{"id":1467,"date":"2015-08-25T13:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mosaicprod.com\/en\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2019-07-18T11:03:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T11:03:29","slug":"the-balkan-crossroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mosaicprod.com\/en\/all\/the-balkan-crossroad\/","title":{"rendered":"The Balkan Crossroad"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Srebrenica-main\"<\/a>The Sarajevo Film Festival was founded in 1995 in the midst of the Balkan War with the objective of distracting the population during the long siege of 1992. Today, twenty years later, we found a different festival. War is a protagonist, through a dozen documentaries and feature films that serve as catharsis for the lived drama.<\/p>\n

Sorting the issue of war in Bosnia is hard even today. It could be useful for the atonement of the country, that cinema would reflect what we are today. Current portraits are especially interesting in societies in the midst of reconstruction like the Yugoslavian one. It is a society that needs to transcend the horror and darkness. It is on the look for references that dwell with their same issues and contemporary challenges.<\/p>\n

Paradoxically, despite the painful remembrance of war, the Yugoslavian folk have made of their war history their main touristic attraction. In cities like Sarajevo, Belgrade and Mostar, it is especially significant. There, souvenirs and guided visits have war as their main ingredient. In this situation, one asks itself what do Bosnian, Serbian or Croatians see when they look at themselves today.<\/p>\n

The memory of Tito\u2019s Yugoslavia contrasts with the difficulties of a population that desires to \u201cbe European\u201d. This is a society that has been forced to migrate or to live under precarious conditions because of the lack of employment.Today, the ex-Yugoslavia lives a new challenge, that of being the anteroom to Europe for thousands of Syrian and Afghan immigrants.<\/p>\n

Even when there are no documentaries or feature films to show it, they are becoming the parapet of the massive exodus heading to central Europe in the face of the unsupportive policies of the EU.<\/p>\n

El Festival de Cine de Sarajevo<\/a> se fund\u00f3 en 1995, en plena guerra de los Balcanes, con el fin de distraer a la poblaci\u00f3n durante el largo asedio que sufri\u00f3 la ciudad desde 1992. Hoy, veinte a\u00f1os m\u00e1s tarde, encontramos un festival diferente. La guerra es protagonista, a trav\u00e9s de una decena de documentales y largometrajes que sirven de catarsis del drama vivido.<\/p>\n

Sortear el tema de la guerra en Bosnia es aun hoy dif\u00edcil. Pero quiz\u00e1s ser\u00eda \u00fatil en la reparaci\u00f3n del pa\u00eds, que el cine ayudase a reflejarnos lo que somos hoy. Este retrato actual\u00a0es especialmente interesante en sociedades en reconstrucci\u00f3n como la yugoslava. Esta sociedad necesita trascender el horror y la oscuridad. Se encuentra a la\u00a0b\u00fasqueda de referentes que aborden tambi\u00e9n sus problemas y retos contempor\u00e1neos.<\/p>\n

Parad\u00f3jicamente, pese a que rememorar la guerra duela, los yugoslavos han hecho de su historia b\u00e9lica su principal atractivo tur\u00edstico. En capitales como Sarajevo, Belgrado o Mostar es especialmente significativo. All\u00ed, los souvenirs y las visitas guiadas tienen la guerra como ingrediente principal. Ante esta situaci\u00f3n, uno se pregunta qu\u00e9 ven los bosnios, los serbios o los croatas cuando se miran hoy d\u00eda. El recuerdo de la Yugoslavia de Tito contrasta con las dificultades de una poblaci\u00f3n que desea \u201cser europea\u201d. Una sociedad a la que la falta de empleo obliga a emigrar o vivir en situaciones precarias.<\/p>\n

Hoy, la exYugoslavia vive un nuevo reto, el ser\u00a0la anteasala de Europa para miles de emigrantes sirios y afganos. Aunque aun no hay documentales ni largometrajes que lo muestren, se est\u00e1n convirtiendo sin quererlo en parapeto del \u00e9xodo masivo hacia Centroeuropa frente a las pol\u00edticas insolidarias de la EU. El volumen de emigrantes que duerme cada noche en\"KOC12 parques o parkings de la ciudades yugoslavas no deja de crecer, desafiando las capacidades humanitarias de unos pa\u00edses que ya tienen en su propia consolidaci\u00f3n y redefinici\u00f3n suficientes retos como para convertirse en campos de refugiados.<\/p>\n

\u00bfSe trata de una macabra casualidad, o los Balcanes son, por alguna raz\u00f3n, el escenario elegido\u00a0de los mayores conflictos internacionales del \u00faltimo siglo?<\/p>\n

The volume of immigrants that sleep every night in parks or parking lots in the Yugoslavian cities does not stop growing, defying the humanitarian capacities of countries that have with their own consolidation and redefining enough challenges as to turn into refugee camps.<\/p>\n

Is it a cruel coincidence, or are the Balkans for a special reason the chosen scenery of the mayor international conflicts or the last century?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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