The Enclave (Enklava)
A film By Goran Radovanovic, Serbia
43rd International Film Festival, Belgrad, März 2015 - Best Film Award in the FEST 2015 "Serbian Film" category
The Jury Votum Belgrad FEST 2015
The critics' jury of the FIPRESCI Serbian branch, comprising Dr. Ivana Kronja - chairperson, Milorad Djokic and Srdjan Vucinic, bestowed the Best Film Award in the FEST 2015 "Serbian Film" category upon the feature film THE ENCLAVE (Serbia, Germany, 2014), written and directed by Goran Radovanovic. THE ENCLAVE offers an exciting journey into the world of uncertainty and recent war clashes in Kosovo and Metohija, as seen by Serbianand Albanian children. Integrating mature guidance of child actors and of the entire cast, a dramaturgy which expertly accompanies the melodramatic plot, the causes and consequences of violence, and a modern and dynamicfilm language, THE ENCLAVE evokes the trauma of a victimized childhood, the hardships of life in contemporary Kosovo and Metohija and the possibilities of reconciliation and catharsis.
Synopsis
Nenad, ten years Christian boy from a Serbian enclave, determined to create a proper community burial for his late grandfather, crosses enemy lines and makes friends among the Muslim majority in deeply divided, war-torn Kosovo.
Goran Radovanović
Born in Belgrade in 1957. Graduated art history from Belgrade’s Faculty of Philosophy in 1982. Between 1977 and 1980 he sojourned in Munich on a scholarship awarded by the Goethe Institute. Upon his return to Belgrade he wrote film critics (Vidici, Filmograf, Treći program Radio Beograda), and since 1984 he has worked as writer and director of both feature and documentary films. He worked as guest professor at: New York Tisch School, Texas University, Austin, Penn University, Philadelphia, Columbia College, Chicago, American University, Wašington D.C., Cornell University, Ithaca, New York , DFFB (German Film and TV Academy Berlin), etc. He is a member of the European Film Academy, Berlin and Film Artists Association of Serbia. Currently works as guest professor at EICTV (International Film and Television School), San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba.