Soske

‘Soske’, in the Roma language, means ‘why’. Refugees are like the Roma: people pity them, initially try to help, but at the same time don’t want them as neighbors. On three simultaneous screens, the film shows three refugees who have found a new home in the Netherlands. Perrera, a doctor from Sri Lanka, Veronique, a diplomat from Burundi, and Luba, an actress from Chechnya, had successful careers in their homelands, but war forced them to interrupt their previous lives and start anew. They remember the past, hope for the future, and wait…

• 21. festival nizozemskog filma, Utrecht, 2001.• 18. Kasseler Dokfest, Njemačka, 2001.• 11. dani hrvatskog filma, 2002.• It's All True – međunarodni festival dokumentarnog filma, São Paulo, Brazil, 2002.• 1. međunarodni forum eksperimentalnog filma, videa i novih medijskih tehnologija – Treći program, Dubrovnik, 2002.• Festival International de Films de Femmes, Creteil, Francuska, 2002.• Revija hrvatskog filma i videa, Široki Brijeg, 2002.• Beeld voor Beeld, Amsterdam, 2002.• MoMa (Muzej moderne umjetnosti), New York, 2002.