25 Winters
90 minutes (In production)
Twenty-five years ago the Balkan conflicts ended with a fragile peace treaty. However,
still until this day, a large amount of population struggles with the echos of the
unprecedented violence that came to define the brutal wars and ethnic conflicts that
lasted from 1992-1999. With the traumatic memories of the war still in active memory,
we explore how artists from around the Balkans, and greater Europe, continue the
difficult and painful task of recovering from the traumatic effects the conflict had
on themselves and their communities. In a series of overlapping portraits, we cross
the cemented ethnic lines and candidly follow the raw human stories of each artist as
they produce new work and we are given a valuable insight into the devotion each
protagonist has to overcoming their traumatic experiences and sharing their knowledge.
Directed by Mathilde Irrmann
Produced by Greg Blakey
DOP Benjamin Grant, Gazmend Bajri & Ben Böhm
Written and researched by Dennis Schmees
