‘Not just a film’: Bosnia brings Srebrenica to the Oscars

Quo Vadis, Aida? tells the story of a Bosnian UN translator rushing to try and save her husband and sons.

For Bosnian director Jasmila Zbanic and her crew, Quo Vadis, Aida?, their Oscar-nominated feature about the Srebrenica genocide, is more than just a film. Twenty-five years since the atrocity that took place under the United Nations’ watch, Bosnians are now telling their story on the big screen for the first time. “It was very emotional for the whole crew,” Zbanic told Al Jazeera. “Not only Bosnians but for our international crew – this work was more than a professional task. We all felt this is not just a film.