The Balkans and Me in 2025 by Patricio Schwanek

Author: Patricio Schwanek Executive Film Producer at www.thisisvertigo.com Argentina I returned to the Pannonian plain after 89 years. Yes, my father left Hungary long ago, and one day I returned as if nothing had changed. To the locals, Hungary, Serbia, and Croatia are separate universes. But for someone from the vast distances of South America, they’re merely different circumstances, different languages. With elusive borders that are here today… and gone tomorrow. That’s why my gaze upon this region is inevitably personal.