Between 1993 and 1995, amateur filmmaker Sejfo filmed a heartfelt message for his young daughter Alisa. The documentary follows Sejfo’s personal search in the Bosnian-Muslim enclave of Srebrenica, revealing everyday life during the war and the fears and hopes of the local people, whose lives were forever changed by the crimes against humanity committed in the town. Thirty years later, Alisa returns to the site of The Srebrenica Tape, where over 8,000 men were killed on Ratko Mladić’s orders.
Germany, Austria, 90 min, 2025
Festival: DOK.Fest 2025- Official selection, Movie that matter festival 2025 – Official selection, Diagonale 2025 – Official selection, Visioni dal mondo – Official selection, Wilkommen Zuhause 2025 – Official Selection, SFF – Official Selection
Production: DOCDAYS, BBC Storyville, First Hand Film
Country of film: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Director: Chiara Sambuchi
Writer: Chiara Sambuchi
Director of Photography:: Paolo Pisacane
Editor: Claudia Linzer, Torsten Striegnitz
Sound: Francesco Guarnaccia
Music: Hannes Gill, Luca Ciu
Chiara Sambuchi was born in Pesaro, she graduated in philosophy and earned a diploma in classical guitar, later she studied film studies at Berkeley. She worked as a producer for RAI in Berlin and co-founded the production company LAVAFILM in 2001. A director of documentaries and reports for ARD, ZDF, YLE, RAI, and History Channel, she won the Axel Springer award for a documentary on people with Asperger syndrome. Her films, including Wrong Planet, Good Morning Africa!, City of Women, Today, and The Viagra Chronicles, have been presented and awarded at international festivals. The documentary Lost Children was nominated for the 2018 Prix Europa as Best Documentary of the Year (IRIS category). Wrong Planet, Good Morning Africa!, City of Women, Today e The Viagra Chronicleshave been presented and awarded at international festivals. The documentary Lost Children was nominated for the 2018 Prix Europa as Best Documentary of the Year (IRIS category).
