Paper short abstract:

The film clips “Memory Walk Sarajevo and Istočno–Sarajevo” depict the discovery journey of young Bosnians of contested monuments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Research and interviews with passers-by form the basis of these film clips on monuments related to the Second World War and the Bosnian War in the 1990s.

Paper long abstract:

During an educational film workshop, "Memory Walk", young Bosnians (15-18 years old) from Sarajevo and Istočno-Sarajevo explored together the local public culture of remembrance in the two neighboring cities. Three film clips were created depicting monuments connected to the Second World War and the Bosnian War in the 1990s. The young participants presented through their own voices the message and meaning of the monument, after doing research and interviewing passers-by on the streets. Under the guidance of professional trainers and editors, they filmed their discovery journey and edited the footage into three short film clips. The workshop used documentary film as an innovative method to let youngsters reflect on their conflicted history and their own responsibility towards the wartime past. It aimed to show that the past does not belong to the old and the powerful alone - it belongs to these young people as well and this workshop encouraged them to take up their rights as citizens to explore, to question and to (re)shape the stories behind these monuments. The film clips were screened at the Sarajevo Film Festival at Art Cinema Kriterion in 2013.

Film clips: Sarajevo Roses (03:55) - Vraca Memorial Park (06:55) - Milan Simovic Monument (4:24)

Weblink: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGUT1fOnNy3uptfixPQZaKQ

Organized by: Anne Frank House and Youth Initiative for Human Rights BiH

Year of production: 2013

Location: Pale and Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Funding: Humanity in Action, the German Embassy of BiH, the Austrian Embassy of BiH, the Italian Embassy of BiH and United Nations Volunteers

Production: Studio Lisica