“The Tunnel and Other Lies”

Directed by Vuk Janic; Camera: Adri Schrover, Maarten Kramer; Music: Orlando Gough; Editing: Srdjan Fink, Dragomir Bajalica; Sound Editor: Paul Bijpost; Producers: Joost van Loon, Alexandra Jansse, Peter Swanson, Netherlands

"The Tunnel and Other Lies" illustrates that Access to Good Governance is key to escaping the poverty trap. In post-war Bosnia to be in the right does not mean getting your rights, that's a matter of long-windedness. While influential people succeed in defending their interests in the bureaucratic maze, the average citizen still pulls the shortest straw. Amidst the rubble of this war-torn landscape, Omer Bjelonja's family is seeking way to reposes the home they sacrificed to this country's war effort. Their home served in the war as the entrance/exit of the legendary Sarajevo tunnel. Redjo Seferovic is also fighting an unjust and biased system that allowed him to be fired from his job as a security guard because of his race. The common element in their stories, and their mutual pillar of hope, is their courageous lawyer, Branka Inic, who is willing to challenge the corrupt system in her representation of its many victims, despite the monstrous roadblocks in their paths.