Women and Women's Issues

A moody, socially conscious drama tracing the aftermath of the Srebrenica massacre - Variety

Ruveyda is like most residents of the Belvedere refugee camp: a widow yearning to forget the tragedy of war, fifteen years after the ethnic cleansing of Bosnia and Herzegovina. But unlike those around her, she spends most of her days in a bittersweet routine of caring for her extended family, and searching for the remains of her husband and son—both of which offer a precarious hope that is one day tested when her nephew is selected to participate in a reality show in a former enemy enclave. An emotionally rich portrait of war’s troubled aftermath, director Ahmed Imamovic’s film paints an uncommon image of patience, faith, love, and above all, forgiveness.

This unique take on the late ‘80’s British playwright Andrea Dunbar is a haunting, experimental debut combining documentary archival footage and fictional re-enactments. On-location shooting in a rundown Yorkshire housing unit and lip-synching actors create an eerie and compelling work of cutting-edge "verbatim theater" on screen. Heralded by her contemporaries as “a genius straight from the slums,” Dunbar authored three plays before dying tragically of a brain hemorrhage at age 29 brought on by excessive drinking. The film is a compassionate tribute to a brilliant life cut short. Directed by Cleo Barnard, winner of Best New Documentary Filmmaker Award at the Tribeca Film Festival and Best British Newcomer at the London Film Festival.