BALKAN DOX
The Stone Speakers
Kameni Govornici
Directors
Igor Drljača
Producers
Albert Shin
Igor Drljača
Cinematographers
Amel Djikoli
Editors
Igor Drljača
Sound
Aaron Mirkin
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2018
Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina
32 min
Color
Present-day Bosnia-Herzegovina is a country still reeling from the civil war in the early 90s. The Bosnian economy never recovered, and the country remains divided. In order to cope, many towns have transformed themselves into unique tourist destinations that bring together history, religion, politics and folklore. The tourist sites promoted are not only a reflection of peopleʼs attempts to make a livelihood but are also a means to promote and establish competing narratives about the countryʼs past, present and future. The Stone Speakers explores four towns in Bosnia-Herzegovina through their tourism, slowly unravelling these competing narratives.
Director
Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Igor
Drljača completed his Masterʼs in Film Production at
York Universityʼs graduate program in 2011. He is
the recipient of the Ontario Art Council's K.M.
Hunter artist award for media arts in 2014. His
award winning shorts include Woman in Purple
(2010), and The Fuse: or How I Burned Simon Bolivar
(2011), which have screened at hundreds of festivals,
including: South by Southwest, Toronto, Telluride,
Tampere, Palm Springs Shortfest, Vancouver and
Melbourne. In 2013, The Fuse was nominated as best
short documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards.
His critically acclaimed debut feature Krivina (2012)
premiered at TIFF and had its international premiere
at Rotterdam. He co-produced Albert Shinʼs In Her
Place (2014), which received 7 CSA nominations,
including best picture.
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