I felt very calm [in the booth]. I don't know. It was a pretty incredible moment. I had thousands of things going through my head, but I couldn't even classify them. I didn't know where to start. And then I said it, for a moment, in front of the camera. I don't know if it was the fact that I had the camera in front of me that was preventing me from getting all that out. But in any case, I felt good. I asked myself a lot of questions. I had a lot of images—memories, both positive and negative.

I was born after the war [in the former Yugoslavia]. I lived through the atmosphere that followed. In fact, I stayed in my home country until I was 8 years old and I started school there. I felt it a bit, as a child. I felt the tensions, even with my classmates. It was quite a strange feeling.

I go back often. And it gets a little better, but I always feel that you can't forget it because war is something that affects people, all generations. I have the impression that it's even worse for the new generations right now. It depends on people's outlook. But if you instill this in a young person from a very young age… I think it's too late afterward and they'll just keep their heads down. If we educate them, tell them that there's been a conflict, and so on...

I have the impression that it's difficult for young people to move forward. Personally, I don't have an opinion. I can't have an opinion on what happened in my country. I know that. I don't blame the opposing side, just as I don't blame my own. I have friends who are Bosnian and are serving, etc. Even if horrible things happened, I don't want to blame anyone. I'm trying to understand all of this.

During my studies, I worked a little on the subject, and specifically on the war in my country, to better understand. In fact, it’s taboo. What you need to know is that it's taboo in families and in society. And we don't talk about it often.

These are the images that went through my head. The migratory journey I took with my family. I [also] had good memories from here, La Roseraie, all the powerful moments I experienced, everything I shared with the participants. It's a source of pride. I felt proud, then I said to myself, “So what? I left a difficult situation, and today, I'm here, and everything's going well. And then I can, in turn, give a helping hand to people who need it.” And I think I can be proud of that.