STATE OF MIND

POLISH TITLE: STAN UMYSŁU

The main protagonist of the movie is Senadin Ljubovic, neuropsychiatrist, Bosnian Muslim who hired dr Karadzic in psychiatry clinic in Sarajevo before the war. Last time they saw each other was right before the war started. Sixteen years later Ljubovic decides to go to the Detention Unit in Hague in order to meet with his old friend, Karadzic. This journey through today's Bosnia and Serbia serves as the main axis of the plot. The protagonist's reflections, his questions about human nature, as well as his relations with Karadzic gain a new, universal meaning.What processes undergoing in human psyche bring on cruelty and changes in personality?Not only the doctors will try to answer that but also their patients – both victims and criminals from both sides of the conflict. Their stories are shown in retrospect and become an equally important element of the film. By juxtaposing those stories with the archives we will try to understand what is the madness of war.

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
53'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Daria Lipko
SCRIPT:
Daria Lipko, Dariusz Jarzyna
DOP:
Dariusz Jarzyna
EDITOR:
Wojciech Słota
PRODUCTION:
OPUS FILM

Daria Lipko »

Daria Lipko born in 1976, Krakow. In 2001 she graduated from the Jagiellonian University, Department of Theater Arts, and in 2002 from the Department of Management in Culture. She studied in the United States and in India (Kerala and Bangalore) where she got a scholarship for studies on Classical Indian Dances. Since 2001 she has been co‑working with TVN (Polish commercial TV) on various documentaries and fiction series, as a director and as an executive producer. She was also a participant of Dragon Forum – her idea for documentary (State of Mind) won HBO award for the best project.
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