Grozny

Screenwriters and playwrights took to directing for the first time, including Emile Gaudreault with his megahit Nuit de noces, winner of the 2001 Golden Reel Award, Michel Monty, with the interesting short drama Adieu Grosny, and Chilean-born Daniel Diaz, with his well-received short, Nada.

She said she was desperate to come back after working in other crisis zones like Romania, Goma and Grosny.

Then came Romania, Goma, Grosny. Now this place, huddled between a lake and a massive volcano, 10 miles away.