2018

Srbenka by director Nebojša Slijepčević won Doc Alliance Award 2018. The winning film boldly opens the war traumas that are still alive in former Yugoslavia and addresses the still existent animosity between Croatians and Serbs. The director received the award on May 12th, 2018, at Cannes IFF.

The winner was decided by a nominated seven-member jury:

Ivan David, Czech Republic
Kristoffer Hegnsvad, Denmark
Erwan Floch’lay, France
Dennis Vetter, Germany
Jakub Demianczuk, Poland
Francisco Ferreira, Portugal
Boris Senff, Switzerland

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Srbenka

Nebojša Slijepčević
Croatia, 2018, 76 min

In early 90’s, a 12-year old Serbian girl was brutally murdered in Zagreb. The perpetrators were soon found but never convicted. A quarter-century later, well known director Oliver Frljic is working on a theatre play about the case. The rehearsals bring out hidden traumas and become collective psychotherapy, and the 12-year old actress Nina feels as if the war had never ended.