in the balkan region, videoletters focuses on countries that once formed Yugoslavia (FY). after a bloody war and hundreds of thousands of victims, yugoslavia fell apart. its citizens live in five separate countries: bosnia & herzegovina, slovenia, macedonia, croatia and serbia & montenegro (including kosovo). they barely have any contacts with the 'other side'. V* tv Series consists of 20 episodes.
in each V* episode (25') two former neighbours, friends or colleagues separated by war, exchange video letters. they express anger and sadness. they confess guilt. they put an end to rumours and gossip. when ready to accept each other's truths, they slowly re-establish their once close relationship.
after the exchange they usually meet in person for the first time since the war. V* tv series is filmed over the last five years under complicated circumstances since many in fy regard communicating with 'the other side' as difficult, if not dangerous. all national tv stations in fy will simultaneously broadcast videoletters in 2005 - a unique decision made by representatives of all public broadcasters during meetings in ljubljana and amsterdam.

im rahmen des stabilitätspaktes für südosteuropa wurde dieses projekt 2005 durchgeführt: schade, dass die filme selbst nicht über internet abrufbar sind. aber die website gibt einen guten eindruck über die schwierigkeit der normalisierung (sauseschritt spricht lieber nicht von wiederversöhnung) menschlicher beziehungen.