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Operation Storm

The film explores the international community and Croatian human rights organizations' accusations of war crimes committed after the wartime Operation Storm.

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In summer 1995, the Operation Storm resulted in final liberation of the occupied territories in Croatia. Minister Čačić's comment on the burning of Serb houses in Krajina area immediately after the operation triggered uproar among the members of HDZ party. Five years later, some dramatic facts leaked to the public, revealing that – as it seems – not everything had been taking place in accordance with the rules of war.

This film recreates some of the events that took place in Knin and its surroundings (the villages of Grubor and Varivode) during and immediately after the Operation Storm. Using stories of witnesses and archive footage of numerous TV crews, the film explores the international community and Croatian human rights organizations' accusations of war crimes committed after the Storm. Operation Storm is the first Croatian-produced film dealing with the disturbing facts of war crimes committed by Croatian troops in the Homeland War.

Božidar Knežević

This experienced TV editor, journalist, cameraman and author of numerous war reports made his documentary, ''Operation Storm'', immediately before his premature death.

Original title:	Oluja nad Krajinom
Year of production:	2001.
Screening time:	52'
Format:	Beta SP
Production:	Factum, TWN
Co-financier:	Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia
Written and directed by:	Božidar Knežević
Produced by:	Nenad Puhovski
Cinematography by:	Fedor Vučemilović, Božidar Knežević, Blerim Krasniqi
Edited by:	Mirna Supek Janić
Sound dubbing:	Ruben Albahari
Assistant director:	Tihana Kopsa
Production assistant:	Dana Budisavljević
Assistant cinematographers:	Mladen Hrtka, Miralem Šehović, Boro Francheski

Festivals & Awards:

Days of Croatian Film 2001; The Hamptons International Film Festival 2001, New York; One World Human Rights Festival 2001, Belgrade; OFF Dialogue Through Film On the Road Film Festival (Bosnia-Herzegovina, FR Yugoslavia, Croatia), 2002; ZagrebDox; BAM Cinemas, SAD; Balkan Black Box 2003

Storm Over Krajina - postcard

Storm Over Croatia (pdf | 2.09 Mb)

Edited by Boris Rašeta, translated by Mima Simić. Zagreb, Beograd: Factum & B92 in co-operation with Heinrich Böll Stiftung, 2003.

Book presentation: Storm Over Croatia

Motovun Film Festival