Finding Family | movie | 2013 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

This documentary tells the true-life story of Oggi Tomic, born in Sarajevo but now living in Cambridge. He co-rote and c | dG1fbnJWSmFaSUkwcmM

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00:00I never saw a picture of my mum, and I constantly, as a young boy, asked all the time, can I

00:13see my mum, can I see what she looks like, so I can only dream about what my mum looks

00:19like.

00:21My name is Oghi Tomic, and I suppose when I come to think about it, I didn't get the

00:27best start in life.

00:28In 1985, I was born with water on the brain and wasn't expected to recover.

00:35I was abandoned by my mother, and spent the rest of my childhood in orphanages.

00:41When I was nine, war came to my city of Sarajevo, which then endured the longest siege in modern

00:46day history, and survival took on a new meaning as my city was surrounded and shelved by hardline

00:53Bosnian Serbs.

00:55At the time, I was too young to realise what was going on.

01:01Looking back now, I can't believe what I survived and how my life has panned out.

01:06But my past continues to haunt me, not just the war, but my experience in the orphanages.

01:12Now, 27 years on, my long lost family have finally got in touch.

01:18There's just one thing.

01:19It turns out that some members of my family could actually have been amongst those shooting

01:27at me during the siege of Sarajevo.

01:34So I'm heading back to Bosnia in search of answers, to retrace my steps.

01:40Could it be that this is the place I grew up at?

01:47This guy remembers me since I was a baby.

01:55It's just unbelievable.

01:58Was I really here?

02:00I must be some kind of a miracle.

02:02I'm going back to face my fears.

02:04I feel like almost like, you know, when you want to faint and then like before an exam or

02:10something and finally meet my family.

02:15I just can't handle this.

02:23I just can't handle this.