The Balkan Wars of the 1990s resulted in the disappearance of thousands of people; their remains possibly missing forever. Survivors and those left behind pin their hopes on excavations and scientific work. Forensic anthropologists and archaeologists work with great concentration. A person takes shape bone by bone. Will they also get an identity? Will relatives finally receive closure and a grave to anchor their remembrance and grief?
Content warning: depiction of war
CREW:
Director: Jan Baumgartner
Producer: Jan Baumgartner
Cinematographer: Lukas Nicolaus
Sound: Philip Hutter
Director
Jan Baumgartner
Born in 1987 in Switzerland. Jan Baumgartner is a self-taught filmmaker. Initially, he was trained in health care as a nursing professional.
The war and its impact on society are central themes Jan deals with in his works.
The DNA of Dignity is his first feature-length movie as a director and producer, and premiered during Locarno’s critics week.Selected Filmography
Talking Soil (2018), Alafia (2016)
