Plein Publiek: Tea Tupajić

In this edition of Plein Publiek, Ianthe Mosselman interviews theatre and film director Tea Tupajić. She survived the Bosnian war as a girl and twenty years later spoke with dozens of Dutch veterans about their experiences. In July 1995, 8.400 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb forces, an act that was later declared genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Her impressive book Zwarte Zomer is a poetic account of conversations with six veterans who were present.

About Tea Tupajić

Tea Tupajić (Sarajevo, 1984) is a Croatian theatre and film director. Her works have been presented across Europe and The United States to international acclaim. In The Netherlands, about the Dutchbat she created the performance “DARK NUMBERS” and film “Darkness There and Nothing More” which premiered at IDFA2021 competition deserving the nominations for Best Dutch Film and Best First Feature.

Tea Tupajić is a published writer and has served as a guest editor for the arts magazine Frakcija. Her texts have been translated into English, German, Dutch, Polish, Arabic and Hebrew. Zwarte zomer is her first book.