DIRECTOR: AHMED IMAMOVI
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, 2010
Ruveyda is like most residents of the Belvedere refugee camp: a stoic widow yearning to forget the tragedy of war 15 years after the Srebrenica ethnic cleansing of Bosnia and Herzegovina. But unlike those around her, she spends most of her days in a bittersweet routine of caring for her extended family and searching for the remains of her husband and son—both of which offer a precarious hope that is one day tested when her nephew is selected to participate in a crass reality television show in a former enemy enclave. An emotionally rich portrait of war’s troubled aftermath, Imamovi’s film paints an uncommon image of patience, faith, love, and, above all, forgiveness. (90 mins.)