HOW THE WAR STARTED ON MY ISLAND

by Vinko Bresan (Kako je poceo rat na mom otoku, Croatia, 1996, 1h37)

starring Vlatko Dulic, Ljubomir Kerekes, Ivan Brkic, Predrag Vusovic, Leon Lucev

In September 1991, a few weeks after Croatia's declaration of independence, a man disembarks on a small Dalmatian island in order to extract his conscript son from a garrison besieged by the local population and militia. But tensions are at boiling point and the commander of the Yugoslav army threatens to blow the whole lot up if there is an attack.