GrbavicaAustria / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Germany / Croatia
2005, 88min.
 Script/Dir.: Jasmila Zbanic, Dir. of Phot.: Christine A. Maier, Compos. Enes Zlatar, Sound: Nenad Vukadinovic, Edit.: Niki Mossböck, Prod.: Barbara Albert, Damir Ibrahimovich, Bruno Wagner.
Cast: Mirjana Karanovic, Luna Mijovic, Dejan Acimovic, Jasna Beri, Ermin Bravo.
The film focuses on the Balkan War's painful aftermath for a Bosnian woman and her daughter. Esma is living with her 12-year-old daughter Sara in Grbavica, a quarter of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. When Sara wants to participate in a school trip, Esma tries to find a way to pay the full price, although a certificate proving Sara's father is a war hero would allow her a discount...
Awards
Berlin Golden Bear, Peace Film Award, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Berlinale, 2006). | Žbanić, Jasmila  Jasmila Žbanić (born 1974, Sarajevo)
She attended Sarajevo Academy of Performing Arts. In 1995 she worked as a puppeteer at the Bread and Puppet theatre in the USA. In 1997 she founded the artists’ association Deblokada, through which she produced, wrote and directed numerous documentaries, art videos and shorts that were screened to great acclaim at international festivals. Her directorial debut, Grbavica, won the Berlin Golden Bear (Berlinale 2006).
Filmography (selected)
After, After (1997), Love is (1998), We Light the Night (1998), Red Rubber Boots (2000), To and Fro (2002), Images from the Corner (2003), Lost and Found: Birthday (2004), Grbavica (2005), Builder's Diary (2005), Participation (2008), On the Path (2009)
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