State of Mind

Program type: documentary Running time: 52' Original title: Stan umysłu

A personal story of Senadin Ljubović - the psychiatrist of Bosnian Muslim origin, who decides to travel to The Hague jail for war criminals of the former Yugoslavia to meet his old friend - Radovan Karadzic. The last time they saw each other was just before the outbreak of the conflict, 20 years ago. This important journey through today's Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia is a final attempt to settle with his own history, including his relationship with Karadzic.

But, above all, it is an attempt to understand human nature and reasons that make people to commit the most serious crimes. What are the mechanisms occurring in the human psyche that change his or her personality and allow for cruelty? Victims and criminals from all sides of the conflict will attempt to answer these questions and while comparing their versions of story with the archives we’ll try to understand the madness of war.

Produced in 2015 by: TVN / Opus Film / PISF

Awards:

6th International Martyr Avini Awardat the "CINEMA VERITE" IRAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL in 2015

Award of Merit Special Mention: Documentary Short at the BEST SHORTS COMPETITIONin 2016