Janko Baljak

Documentary about the crimes committed by Dušan Boljević who killed more than 50 of his Hungarian and Croat neighbors in the village of Bilje in Croatia during the reign of the so-called Republika Srpska Krajina. The story follows the trial for the slaying of 16 people.

Trade in drugs in Serbia (Balkan). Thirteen young people we spoke to, who are serving their sentences for this crime, are telling a story about the entrance into that vicious circle, and about how difficult is to find the way out of it.

Made in the form of an extended news report and narrated by journalist Dina Čolić-Anđelković, the film presents a snapshot of the chaotic Belgrade criminal underworld in the early 1990s which sprung up against the backdrop of Yugoslav wars. The film is composed of fragments from interviews with individuals directly involved with criminal activities either through perpetrating them or through trying to stop them.

This film analyses in detail what the main cause for the collapse of the reforms; it speaks out about the “curse of the reformers” who are doomed to end up between a rock and a hard place caused by tensions in the society, political pressure, weak institutions…

A three-part anthology film. 1) AMSTERDAM: Jovke and his two friends try to make some quick cash before going off to army. At the same time, he tries to establish communication both with his catatonic father and the girl he likes. 2) TIE REQUIRED: While drudging at the docks with two inseparable friends of his, Neša is waiting for a waiter's job at the bar where his mother works. After not being allowed to a birthday party, the trio decides to look for fun somewhere else. 3) ABSOLUTE PITCH: An unemployed paleonthologist spends his nights sewing dresses for his beloved one. When she sets off to countryside for work and doesn't call back, he becomes suspicious and decides to solve this sudden departure on his own. The movie was nominated for a Student Academy Award in 1991.

The search for truth of the 16 families of technicians killed in the April 23rd, 1999, NATO bombing of the Radio Television Serbia building.

Documentary by Janko Baljak.

Documentary by Janko Baljak.