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Jasmila Žbanić

Film Director / Actor / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 12/19/1974 (49) | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia [now Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina]
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. ()
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Jasmila Žbanić is a film writer and director from Bosnia and Herzegovina, best known for winning the Golden Bear at the International Filmfestival Berlin in 2006 for her feature film "Grbavica". She's a graduate of the Department for Theater and Film Directing at the Academy of Performing Arts, Sarajevo.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | War

Known for these Movies & Shows

A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war. ...

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams

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2006 | 3.5/5 | 1h 30min
Drama, History
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Loving young couple Luna and Amar try their best to overcome unexpected obstacles that threaten their relationship. After Amar's dramatic change in a fundamentalist community, Luna tears herself apart ...

On the Path

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2010 | 3.2/5 | 1h 40min
Drama
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Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across post-pandemic America. ...

The Last of Us

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2020 | 50min
Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
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Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN 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 ...

Quo Vadis, Aida?

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2021 | 3.8/5 | 1h 41min
War, Drama, History
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Awards & Nominations for Jasmila Žbanić

European Film Award for Best Director European Film Award for Best Film European Film Award for Best Film European Film Award for Best Director European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
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Movies with Jasmila Žbanić as Actress(3)

as Self - Director2013 Balkan Spirit
as herself2003 Images from the Corner
as herself1997 Somewhere Else

Movies with Jasmila Žbanić as Crew(24)

Directing/Director2021 Quo Vadis, Aida?
Production/Producer2021 Quo Vadis, Aida?
Writing/Writer2021 Quo Vadis, Aida?
Production/Development Producer2020 Mare
Production/Producer2017 Men Don't Cry
Directing/Director2015 One Day in Sarajevo
Production/Producer2015 One Day in Sarajevo
Writing/Screenplay2015 One Day in Sarajevo
Directing/Director2014 Love Island
Writing/Writer2014 Love Island
Directing/Director2013 For Those Who Can Tell No Tales
Production/Producer2013 For Those Who Can Tell No Tales
Writing/Writer2013 For Those Who Can Tell No Tales
Directing/Director2010 On the Path
Writing/Writer2010 On the Path
Directing/Director2008 Stories on Human Rights
Directing/Director2006 Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
Writing/Screenplay2006 Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
Directing/Director2005 Lost and Found
Writing/Writer2005 Lost and Found
Directing/Director2003 Images from the Corner
Writing/Writer2003 Images from the Corner
Directing/Director2000 Red Rubber Boots
Writing/Writer2000 Red Rubber Boots

TV Shows/Series with Jasmila Žbanić as Crew(2)

Writing/Writer2023 I Know Your Soul
Writing/Screenplay2023 I Know Your Soul

Additional Information

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Full Name: Jasmila Žbanić
Born: Thursday, 12/19 1974 (December) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia [now Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina] (current age: 49 years + 129 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Educated at: University of Sarajevo, Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo
Member of: European Film Academy
Other names for Jasmila Žbanić (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jasmila Zbanic"
Jasmila Žbanić frequently works together with these people:
Christine A. Maier (9x, Crew)
Leon Lučev (7x, Actor)
Damir Ibrahimovich (7x, Crew)
Ermin Bravo (6x, Actor)
Igor Ćamo (6x, Crew)
Barbara Albert (5x, Crew)
Jasna Đuričić (4x, Actress)
Lejla Hodžić (4x, Crew)
Andrea Štaka (4x, Crew)
Mirjana Karanović (3x, