A bridge on the Drina
2005
When we think of the war in Bosnia, we mainly remember the names of towns: Sarajevo, Mostar, Bihac, Tuzla, Gorazde… and one massacre: Srebrenica. But we don’t remember Visegrad. Because the Western media never mentioned Visegrad. As if nothing had ever happened there. As if Visegrad had never existed. Yet Visegrad does exist. It is a town in eastern Bosnia, with a bridge. A symbolic and majestic bridge. A bridge made famous by Ivo Andrić’s novel. A bridge like an emblem, like a pillory, like a mausoleum... Like a testimony.
Credits
Director: Xavier Lukomski
Cinematography: Jorge Leon
Editing: Michèle Hubinon
Assistant cinematographer
Sébastien Tran
Production
Cobra Films / ADR Productions
Co-production
WIP (Liège)
With the support of
French Community of Belgium / CNC (Paris)
Reviews
A Bridge Over the Drina_lussas-bd778.pdf
A Bridge Over the Drina_huma.pdf
A Bridge Over the Drina_cinergie.pdf
A Bridge Over the Drina_cinereel.pdf
A Bridge Over the Drina_ADDOC.pdf
Awards
Best Short Film Award at the International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra ‘Punto de Vista’,
Special Mention from the Jury at the Alba International Film Festival-Infinity,
First Prize from the Short Film Jury at the Documenta Madrid 06 Festival, Special Mention from the Jury at Dokufest, Prizren (Kosovo-UNMIK) 06,
First Prize from the Jury at L’Alternativa, XIII Barcelona Independent Film Festival,
Best Belgian Documentary Award at the Filmer à tout Prix Festival, Brussels,
Special Mention from the Grand Jury and Special Mention from the Student Jury at Doc en courts, Lyon (France),
Grand Prix of the European Competition at the Vendôme Film Festival (France)
Festival(s)
Over 50 selections including...
IDFA Festival & Amnesty International Festival, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Fipa Biarritz (France)
Cinéma du réel, Paris (France)
Toronto International Film Festival (Canada)
RIDM, Montreal (Canada)