THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF NATIONALITIES 2016 WORLD CONVENTION
THE 2016 WORLD CONVENTION DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
14-16 APRIL 2016
Saturday April 16
2:50 – 4:50 PM
THE SIEGE
FRANCE 2016 (90 min.)
Directed by Rémy Ourdan & Patrick Chauvel
Sarajevo lived through the longest siege in modern history. The Siege is a film about those who lived through it, about the human experience of the besieged. Through Sarajevo to beyond Sarajevo, it is the story of a surrounded city, of a battle and resistance. It is also the universal story of civilization facing a terrible challenge to its existence, of a struggle for its survival. Sarajevo resisted and survived. A siege is a unique phenomenon in a war: the entire city becomes the frontline, where fighters and civilians struggle and live together. The Siege describes a vertiginous descent into war.
Winner of the Documentary Prize at FIPA 2016
“A universal testimony on war and resistance. (…) A tribute to the dignity and courage of those who resisted, day after day, this journey into hell” – Le Monde
“Of great humanity, tender, brutal and complex” – Le Figaro