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THE EASTERN DIWAN - a screen/play based on a novel by Dz. Karahasan
"Eastern Diwan" is a thriller story about mysterious and difficult to be resolved series of murders in Baghdad in 922 [622 according to hijra]. The main character, Gazvan a chief prison guard and investigator, in his attempt to find out who stands behind these crimes, who are the "enemies of the people", gets involved in fight without any scruples against the poet Al-Hallaj the founder of the Sufi order. In that passionate investigation and war to find out the enemies of the state and the Grand Vezir, Gazvan in fact destroys the freedom of his people and himself.

KEYTEN’S DREAM – screen/play based on a novel by Zivko Cingo
"Keyten's Dream" is a poetic drama about the poignant life of a group of teenagers - war orphans in an orphanage on the outskirts of Europe. The story takes place after one of the recent Balkan wars. The main characters, freedom-loving and jubilant Keyten and Lem, trapped in that cold and sad "home" like two birds in a cage, suffer and yearn for mother's love. In order to better their "unbearable lightness of being" they rebelliously confront the authorities, oppose the strict "home's" rules, and do something very special that brings light and warmth into their hearts and into the hearts of the other orphans.