"Home Games" is a wake-up call for our times. Through Lidija Zelovic's eyes, we confront the echoes of a divided Yugoslavia—a place torn apart by nationalism and civil war—now reflected in the rising tide of right-wing politics, nationalism, and racial tension sweeping across the Netherlands and beyond. By blending family moments with the stark reality of today's social divisions, the film reveals the dangerous parallels between past and present, urging us to question what ‘home’ truly means in an age of deepening divides. With wit, intelligence, and a haunting clarity, Zelovic invites audiences everywhere to see the cost of repeating history’s mistakes, challenging us to resist the forces of division and embrace unity.
Lidija was born 1970 in Yugoslavia. She studied Yugoslav literature and Serbo-Croatian language at the University of Sarajevo and had worked on Bosnian Television starting at age of 19. She moved to the Netherlands and has been living there ever since 1993, which is a year after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina broke out. She graduated with a Masters of Arts degree from the Film & Television Science Department at the University of Amsterdam. Starting in 1997, Lidija has worked as a researcher and subsequently as a director, script writer and producer at various television channels, including several Dutch television broadcasters (IKON mostly), in the United Kingdom for Channel 4 and BBC, as well as at the German/French ARTE channel. Lidija has had a role in numerous film selecting committees at film festivals around the world (fiction and documentary films).
