12-10-08:
Dear visitor,

Thank you all for visiting Balkan Snapshots! In our opinion it was a great festival; three busy days, great atmosphere, lots of Rakia inspired conversations in lots of different languages, sold out films and a packed concert with a magnificent Mostar Sevdah Reunion.

We thank the volunteers, the funds, our partners, Kriterion and Studio/K, and of course our you, our visitor, for making this year's festival possible and we hope to see you next year!

Here you can see the pictures of the festival, as you can see it's been a great event again. Nice!!!

'Pictures!'


8-10-08:
The film 'Baklava'(sat.11/10 22.00 S/K2) is banned in Bulgaria.. The director is under prosecution. He had to reschedule his flight from Canada so he would not land in Sofia where he has a chance of being arrested. It must be a shocking film.. or does the Bulgarian state have other reasons for banning 'Baklava' and prosecuting its young director Alexo Petrov? We'll show 'Baklava' and ask Alexo about why he thinks his film raises so much anger in his home country.

We have booked on Turbofest:

Mostar Sevdah Reunion Trio starring Ljiljana Butler, the Mother of Gypsy Soul!

Come and enjoy them at Turbofest!

But.. it's a filmfestival. So please do not leave this site without checking our big selection of films:
10 regions/10 films!

What else we got?

-Four shorts programs selected by four cultural organisations from Skopje, Belgrade, Sarajevo and Pristina.
-The central debate "Exotic/Excluded" Should Rakia and Gypsy music shape the Balkan image?
-Balkan Focus, in which we dive into worlds of Gypsy spaces and Titoist times
-Baf! Balkan Art Fluxion, a Balkan art exhibition organised by ReKult and Auropolis.
-Turbofest: the BSFF closing party with a great variety of live music and DJ's: Genc Salihu, Aleksandra Popovska, DJ Kareem Raihani, and many more.

Balkan Snapshots will blow your mind Balkan style!

Check the icons above to see the whole program. See you at Balkan Snapshots!