What does it mean to call a place home? How do migrants navigate the duality of belonging and displacement?
Join us for a special screening of Home Game, followed by an engaging panel discussion featuring filmmaker Lidija Zelovic and academic experts.
This event is organized by the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS-EUR), the Humanitarian Studies Centre, the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Governance of Migration and Diversity (LDE GMD), and Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Global. With two screenings and two unique panel discussions, this is an opportunity to reflect on migration, identity, and belonging through the lens of a deeply personal yet universally relevant film.
About the Film: Home Game
Lidija Zelovic has been portraying her displaced family in the Netherlands since 1993, since they fled their war-torn home in Sarajevo.
Zelovic's film essay exposes the duality that all migrants live with: what is 'home'? By doing so, the filmmaker draws attention to disruptive social and political developments in the Netherlands, which she recognizes from her native (fallen apart) Yugoslavia. Drawing from her family film archive, Zelović alternates scenes at home—discussions about politics and football on Sundays with her parents and brother, her son growing up, the holidays 'at home' in Bosnia—with political events in the Netherlands, such as political murders, scandals involving 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 functions as a mirror for the current political climate in the Netherlands and many other countries around the world.
After the screening, stay for a thought-provoking panel discussion with experts in migration, identity, and displacement.
Screening 1: Home Game – The Hague
Date: Wednesday 16 April 2025
Time: 19:00 hrs
Location: Filmhuis The Hague
Panelists:
Lidija Zelovic (Filmmaker)
Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits, Associate Professor in Conflict and Peace Studies (ISS)
Bilge Sahin, Assistant Professor in Conflict and Peace Studies (ISS)
Moderator: To be announced
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For the screening in The Hague, we have 40 free tickets available for students! First come, first serve.
Screening 2: Home Game – Rotterdam
Date: Tuesday 22 April 2025
Time: 19:00 hrs
Location: Lantaren Venster, Rotterdam
Panelists:
Lidija Zelovic (Filmmaker)
Asya Pisarevskaya (Assistant Professor of Migration and Diversity Governance, Erasmus University)
[Panelist 3 – To be announced]
Moderator: [To be announced]
Stay tuned for updates on the full panel lineup!
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Don’t miss this chance to engage with the filmmaker and experts in a discussion that goes beyond the screen. Join us for an evening of cinema, conversation, and critical reflection!
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