Miroslav Mandic

The film "It's Hard to be Nice" looks at the postwar emotional landscape of Bosnia, where a collective post traumatic stress disorder has taken hold and defined the normal relations between people. Fudo, and his friends treat each other with utter contempt, cheating and violently confronting each other at the slightest offense. He wants to be at peace with the world, but that's not so easy, when he is being beaten down by the people and circumstance around him. (imdb)

Toni Riff, a Bosnian rock star back in the 1980's, came to Slovenia during the war and married his fan Sonia. He has been inactive for the past two decades, relying on his wife to support them. To Toni's annoyance, Sonia works as a phone-sex operator. One of her regular clients is a hotel owner Max, an avid fan of the 80's New Wave. He offers to organize a come-back concert for the former star. Upon arrival to the hotel, shocked by the concert announcement, Toni hides in a room. (adriablues.com)

Belgrade in 2041 is a deserted city that looks like a dump yard. A few old men try to bring up a group of young girls in the old, traditional way of their Yugoslav ancestors. (imdb)

Set in the 60's, when an aging guitarist Breza tries to make rock 'n' roll popular in his Slovenian village but stands no chance against a popular local gypsy band. What he manages to get is some attention from Silvija, the local beauty, and a handful of trouble.

A love story in which fragmented memories are brought back to mind by a song. (imdb)