The DNA of Dignity

Year
2023
Country
Switzerland
Duration
60’
Director
Jan Baumgartner
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)
Hall «GEGEMON»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Original language with Ukrainian and English subtitles
By tickets
Inclusive spaceAdapted subtitles
Wednesday
05 June 2024
12:30
Hall «ANSHLAG»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Original language with Ukrainian and English subtitles
By tickets
Adapted subtitles
Thursday
06 June 2024
19:00
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2023
Country
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Director
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