Ado Hasanović / Italy, France / 93′ / 2024

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.

Directed by Ado Hasanović
Write by Armando Maria Trotta, Anna Zagaglia, Ado Hasanović
Editing by Esmeralda Calabria, Elisabetta Abrami, Desideria Rayner
Original score di Iosonouncane
vhs footage by Ben, John E Boys
Cinematography di Ado Hasanović
Color grading by Ercole Cosmi
Sound editing by Antonio Giannantonio
Mix by Daniele Viti
Sound effects editing by Matteo Bandinelli
Assistant director Chiara Cruciatti
Executive producer Antonio Badalamenti
Produced by Carlo Degli Espositi, Nicola Serra
Production Palomar Mediawan
In collaboration with Mediawan Rights
Sales Mediawan Rights

Ado Hasanović
Ado Hasanović is a Bosnian director based in Rome. A participant of Berlinale Talents Sarajevo in
2008, he completed a program at the Norwegian Nansen Academy in 2010, specializing in
interethnic dialogue, and in 2013 he graduated as a director from the Sarajevo Film Academy. He
continued his studies at the prestigious Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome,
specializing in film directing, and at The Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, where he
obtained a Master’s degree in Dramaturgy.
Since 2015, Ado has been the Artistic Director of the Mediterranean Film Festival Passaggi
d’Autore in Sant’Antioco, Sardinia, and a Short Film Selector at various European festivals. He is
also the creator of Cortovisioni – How to Make a Short Film, a workshop where he shares his
expertise on every phase of short film production, from the initial idea to post-production.
In 2024, Ado founded the Silver Frame Film Festival in Srebrenica, aimed at honoring the city and
its citizens, deeply affected by the traumas of the genocide, by providing a platform for artistic
expression and resilience through cinema.His short films, such as The Angel of Srebrenica (2010), Mama (2013), Pink Elephant (2017) 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 the Visions du Réel.