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Jasmila Žbanić

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Jasmila Žbanić
Žbanić in 2010
Born	(1974-12-19) 19 December 1974 (age 49) Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Occupations	Film director screenwriter producer
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Damir Ibrahimović
Children	1

Jasmila Žbanić (Bosnian pronunciation: [jasmǐla ʒbǎːnitɕ]; born 19 December 1974) is a Bosnian film director, screenwriter and producer. She has received numerous accolades, including nominations for the Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards. Žbanić has also won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and has been nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

She is known for writing and directing the 2020 war drama film Quo Vadis, Aida?, which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language and the BAFTA Award for Best Direction.

Early life

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Žbanić was born in Sarajevo on 19 December 1974 into a Bosniak family. Žbanić went to local schools before attending the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, where she got a degree.^[1] She worked for a time in the United States as a puppeteer in the Vermont-based Bread and Puppet Theater and as a clown in a Lee De Long workshop. In 1997, she founded the artist's association "Deblokada" and started making documentaries and short films.^{[citation needed]}

Career

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Žbanić at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2007

After her return to Bosnia and Herzegovina, she founded the artists' association "Deblokada" (meaning "de-blocking.")^[2] Through Deblokada, Žbanić wrote and produced many documentaries, video artworks, and short films.^[2] Her work has been seen around the globe, screened in film festivals and shown at exhibitions such as the Manifesta 3 in Slovenia in 2000, the Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel in 2004, and the Istanbul Biennale in 2003.^[2] Since then she has made well-received feature films.

Her 2006 feature film Grbavica, won the Golden Bear at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival,^[3] the Grand Jury Prize at the International Feature Competition Festival in 2006, and was awarded the Best European Film and best European actress award in 2006.^[2] Her 2010 film Na putu (On the Path), which explores the relationship of a young couple living in Sarajevo,^[4] was screened at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.^[5]

Žbanić's 2020 war drama film Quo Vadis, Aida? won the Audience Award at the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Best International Film Award at the 2021 Gothenburg Film Festival,^[6] entered into the 77th Venice International Film Festival^[7] and also won the Best International Film Award at the 36th Independent Spirit Awards.^[8] Further more, in March 2021, the film was nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language and Žbanić was nominated for Best Director at the 74th British Academy Film Awards.^[9] On 15 March 2021, Žbanić's film was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.^[10] At the 34th European Film Awards held in December 2021, Quo Vadis, Aida? won the Award for Best Film.^[11] Also, Žbanić won the Award for Best Director and cast member Jasna Đuričić won the Award for Best Actress at the same awards.^[12]

Themes and characters

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Žbanić acknowledges that her films deal chiefly with the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She says that she uses film to explore problems and issues relating to her life.^[13] Žbanić strives to create characters that are not just "black and white," as real people are not that simple.^[13] She does not create characters who are strict saints and heroes, but who might be weak and also brave and tolerant.^[13] In 2017, Žbanić signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.^[14]

Filmography

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Film

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Year	Film	Director	Writer	Producer	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic
1995	Autobiografija	Yes	Yes	No
1997	Poslije, poslije	Yes	Yes	No
1998	Noć je, mi svijetlimo	Yes	Yes	Yes
1998	Ljubav je...	Yes	Yes	No
2000	Red Rubber Boots	Yes	Yes	Yes
2003	Sjećaš li se Sarajeva	Yes	Yes	No
2003	Images from the Corner	Yes	Yes	No
2004	Birthday	Yes	Yes	No
2006	Grbavica	Yes	Yes	No	98%^[15]	71%^[16]
2010	On the Path	Yes	Yes	No
2013	For Those Who Can Tell No Tales	Yes	Yes	Yes
2014	One Day in Sarajevo	Yes	No	Yes
2014	Love Island	Yes	Yes	No
2017	Men Don't Cry	No	No	Yes
2020	Quo Vadis, Aida?	Yes	Yes	Yes	100%^[17]	97%^[18]

