The Way We Played (2005) - Video On Demand

The Way We Played - Movie Review

It's spring 1992 and Bosnia is on the eve of war. Oblivious to the encroaching danger two friends play in the spring sunshine. Overnight both their lives change forever.

It’s spring 1992 and Bosnia is on the eve of war. Oblivious to the encroaching danger two friends Stevo and Ramiz play in the spring sunshine. They pretend to be pirates and look for treasure at a nearby abandoned hill fort. Instead of gold they find guns which causes an argument between the friends which mirrors the conflict moving ever closer to their door. When Stevo discovers his father, a soldier in the Serb army, has instructions to kill Muslims in the village he sneaks out to warn his friend but is he too late?

Samir Mehanovic was born and brought up in the Bosnian town of Tuzla where he established a successful career in theatre and film. When war broke out in 1992, he continued to work with children as a theatre director until circumstances forced him to flee to Scotland in 1995 where he now works in film and theatre. His short film 'Game Over' was awarded the best Master Degree film at Edinburgh College of Art in 2004. He graduated from the Edinburgh College of Art with a Master of Design in TV/Film in 2004 and is currently working on a feature film script.

"The short film is based on my own real experiences of war and tells about the tragedy that happens to the most innocent - the children. It was shot in Bosnia and we could find real guns easier than cameras. This film helped me to deal with my past and first days of war. My best friend, a Serb, ran away without saying goodbye and the same night his army started shelling our city. In this film I gave my friend the benefit of the doubt. I made him a hero who tries to save his best friend in spite of everything."

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