Panel Discussion: Grief

SATURDAY 8TH NOVEMBER | 19:15 HOURS | FILMHUIS DEN HAAG, ROOM 5 | FREE ADMISSION

As part of this year’s Focus: Grief program, Eastern Neighbours Film Festival invites audiences to a panel discussion exploring how cinema can process and transform experiences of loss. Rather than dwelling in sorrow, the conversation seeks to explore how art can articulate the inexpressible, connect personal pain with collective memory, and create space for reflection and healing.

Joining the discussion are three filmmakers whose recent works approach grief in strikingly different ways: Aidan Serik, editor of “We Live Here“, a poetic documentary tracing generational trauma in the Kazakh steppe; Andamion Murataj, director of “Man of the House“, which reimagines the Balkan “sworn virgin” tradition through the lens of mourning identity; and Vladimir Tagić, director of “Yugo Florida“, a raw and darkly humorous portrayal of a son caring for his unbearable father in his final weeks.

The admission for the panel is free, but requires registration. You can RSVP for the panel here.

FOCUS: GRIEF PROGRAMME

MAN OF THE HOUSE by Andamion Murataj
WE LIVE HERE by Zhanana Kurmasheva
WHEN LIGHTNING FLASHES OVER THE SEA by Eva Neymann
WIND, TALK TO ME by Stefan Đorđević
YUGO FLORIDA by Vladimir Tagić