Festival Masterclass: In Conversation with Jasmila Žbanić
Moderated by Guy Lodge
TIME
Thursday, August 18th, 2022
11:00 – 12:30 (CET)
LOCATION
Festival Center
Entrance to Sarajevo Film Festival Masterclasses is free with tickets obtained online or at the Main Box Office of the Sarajevo Film Festival (Festival Center / Bosanski kulturni centar, Branilaca Sarajeva 24). Seating is limited – collect tickets early to avoid disappointment!
JASMILA ŽBANIĆ
Born in Sarajevo on December 19th 1974, JASMILA ŽBANIĆ graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, Department for theater and film directing. Before filmmaking, she worked as a puppeteer in Vermont-based Bread and Puppet theater and as a clown in a Lee Delong workshop. In 1997, together with her friends, she founded Artist’s Association Deblokada through which she produced, wrote and directed many documentaries, video-art works and shorts. Among them is feature film GRBAVICA, awarded with Golden Bear on Berlinale 2006. Her latest film QUO VADIS, AIDA? premiered at Venice Film Festival, and besides multiple other awards, this movie received European Film Award for best movie, director and main actress , as well as nominations for USA Academy Awards, Oscar in the category Best International Feature Film, and two BAFTA Awards.