Lara Milena Brose's debut feature documentary won Best Documentary at its January 2024 world premiere at Germany's prestigious Max Ophüls Prize festival. The 70-minute film examines the plight of Afghan refugees stranded at the Bosnia-Croatia border—one of the EU's external frontiers—following the Taliban's 2021 return to power. Through intimate portraits of a teenage Afghan refugee and an elderly Bosnian woman haunted by Yugoslavia's wartime trauma, the film draws powerful parallels between generations of displacement.
Our partner Canger Films Distribution is bringing ECHOES FROM BORDERLAND to german cinemas starting january 22nd. We are aiming for school screenings together with Visionen Kino who has placed a film tip.