Medja Ceo Film — Balkanska

On the surface, the plot is simple: A small, rag-tag team of Russian (former Spetsnaz) and Serbian fighters must hold an airport against the KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) until Russian peacekeepers arrive. But the film’s deepest metaphor lies in those 400 meters between the airport and the British column.

History is never that clean. The KLA were also guerilla fighters against state repression. The NATO bombs were also, for many Kosovars, liberation from expulsion. The film knows this, which is why it never shows the Albanian civilian perspective. balkanska medja ceo film

Those 400 meters represent the liminal space of the Balkans. The space between East and West. Between NATO’s "humanitarian intervention" and Russia’s "Slavic brotherhood." Between the 20th century’s nationalism and the 21st century’s geopolitics. On the surface, the plot is simple: A