Original Title: Ovo je bio Grafit

Year: 2024

Length: 12 min
Country:  Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Ukraine
Film Category: Short Documentary
 

Cast & Credits

Director: Valeriya Boyko

Film Synopsis:

“This is Serbia. This is a post office, you fool” was a graffiti that appeared in Sarajevo briefly before the onset of the Bosnian war. In a series of conversations with local personalities, the film explores the story behind the graffiti that everyone knows yet few have seen.

Director's Biography

Valeriya Boyko is a human. She writes, makes movies and researches processes of group conflict. Born in Donetsk, which she left shortly before the onset of the war in 2014, Valeriya has lived across multiple countries and caught a serious obsession with Sarajevo. After stepping into the movie world through a happy accident - by befriending a stranger on the street, she started writing scripts and got involved in film production. “This Was a Graffiti” is her debut film.