The Landscape and the Fury

Nicole Vögele, CH 2024, 138 min, Bosnian/Dari/Kurdish/English OmeU

Night. Forest. Dogs barking. Little visibility. Nicole Vögele's film takes us to an external border of the EU. In the landscape that separates Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, traumatic memories of the past Bosnian war lie buried like mines, while today people fleeing are forcibly pushed back at the border. They leave new traces in the border area and meet local inhabitants. They chop wood, ride quad bikes, shop and at the same time wait, hope and prepare for the next crossing attempt. Time passes, seasons change - old scars become visible and are remembered, new ones emerge. A cinematographic essay that observes and collects and in which past violence and present migration come together in the landscape. Guest: Nicole Vögele.