ŠTO TE NEMA - BOSTON

Original Title: Što te nema - Boston

Year: 2018
Length: 8 minutes
Language: English, Bosnian
Country: USA
Film Category: Documentary

Cast & Credits

Director: Rialda Zukić

Producer: Aida Šehović

Director of Photography: Rialda Zukić

Editor: Rialda Zukić

Music: Chris Parerello

Sound: Jorge Muelle

Production Company: Što Te Nema

Film Synopsis:

Što te nema is a short documentary about artist Aida Šehović’s public monument dedicated to the 8,372 victims of the Srebrenica genocide. Known as a “nomadic monument,” it is organized through an ongoing partnership between Šehović and Bosnian diaspora communities in a different city each year, and invites project volunteers and passers-by to assemble and disassemble a series of fildžani (small porcelain cups) that are filled with Bosnian coffee. Taking place every July 11th, Što te nema has traveled to 12 different U.S. and European cities since 2006, and this new documentary reflects on the project’s recent incarnation, in Boston’s iconic Copley Square. The film shows reflects on why such tragedies cannot, and must not, be forgotten, and how remembering them can foster connections across geography, and generations.

Director's Biography

Rialda Zukić was born in Srebrenica in 1989. She attended Western Kentucky University, graduating in 2011 with a degree in journalism and German. After graduating, she worked for the Bowling Green Daily News, where she covered police and crime news. She later received a Master of Arts in documentary film and video production from New York University. Rialda directed and produced her first short documentary, Bad Blood, in 2015; the film was screened at a number of film festivals, including the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival. Rialda has since worked for a variety of news outlets, including PBS NewsHour Weekend, Mic.com, Refinery29, and MTV News.

BHFF Audience Award for the Best Picture