Document HRFF: Honey on Wounds and Goodnight Sarajevo

Balkans Double Bill

Honey on Wounds (2014, Romania/UK)
Dir. Iulia Stoian

During the Kosovo War thousands of Albanian women witnessed the execution of their husbands and were victims of sexual abuse. Although the war has been over for more than decade they have been forbidden to remarry or lead independent lives. In one village of widows, though, they are being shown an unorthodox but very effective way to start the begin their journey of healing. Beekeeping.

Iulia will be present for a post-screening Q+A.

Goodnight Sarajevo (2014, Spain)
Dir. Edu Marin and Olivier Algora

During the siege of Sarajevo , Boris Minic - a much loved broadcaster on national radio - was a voice of the reason. The city was held hostage for just under four years. The longest siege of capital city in modern history - and the scars still remain. Twenty years on Minic returns home. Taking the filmmakers and audiences alike on a personal tour of his beloved city. From open markets and the radio station to his old apartment. Goodnight, Sarajevo is a powerful documentary that explores the public and private memories of one of the most harrowing moments in twentieth century history.