UNDR (Kamal Aljafari, 2024) Access the Croatian original here. Taking into account the ideas that have driven the Human Rights Film Festival since its inception in 2002, it would be surprising if its 22nd edition (December 2–7, 2024) did not address, in some form, the current events unfolding in Gaza and the West Bank. When…

Limits of Europe (Apolena Rychlíková, 2024) Published here. Colloquially known as a “Eurotrip,” a tour of European countries is often seen as an opportunity for foreigners to experience the continent’s cultural diversity. Paradoxically, this pursuit easily leads to an oversimplified understanding. A running joke in the bubbles of online communities mercilessly suggests that Eurotrip enthusiasts–overwhelmingly…

The Sky Above Zenica (Zlatko Pranjić, Nanna Frank Møller, 2024) Available in Croatian here. When an ironworks was established in Zenica in 1892, Bosnia and Herzegovina had been under Austro-Hungarian rule for 14 years. The city’s industrial development, fueled by this and other facilities, significantly increased its population. By the early 20th century, Zenica had…

Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife (Alexandru Solomon, 2023) If one looks up Father Arsenie Boca online, captivating stories emerge. A Romanian priest, theologian, mystic and artist who ultimately became an abbot, Boca is widely regarded as one of the most influential Orthodox Christian clerics of the 20th century. His life story has come to symbolize a…

1489 (Shoghakat Vardanyan, 2023) Access the Croatian original here. When the decades-long conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan flared up again in 2020, Soghomon Vardanyan was serving in the army. He was just 21 years old–a student, a saxophonist, with his family waiting for him to come home. Twelve days after all communication with…