Besides the history of Balkan Cinematography the course focuses on the development of cinema in each of the countries accordingly:

A) Social and historical issues

1. Balkan "powder keg" - heroes and victims

2. Society in the time of authoritarian regimes

3. Social transformation after the fall of Iron Curtain

4. International intervention

5. Migration & Minorities

6. Myths & Stereotypes in Balkan history

7. Reconciliation with the past

B) Cinematographic issues in the time span:

1. The beginning of national cinematographies: late 19. & early 20. century

2. National cinematographies in the inter-war period

3. WWII

4. Post-war national cinematographies & local authoritarian regimes

5. Post-communist cinematographies & the new states of the Balkans

6. Balkan nation cinematography nowadays

Serbia

Screening 1: Ovo malo duse

Screening 2: Bure baruta

Croatia

Screening: Sorry for Kung-fu

Slovenia

Screening: Landscape No. 2

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Screening 1: No Man´s Land

Screening 2: Na Putu

Republic of Macedonia

Screening: Before the Rain

Romania

Screening 1: The Paper Will Be Blue

Screening 2: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Bulgaria

Screening: Eastern Plays

Albania

Screening: Mao Ce Tun

Greece

Screening: Dogtooth

History and Present in South East European Cinema