The ‘Storm’ war operation in the summer of 1995 resulted in the final liberation of all occupied Croatian territories. Five years later, the dramatic truth leaked into the media... Not everything happened in accordance to the ‘rules of the war’. This film is the first one produced in Croatia dealing with the disturbing realities of Croatian war crimes.
Božidar Knežević
Božidar Knežević was born in Titograd, Montenegro in 1952. He graduated from the Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb in 1975. From 1977 until 1991, he worked at TV Zagreb as a programme editor and film director in the Educational Programme. Since mid-1992, he has been a free-lance journalist and television cameramen, working for European TV companies following the events of war in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. He died in car accident in 2001 short after he finished controversial documentary ‘Operation Storm’.
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Oluja nad Krajinom
Croatia
2001, 52', color, video
Directed by:
Božidar Knežević
Screenplay by:
Božidar Knežević
Cinematography:
Fedor Vučemilović
Edited by:
Mirna Supek
Producer:
Nenad Puhovski
Produced by:
Factum, TWN
