After the War
saturday june 9 | 14.30 hrs | Dutch premiere

After the War
In the heart of the Balkans live a small Islamicized people of Slavic origin, without a country of their own. What had kept them together and protected for centuries was their home, Gora, high up in the beautiful mountains of southern Kosovo. The Kosovo war of 1999 brought unrest into these fable-like parts. The Gorani, who had fought mainly on the Serbian side, are now left alone, surrounded by an Albanian majority and their own dark memories of the war. When it becomes too hard to live under this cloud of death, many leave Gora forever, searching for a new life. Through this little elegy, the ones who abide tell their stories before the winds carry them away.

Srdjan Keca (Serbia) | Kosovo | 2006 | 46 min | English subtitles

camera: Srdjan Keca
sound: Vladimir Uspenski
editor: Milos Stojanovic
producer: Srdjan Keca
awards: Golden Black Box Documentary, Balkan Black Box Festival (Berlin, Germany) | Audience award, DokumentART (Neubrandenburg, Germany) | Jury award, Alternative Film/Video Festival (Belgrade, Serbia)

contact: Srdjan Keca, Atelier Varan Belgrade
t: +38 1644019200
e: srdjan@varan.org.yu
w: www.varan.org.yu

Srdjan Keca (1982) was born in the smoggy but quiet town of Pancevo, Serbia. He is a student of Theoretical Physics at the University of Belgrade, as well as a graphic and web designer. In 2004 he completed the French documentary filmmaking school of Ateliers Varan and together with 10 other colleagues founded Atelier Varan Belgrade, a documentary cinema production and training centre.