Not if You Can But You Must

'Not if you can, but you must' is a documentary film that depicts life of people from the village of Lukomir, the most isolated village in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with an emphasis on the position of women and the male-female relationship. Hard life and lack of perspective in this mediaeval village, possibly the only one of its kind in southern Europe, force young people to leave the village. This tendency brings into question the sole existance of Lukomir.

Masa Hilcisin

Masa Hilcisin Dervisevic was born 1978 in Sarajevo. She is involved in cultural and feminist activists scene as activist within organizations – Akcija – Agency for Cultural Development and Foundation CURE. Currently she is working in Mediacentar Sarajevo on different journalists and media projects.

She has graduated European Studies with MA thesis 'Media Construction of Cultural Scene in Ethno-National Context in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Printed Media and Covering of the No Man’s Land Oscar Winning’.

This is her first documentary.