In My Father's Diaries, thirty years after the Srebrenica genocide, Ado Hasanović delves into his father's incredible story by exploring his diaries and footage from those years.

My Father's Diaries synopsis:

In August 1993, Bekir Hasanović trades a gold coin for a video camera, which he uses to document daily life in Srebrenica from that point onward. The footage he captures during the war, along with his makeshift crew, Dzon, Ben & Boys, presents an unexpected portrait of a disoriented population that holds on to reality with resilience and a healthy dose of humor. Ado, Bekir’s son, uses these recordings and his father’s diaries to reconstruct his image. Together with his mother, Fatima, he seeks to understand how Bekir survived the Death March and the Srebrenica genocide.

The film will be followed by a panel discussion reflecting on the film and the role of the arts in responding to human rights violations.

Ado Hasanovic (Director) biography

Ado Hasanović is a Bosnian film director and festival programmer based in Rome. He is a

member of the European Film Academy and the Filmmakers Association of Bosnia and

Herzegovina.

His short films, such as The Angel of Srebrenica (2010), Mama (2013), Pink Elephant (2017),

Nomofobia (2018), and Let There Be Colour (2020), have been selected and awarded in

many international film festivals. His first documentary, My Father's Diaries, produced by

Palomar (Italy) and Mediawan (France), premiered in 2024 at Visions du Réel.

Moderator:

Lauren Dempster is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, Queen's University Belfast (QUB), Co-Director of QUB's Human Rights Centre and Trustee of the Conflict Textiles Trust.