Television

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Year	Television show	Episode/s	Director	Writer	Producer
2023	The Last of Us	"Kin"	Yes	No	No
2023	I Know Your Soul	6 episodes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Awards

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Year	Association	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1998	Sarajevo Film Festival	Special Prize	Noć je, mi svijetlimo	Won	^[19]
2003	ZagrebDox	Big Stamp	Images from the Corner	Won
2006	Berlin International Film Festival	Golden Bear	Grbavica	Won
		Prize of the Ecumenical Jury		Won
		Peace Film Award		Won
	Sarajevo Film Festival	Ivica Matić Award		Won
2010	Berlin International Film Festival	Golden Bear	On the Path	Nominated
2020	Venice International Film Festival	Golden Lion	Quo Vadis, Aida?	Nominated
2021	International Film Festival Rotterdam	Audience Award		Won
	Gothenburg Film Festival	Best International Film Award		Won
	Independent Spirit Awards	Best International Film		Won
	British Academy Film Awards	Best Director		Nominated
	British Academy Film Awards	Best Film Not in the English Language		Nominated
	93rd Academy Awards	Best International Feature Film		Nominated
	European Film Awards	Best Film		Won
		Best Director		Won
		Best Screenwriter		Nominated

References

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^ "Jasmila Zbanic • Director". Cineuropa. 5 December 2006. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "On The Path". The Match Factory. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
^ Holdsworth, Nick (16 February 2010). "Woman on the path to directing". Variety. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^ "'Na Putu': a sublime film of compassion by Jasmila Zbanic". Today's Zaman. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
^ "Hollywood Reporter: Berlin festival unveils full lineup". hollywoodreporter.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
^ N.V. (7 February 2021). "Film "Quo vadis, Aida" nagrađen na filmskim festivalima u Roterdamu i Goterborgu" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
^ Sharf, Zack (28 July 2020). "Venice Film Festival 2020 Full Lineup: Luca Guadagnino, Chloe Zhao, Gia Coppola, and More". IndieWire. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ N.O. (23 April 2021). ""Quo Vadis, Aida?" dobio još jednu nagradu za najbolji strani film" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
^ L.K. (9 March 2021). ""Quo Vadis, Aida?" nominovan za dvije BAFTA nagrade" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
^ L.K. (15 March 2021). "Film Jasmile Žbanić o genocidu u Srebrenici nominovan za Oscara!" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^ I.B. (11 December 2021). "Film Jasmile Žbanić o genocidu u Srebrenici je najbolji evropski film 2021.!" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "European Film Awards". europeanfilmawards.eu. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Žbanić, Jasmila. "Jasmila Žbanić: Nikoga ne zanima to što Bosna nema kameru ili što je tu bio rat". Oslobodenje. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
^ Derk, Denis (28 March 2017). "Donosi se Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku Hrvata, Srba, Bošnjaka i Crnogoraca" [A Declaration on the Common Language of Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins is About to Appear]. Večernji list (in Serbo-Croatian). Zagreb. pp. 6–7. ISSN 0350-5006. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
^ "Grbavica". rottentomatoes.com. 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
^ "Grbavica". metacritic.com. 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
^ "Quo Vadis, Aida?". rottentomatoes.com. 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
^ "Quo Vadis, Aida?". metacritic.com. 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
^ "Jasmila Žbanić awards". IMDb. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

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Awards for Jasmila Žbanić

Polish Academy Award for Best Director

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Jerzy Skolimowski (2011)
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Roman Polański (2013)
Paweł Pawlikowski (2014)
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Małgorzata Szumowska (2016)
Wojciech Smarzowski (2017)
Piotr Domalewski (2018)
Paweł Pawlikowski (2019)
Jan Komasa (2020)
Jan Holoubek (2021)
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Jerzy Skolimowski (2023)
Paweł Maślona (2024)

European Film Award for Best Director

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