The Stone Speakers
Art of the Real 2019
April 18 - 28, 2019
In The Stone Speakers, myth and memory share space as director Igor Drljača explores Bosnia and Herzegovina’s heritage and cultural identity through its attractions and landmarks, highlighting a self-styled ideology the country hopes to reinforce through the Balkan tourism boom.
Q&A with Igor Drljača
In Igor Drljača’s first nonfiction feature, the Bosnian-born director explores his home country’s heritage and identity through the attractions and landmarks that in recent years have drawn visitors from across the globe. With grace and agility, the film’s camera crisscrosses the landscape, quietly observing tourists as they view statues, pyramids, and various religious sites, each tied to a self-styled, postwar ideology the country hopes to reinforce through the Balkan tourism boom. In The Stone Speakers, myth and memory share space in both the physical world and the collective unconscious, highlighting the danger of culturally prescribed narratives.
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