Jasmila Žbanić (b. 1974) is a Bosnian film director, and a graduate from the Sarajevo Film Academy. Her 2006 film Grbavica won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale. Her other films For Those Who Can Tell No Tales (2013) and Love Island (2014) have been screened at Toronto Film Festival and Locarno. Žbanić was President of the jury at Sarajevo Film Festival in 2006, and her latest film, Quo Vadis, Aida? premiered at the Venice film festival earlier this year.
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Synopsis
Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the United Nations in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations, Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret for the growing number of families fleeing the violence, but answers are lacking. What is on the horizon for her family and her neighbors, what is her role as both communicator and refugee, and who will come to their rescue in this crucial moment? Quo Vadis, Aida is an important reminder that we must never forget the largest massacre in Europe since WWII, and that when alarm bells were ringing, the world stood quietly by. This Academy Award-nominated drama is a stunning and beautifully crafted film that speaks to our most essential, human instincts of survival, while bringing to light the importance of global attention to ensure such atrocities never happen again.
November 4, 2024
November 4, 2024
Credits
Jasmila Žbanić
Director