Early in 1992 as signs of spring and melting snow appear in Sarajevo, the atmosphere becomes increasingly tense. Zora and her husband Franjo have to make some tough decisions. Show more

Zora’s older husband Franjo and her frail mother have brought forward their visit to England to see her daughter. Zora is free to immerse herself in her painting. Show more

Snipers position themselves on Sarajevo’s rooftops, the besieged city is under bombardment. The price of food is doubling and Zora continues to paint in her studio. Show more

Sarajevo, summer 1992: the siege continues, Zora is no longer permitted to go to her studio. All telephone lines to the outside world have been cut. Show more

Without water, electricity or communications with the outside world and surrounded by snipers and hostile forces, Sarajevans struggle to survive in the hot summer of 1992. Show more

Zora is heartbroken by the conflagration at the National Library which destroyed her studio and paintings. Show more

Despite her imminent departure on a Red Cross evacution convoy, Zora has bought some paints from the wife of an artist who is losing his sight. Show more

Snow has arrived in Sarajevo, and the fierce cold of winter begins to gnaw at the besieged inhabitants of the city. Weak and hungry and frozen, Zora is not sure she can go on. Show more

The light and passion that has blossomed between Mirsad and Zora in the darkest of times, almost protects them from the brutality of the war outside in the city under siege. Show more

With the help of an aid worker named Dutch Eddie, Zora’s son-in-law Stephen has smuggled her out of Sarajevo. Her memory of her last night in the flat is clouded by hypothermia. Show more