Film: Home Game

• Date: 29 April
• label.tijd 17:00
• Location: Filmhuis Den Haag

Home Game offers a sincere, sometimes humorous, and often confrontational look at the life of Lidija Zelovic, in which the experiences of her displaced family, the political turmoil in the Netherlands, and the ongoing question “What is home?” come together.

Lidija Zelovic has been portraying her displaced family in the Netherlands since 1993, when they were forced to flee their war-torn home in Sarajevo. Zelovic's film essay exposes the duality that all migrants live with: what is 'home'? In doing so, the filmmaker draws attention to disruptive social and political developments in the Netherlands, which she recognizes from her fallen homeland of Yugoslavia. Drawing on her family film archive, Zelović alternates scenes at home—discussions about politics and soccer on Sundays with her parents and brother, her son growing up, vacations “at home” in Bosnia – with political events in the Netherlands, such as political assassinations, scandals surrounding government discrimination, growing social polarization, increasing unrest in society, and the acceptance of radical right-wing politics at the center of power. Home Game offers a sometimes funny, often confrontational, and always sincere look into Zelovic's life, which serves as a mirror for the current political climate in the Netherlands and many other countries around the world.

“A fierce, personal pamphlet“ – de Volkskrant (★★★)

“You could call it a diary film” – NRC (★★★★)

“Fascinating essay-like documentary” – Trouw (★★★★)

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