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Directed by Tatjana Božić
Fragments of Belonging
Tragovi pripadanja
A grounded, gritty documentary.
Documentary
2026
1h 20m
Tatjana is lonely. Born in Croatia, she has lived across Europe before settling in Amsterdam. Fifteen years later, her teenage son avoids bringing friends home, embarrassed by her dreadful Slavic accent and her lack of Dutch composure. But the real trouble is bigger: Tatjana feels foreign everywhere. Determined to belong, she starts knocking on doors across Europe, asking relatives and friends how they did it. Stumbling through cultural misfires and everyday bias, she finally confronts a dark pattern in her own family history.
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1What people say
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Truth be told, it is quite a “talky”, energetic, slightly hyperactive and even unfocused piece of work, in which its author and narrator jumps from one topic to another in seemingly no order at all, yet it remains faithful to the personality – or at least the screen persona – of Božić. The line between the filmmaker and the film character is considerably blurred, and this ultimately works in the film’s favour. The blending of newly shot footage (by cinematographers Sven Jacobs and Ton Peters) with material from the personal archive is dynamic, yet smoothly handled in the editing by Jacobs, Božić, Vanja Kovačević and Frank Müller. In the end, Fragments of Belonging is at times a little chaotic, but remains a documentary that leaves a lasting impression and raises important questions.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/490652/
Common questions
What is Fragments of Belonging about?+
It follows a Croatian immigrant living in Amsterdam as she travels across Europe to investigate why she feels foreign everywhere and searches for the true meaning of home.
Who directed Fragments of Belonging?+
It was directed by Tatjana Božić in 2026 as a deeply personal autobiographical documentary.
