In the works here, people give testimony to the documentarians about ethnic difference, just before full war breaks out: hence, the conflict has not moved completely into the irrational sphere. In the first, Croats and Serbs, all close friends for many years, talk about the fierce nationalism and stress on ethnic difference that are in the air. In the second, Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo complain about each other and how they feel besieged - just before the wholesale expulsion of Kosovar Albanians and accompanying massacres that ensued once the NATO bombing of Serbia began.

We Were Young Yugoslavs, Antonia D. Carnerud, Sweden 1991/92, 66 mins.

The Valley, Dan Reed, UK, 1999, 70 mins.

Program II

This program, which lays a foundation for viewers to understand something of the war in Bosnia, has a two-fold function. It honors the artistry of Bosnian filmmaker Danis Taovic by presenting three of the shorts he made both during and after the war in Bosnia, before he directed his Cannes prize-winning first feature, NO MAN'S LAND. It also presents the second of two specials courageously created by ABC anchor Peter Jennings during the fighting in Sarajevo, in one of the few efforts made by the American media to awaken the public.

Portraits of Artists in Sarajevo, Danis Tanovic, Bosnia, 1994, 19 mins.

Dawn, Danis Tanovic, Bosnia, 1996, 13 mins.

Ca Ora (What Will Be), Danis Tanovic, France, 1998, 52 mins.

While America Watched: The Bosnia Tragedy, An ABC New Special Report with Peter Jennings, USA, 1994, 48 mins.

Program III

Beginning with a stunning Croatian video with subtle political overtones, this program segues into more overt works about oppression: a strong Croatian self-indictment about atrocities committed against Serbs in Croatia; a Serbian video about those same expelled Serbs, now living in Serbia; a public service announcement about Serbian repression of its own media; and a satire from the Yugoslavian Republic of Montenegro, challenging that Republic's affiliation with Serbia.

Juric: Fortress 1999, Zvonimir Juric, Croatia, 2000, 28 mins.

Operation Storm, Bozidar Knezevic, Croatia, 2001, 52 mins.

Model House, Goran Radovanovic, Serbia, 2000, 21 mins.

The Last Wish, Goran Radovanovic, Serbia, 1999, 1 min.

I Know How, Momir Matovic, Montenegro, 1993, 17 mins.

Program IV

This program focuses on sources and manifestations of hatred. First is an interview with one of the chief Serbian architects of the concept of ethnic cleansing and his rationale for alliance with Serbia rather than his native Bosnia. A work about Serbian discrimination against gypsies within Serbia follows, then a fiction about the love/hate relationship that developed between Serbs and non-Serbs in Bosnia, and finally an unbelievably intimate exchange of video correspondence between former friends from Bosnia, one Serb and one Muslim, now bitter enemies.

Serbian Epics, Paul Pawlikowski, UK, 1993, 40 mins.

Second Circle, Goran Radovanovic, Serbia, 1998, 27 mins.

Hop, Skip & Jump, Srdan Vuletic, Bosnia, 1999, 16 mins.

Video Letters: Emil and Sasa, Katarina Rejger, Eric van den Brock, The Netherlands, 2001, 19 mins.

Program V

Here we have a Rashomon-like overview of the war in Bosnia. Following a short video that mourns a ruined cinematheque - appropriate for a film festival - is fine American reportage on three productive persons living in Sarajevo during the siege, testimony to the Sarajevan spirit. The next three works are brilliant but shocking in their documentation of those who were slaughtered during the war and buried in mass graves, and the relatives who attempt to identify their remains in tents and in vaults.

Cinematique, Adis Bakrac, Bosnia, 1996, 3 mins.

Once Upon a Time: A Segment on Sarajevo, Bob Simon, CBS Sunday Morning, USA, 1996, 10 mins.

After AfterJasmila Zbanic, Bosnia, 1996, 16 mins.

Red Rubber Boots, Jasmila Zbanic, Bosnia, 2000, 18 mins.

The Abyss, Adis Bakrac, Bosnia, 2000, 15 mins.

Crime and PunishmentMaria Fugelvaag Warsinski

Program VI

The beginnings of war and its aftermath. The first work, about a Muslim sniper, is set at the very beginning of the war, and stunningly undermines the stereotype of passive victims. The other works take varied stances toward resolution.- Serbians indicting other Serbians for crimes committed against Crootians; a triptych of tales about how ethnic cleansing affected particular Kosovar Albanians, and where they will go from here; a moving fictional tale of an old man finding love, with war merely a backdrop; and a documentary about recreating pre-war solidarity among different ethnic groups in a town hit hard by the war.

A Man Called Boat, Pjer Zalica, Bosnia, 1992, 9 mins.

Ethnically Clean, Janko Baljak, Serbia, 1998, 30 mins.

Documentary Mosaique, Eugeen Saracini, Kosovo, 1999-2000, 28 mins.

The End of Unpleasant Times, Pjer Zalica, Bosnia, 1998, 15 mins.

Mostar Sevdah Reunion, Pjer Zalica, Bosnia, 2000, 30 mins.