The Stream is the only dramatic film protesting the Bosnian War to be made in Germany in 1994. It is based on a true refugee story: a young woman flees the approaching troops with her three children and mother-in-law and in the course of the escape is faced with having to make the inhumane decision of whether to save her children or the old woman. A group of Berlin-based film and television professionals decided in November 1993 to produce a short film protesting the war in Bosnia. The project “The Stream – Der Bach” was shot between the 1^st and 4^th of December 1993 by an international team led by the Australian director Garry Lane. Shooting took place near the village of Schluft in the former GDR “state hunting area” of Schorfheide. All cast and crew members who worked on this project did so without payment. The cast includes: Polish actress and head of an acting school in Berlin, Teresa Nawrot; young Berlin actress and dance performer Serafina Magsamen; and three refugee children from the former Yugoslavia who live with their mother in a Red Cross home in Berlin.

Director: Garry Lane
Writer: Garry Lane
Cinematography: Peter Gray
Editors: Garry Lane, John Keogh
Music: Györgi Kurtág
Producers: Gunter Hanfgarn, John Keogh
Sponsors: Geyer, Agfa, Kodak, Orwo, Cinelight, Arri, Michael Eiler, Intervision, Beckstage, Rauhut

Mother: Serafina Magsamen
Grandmother: Teresa Nawrot
Children: Tomislav Potesak, Mario Potesak, Ivana Potesak

– Best European Short Film, Cork Film Festival (Ireland), 1994
– Best Black and White Cinematography, Cork Film Festival (Ireland), 1994
– New European Cinema Prize, International Alpe-Adria Film Festival Trieste (Italy), 1995
– Venice International Film Festival (Italy), 1994