SFF: Three films on today's programme recalling crimes committed in the conflicts of the '90s

Part of the Sarajevo Film Festival programme is dedicated to the bloody wars of the early '90s in the former Yugoslavia, in which more than 100,000 people were killed, including a large number of women and children, reports the Patria news agency

On Sunday, 16 August, three films dealing with the region of the former Yugoslavia will be screened: "15 Minutes - The Dvor Massacre", directed by Georg Larsen and Kasper Vedsmand, "Voices of Srebrenica", directed by Nedim Lončarević, and "The Diplomat", directed by David Holbrooke.

Bearing in mind the marking of the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, 20 years since Operation „Storm” and the Dayton Agreement, we have prepared a special programme for this year in which we reflect on the atrocities committed during the Balkan wars of the 1990s and pay tribute to the victims, said the Sarajevo Film Festival.

The declaration of independence of Slovenia from the Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991 marked the beginning of the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. It was followed by Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The conflict between Slovenia and the Yugoslav People's Army lasted only 10 days, but brutal wars were fought in Croatia and BiH (starting in 1991 and 1992, respectively).

According to ICTJ (International Center for Transitional Justice) data, the conflicts involved widespread attacks on civilians, population displacement, systematic rape and concentration camps. Most of the massacres occurred in BiH, Croatia and Kosovo. During the conflicts in the region, around 140,000 people were killed and nearly 4,000,000 people were displaced, Patria reports.