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The Travelling Festival on Human Rights – VIVISECTfest
Topic: War in the Former Yugoslavia – View from Inside and Outside
In 2005 and 2006, the programme of the "War in the Former Yugoslavia – View from Inside and Outside" Travelling Festival was implemented in co-operation with local partners in Inđija, Belgrade, Kikinda, Sombor, Bačka Palanka, Novi Bečej, Novi Pazar, Ruma and Stara Pazova (Serbia); Tuzla, Mostar, and Sarajevo (B&H); Berlin (Germany); and Skopje (FYR Macedonia).
Within the Travelling Festival on Human Rights – VIVISECTfest the following programmes have been implemented:
Exhibition of war photographs War in the Former Yugoslavia – View from Inside and Outside by photojournalists from the territory of the former Yugoslavia and abroad: Darko Bandić (Croatia), Martin Candir (Vojvodina/Serbia), David I. Gross (Mimetic), Diego A. Gomez (Slovenia), Boris Grdanoski (FYR Macedonia), Ron Haviv (Agency VII), Visar Kryeziu (Kosovo), Danilo Krstanović (B&H), Gary Knight (Agency VII), Borut Krajnc (Slovenia), Paul Lowe (Panos Pictures), Massimo Sciacca (Contrasto), Tone Stojko (Slovenia), Andrew Testa (Panos Pictures), and Barbara Čeferin (Slovenia).
Film review within which the following films were screened: Koča Pavlović - War for Peace; Fade In – Growing up of the 'V' Generation; Šahin Šišić – The Planet Sarajevo; Maja Weiss – The Balkan Gunfighters and The Road of Fraternity and Unity; Nenad Puhovski – Pavilion 22; Janko Baljak – The Anatomy of Pain; Dan Reed – The Valley; Jody Barrett, Maria Mok, Maasja Ooms – Kosovo/a; Vlado Dencov – The Long Straight Furrow; Marija Gajicki – Vivisect ; Helena Koder – Refugee Centre; Ivan Andrijanić and Ivan Stefanović – When You Burn, Burn It Better; Boris Mitić – Pretty Dyana; Sead and Nihad Kreševljaković, Nedim Alikadić– Do You Remember Sarajevo?; Franci Slak – The Birth of a Nation; Dubravko Badalić – There Were We Departed; Igor Zupe – It's alive, Laibach Occupied Europe NATO Tour; Aldin Arnautović and Refik Hodžić – Justice Unseen; YII Citaku – Should I Stay or Should I Go.
Exhibition of applied posters on the topic Farewell to Arms, Farewell to Wars by the students of the Arts Academy in Novi Sad, and the engaged poster creative workshop, whose joint aim was to make young people take an active role in the process of facing the past.
Interactive exhibition Lay Down Your Arms, Farewell to Arms, Farewell to Wars which also included a board with the inscription "A man sings after the war" by Dušan Vasiljev, and a space for leaving all those things which remind people of war, which they want to give away for good.
The tribune titled How to End War? to open the discussion on the reasons which make the process of facing the events that happened in the recent past in the territory of the former Yugoslavia so difficult.
The Chronology of Travelling VIVISECTfest in 2005 and 2006
Indjija
May 17th-23rd, 2005
Venue: The Cultural Centre of Indjija
Partners: The Municipality of Indjija and the Cultural Centre of Indjija
Belgrade
June 13th-18th, 2005
Venue: The Youth Centre, POGON
Partners: The Youth Centre, Women at Work and the Association for Women’s Initiative
Kikinda
June 22nd - 27th, 2005
Venue: "Jovan Popović" National Library
Partners: "Jovan Popović" National Library, Postpesimists, and RTV VK.
Tuzla
October 10th-14th, 2005
Venue: The Peace Flame House
The programme of the VIVISECTfest Travelling Festival was implemented within the second edition of the Human Rights Film Festival – Over the Walls organised by the Human Rights Office, Tuzla.
Sombor
November 6th-9th, 2005
Venue: Old Town Hall
The programme of the VIVISECTfest Travelling Festival was implemented owing to Anita Beretić, Member of the Serbian Parliament and the Democratic Party.
Berlin
November 15th-20th, 2005
Venue: Kunsthaus Tacheles, Neue Galerie
The programme of the VIVISECTfest Travelling Festival was implemented in co-operation with the Balkan Black Box Festival, owing to Uta Zapft, Aleksandar Ivkovac, Petra Blass and the German Embassy in Belgrade.
Bačka Palanka
December 1st-4th, 2005
Venue: City Theatre Entrance Hall
Partner: Society for Tolerance
Novi Bečej
December 15th-18th, 2005
Venue: The Cultural Centre of the Novi Bečej Municipality
Partners: The Cultural Centre of the Novi Bečej Municipality and PAAD Group
Novi Pazar
December 21st-24th, 2005
Venue: The Youth Centre
Partners: URBAN IN and the Youth Centre of Novi Pazar
Ruma
March 16th-19th, 2006
Venue: The Cultural Centre and the Youth Centre
Partners: The Cultural Centre of Ruma, the Youth Council of Ruma and the TREMA FEST.
Sarajevo
May 4th-7th, 2006
Venue: "1st May" Theatre
Partners: CURE Foundation, QPSW, Sprofondo-Bezdan and XY Films Sarajevo.
Mostar
May 18th-21st, 2006
Venue: OKC "Abrašević"
Partners: QPSW and OKC "Abrašević".
Stara Pazova
May 25th-28th, 2006
Venue: The Centre for Culture
Partners: The Centre for Culture – Stara Pazova, the Society of the Children and Young People’s Friends – Novi Banovci, Citizens’ Forum of Stara Pazova, Copy Copy - Belgrade.
Skoplje
October 5th-8th, 2006
Venue: Small Station
Partner: Association of the Macedonian Students of Journalism - FEJS Macedonia.
Donors
Implementation of the Travelling VIVISECTfest programme in Indjija was supported by the Municipality of Indjija.
Implementation of the Travelling VIVISECTfest programme in Kikinda was supported by Banini.
Travelling VIVISECTfest in Belgrade was supported by Freedom House – Project: "Truth and Reconciliation" sponsored by Freedom House, with the funds were provided by C. S. Mott Foundation.
Implementation of the Travelling VIVISECTfest programme in Sombor, Bačka Palanka, Novi Bečej, Novi Pazar and Berlin was supported by the Stability Pact for SEE with the funds of the German Government.
Implementation of the Travelling VIVISECTfest programme in Ruma, Tuzla, Sarajevo, Mostar and Stara Pazova was enabled by Quaker Peace & Social Witness.
Implementation of the Travelling VIVISECTfest programme in Skopje was enabled by the Swiss Embassy in Belgrade and C. S. Mott Foundation.