The first Croatian film to win the Cannes Palme d’Or and now the first from the country to be in the running for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short, The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent from Nebojša Slijepčević will have you asking yourself questions that feel as uncomfortable for you as they do for those present in this affecting 13-minute depiction of a horrific massacre committed 30 years ago. Slijepčević, after undertaking an immense amount of research, has created a film whose relevance echoes through time from the real life incident to atrocities taking place in the here and now and draws us into a claustrophobic, volatile moment where we are forced to confront our silent complicity with unconscionable events. The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent, led by an immensely emotive performance from Goran Bogdan and filmed in an old train carriage, eschews overly complex or flashy filmmaking techniques,...