Enes Zlatar Bure

The winter in Sarajevo under siege is remembered as extremely harsh. During the freezing days and even more freezing nights, without heating, the citizens of Sarajevo felt the existential uncertainty even more strongly. In such circumstances, when there was no firewood, water, food, nor enough warm clothes, the citizens of Sarajevo strive to survive with continuous work, inventiveness and activity, which can save their mental health. They try to go to work every day, even though there was mostly none, they search for food, water, firewood of any kind, they remember old hobbies, they play sports, as much as they can, indoors or at risk outdoors.

Enes Zlatar Bure, in two different times, from two perspectives - then and now - describes the surreal scenes of skiing in the middle of a city under siege. Together with his friends, he skied down the steep streets of Sarajevo covered with snow, under grenades, risking their lives, just so that they could maintain a semblance of normalcy through skiing, a peacetime activity.

Then...

"So, I shot the video. The two of us skiing down the street, the shells falling around, but without sound, with music over it."

Now...

"My skiing thirty years ago during the siege of Sarajevo, in addition to music, was a saving grace for me. Something that kept me sane."