Beginning
Jehovah’s Witness Yana refuses to be oppressed by her husband, church and the police. She commits the ultimate act of resistance against patriarchal society.
126'
France
IFFR 2021
Quo vadis, Aida?
- 101'
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2020
“Don't shoot the piano player” were the famous words uttered by Dutchbat commander Thom Karremans before he toasted with Serbian general Ratko Mladić in 1995. Shortly afterwards, Mladić’s army committed genocide on the Muslim population of Srebrenica, killing over 8,000 people.
This moving, urgently needed drama by Jasmila Žbanić meticulously dissects how this conflict went from bad to worse. Žbanić’s previous films studied the lasting effects of the genocide on contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina. Now, for the first time, the director focuses on the events themselves. The fictional Aida (Jasna Đuričić), an interpreter at the Dutch UN base in Srebrenica, feels torn. She has to translate Dutch orders for the locals, yet had lost faith in the UN soldiers’ ability to de-escalate the conflict.
Within the online platform subtitles are only available in Dutch. Winner BankGiro Loterij Audience Award, IFFR 2021.
- 101'
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2020
- Director
- Jasmila Žbanić
- Country of production
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Year
- 2020
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2021
- Length
- 101'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, English, Dutch
- Producer
- Damir Ibrahimovic
- Production Company
- Deblokada Film Production
- Sales
- Indie Sales
- Screenplay
- Jasmila Žbanić
- Cinematography
- Christine A. Maier
- Editor
- Jaroslaw Kaminski
- Production Design
- Hannes Salat
- Sound Design
- Igor Čamo
- Music
- Antoni Komasa-Lazarkiewicz
- Cast
- Jasna Đuričić, Izudin Bajrović, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrović, Boris Isaković, Johan Heldenbergh, Raymond Thiry
- Local Distributor
- Cinéart Netherlands
- Director
- Jasmila Žbanić
- Country of production
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Year
- 2020
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2021
- Length
- 101'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, English, Dutch
- Producer
- Damir Ibrahimovic
- Production Company
- Deblokada Film Production
- Sales
- Indie Sales
- Screenplay
- Jasmila Žbanić
- Cinematography
- Christine A. Maier
- Editor
- Jaroslaw Kaminski
- Production Design
- Hannes Salat
- Sound Design
- Igor Čamo
- Music
- Antoni Komasa-Lazarkiewicz
- Cast
- Jasna Đuričić, Izudin Bajrović, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrović, Boris Isaković, Johan Heldenbergh, Raymond Thiry
- Local Distributor
- Cinéart Netherlands
Programme IFFR 2021
Limelight
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98'
Netherlands
IFFR 2021
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120'
Russia
IFFR 2021