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A list of feature films, TV films or TV series that include events of the Yugoslav Wars, such as the Croatian War of Independence, the Bosnian War and the Kosovo War. The list covers films from various countries, genres and directors, with brief summaries and links to original titles.
The web page covers the atrocities committed by all sides during the Kosovo War, which lasted from 1998 to 1999. It focuses on the ethnic cleansing and genocide of Kosovo Albanians by Serbian forces, and the international response and consequences.
Hive is a 2021 film by Blerta Basholli that won three awards at Sundance. It tells the true story of Fahrije, who starts a business after her husband goes missing in the Kosovo War.
Women at War is a historical drama that follows four women's stories in the Vosges region during the first month of WW1. The series explores their roles as sex workers, factory owners, nuns and nurses, and their challenges and choices in a war-torn society.
The Whistleblower is a 2010 Canadian biographical drama film directed by Larysa Kondracki and starring Rachel Weisz.Kondracki and Eilis Kirwan wrote the screenplay, which was inspired by the story of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska police officer who was recruited as a United Nations peacekeeper for DynCorp International in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1999.
In 1999, during the Kosovo War, Slobodan Milošević was indicted by the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for crimes against humanity in Kosovo. Charges of violating the laws or customs of war, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions in Croatia and Bosnia and genocide in Bosnia were added a year and a half later.
Five Came Back is a 2017 documentary series that explores the war-related works of five U.S. film directors: John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens. It features interviews with modern filmmakers who analyze the impact and legacy of the earlier directors' films, such as The Battle of Midway and Let There Be Light.
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies that took place from 1991 to 2001 in the region of the former Yugoslavia. They resulted in the breakup of Yugoslavia into six independent countries, massive deaths and displacements, and war crimes trials.