Bosniak - Director | July 16, 1961 -
My company, East West, was founded on the premise that people need to group together and not be xenophobic, parochial, or provincial.
Haris Pasovic
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War and peace-making, human rights, humanitarian issues have become industries, but nobody looks closely at human greed, at the arms industry and the manufacture of landmines. Art has to take a wider view. The problems of Ireland are my problems, too.
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I work in theater, so I am always working in front of empty chairs. They represent a future presence. They are never just chairs.
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Art is a primal need - even under siege, especially under siege.
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We realised that art, theatre, and music in Sarajevo were resistance at the deepest level.
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There's no real theatre without taking risks.
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I learned a lot about Ottoman court, and it was very Shakespearian in essence. Stories like the one in 'Hamlet' did happen several times in the 500 years of Ottoman history.
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Every time has its own 'Hamlet.'
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Many have asked me, 'Why have a film festival in the middle of a war?' But they have it backwards. The question is, 'Why have a war in the middle of a film festival?'
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Individual acts have made Europe a civilized place and are key to its development. We must not forget it.
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