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" Many have asked me, 'Why have a film festival in the middle of a war?' But they have it backwards. The question is, 'Why have a war in the middle of a film festival?' "

Haris Pasovic

Question

Why

War

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War

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Think

Creativity

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Union

Europe

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Stories

Happen

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I Am

Sade

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Problems

Religion

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