees.

Middle-aged cinephile and film projectionist Pera still lives with his mother - and best friend - Mara, in Belgrade. It's 1999 and when NATO bombs start raining down on Serbia, the two of them become refugees. After a surreal journey, they end up in New York, where Pera realizes that he can no longer do the old job he loved so much. While he and Mara were struggling to survive, the new age of digital projection was born. Then Pera stumbles upon some discarded projectors and his new mission in life becomes clear: he will travel around and show people the magic of Real Cinema - the magic that can only be created by celluoid, mechanical projectors, the silver screen and flickering light.

Sarajevo, 1992. They are called Ahmed, Lana, Sado, Saba, Sahbey, Beba, Nemanja, Marx, Matan. They live in and between wartimes. They have "nafaka", the destiny which was bestowed on them by God Almighty. They have enough gallows humor and courage to believe in freedom and happiness.

Jacob, a farm boy from Denmark, joins U.N. Brigade's peacekeeping force in Bosnia, where he witnesses refugees trying to escape their war-torn villages. There, Jacob is befriended by Sergeant Holt, a cynical soldier.

Paul Pawlikowski's award-winning documentary on life behind Serbian lines in Bosnia. The film observes the roots of the extreme nationalism which has torn apart a country and provides a chilling examination of the dangerous power of ancient nationalist myths.

Jasna searches for the remains of her two children who were killed and buried in the mass grave by Serbian Army. She gathers all available information and inspects mass grave sites hoping to find the red rubber boots her son wore the day he was abducted.

Bilja was seriously wounded in the 1992 shelling of Sarajevo. A French photographer took pictures of her while she lay bleeding and desperately begging for help; pictures of Bilja's wounds made him famous. Zbanic searches for Bilja and reconstructs the moment when news became more important than her life.

Si el conflicto en Bosnia se ha convertido en una especie de guerra olvidada, no es por la falta de intentos de la inmensamente poderosa película de la BBC Guerreros, la historia de cinco jóvenes soldados y sus desgarradoras experiencias en la región.