Moving from country to country has greatly informed my art projects. The leaving of home began with the Bosnian War (1992-1996). Ever since, I feel like I have been trying to make sense of what happened. There wasn't much sense to be found in such inhumanity, so telling stories seemed to naturally come next for me. Stories remind us of what unites us, rather than what divides us. By writing books and making movies, some kind of common humanity could be preserved. My novel, The Boy's Marble, comes out in Canada in 2022 (Guernica Editions) as well as in Bosnia (Bosanska Riječ) in its Bosnian Edition, Dječak Sa Klikerom. Hopefully this film can join in the same year at festivals and build another bridge.