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In an effort to counterbalance the dark and heavy mood that has infested Eastern European cinema after the breakup of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, writer-director Srdjan Karanovic made LOVING GLANCES (SJAJ U OCIMA), a romantic comedy that examines the troubled region with feelings of hope rather then despair. Labud (Senad Alihodzic) is an ethnic refugee in search of his old girlfriend when he meets and falls in love with Romana, even though the recent war had made their ethnic groups mortal enemies. LOVING GLANCES explores the Yugoslav society after the collapse of the country, but does not dwell excessively on the war, choosing rather to focus on the way such turmoil affected regular people trying to go about their lives. The film was shown at the 2003 Venice Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Lion, the festival's highest prize.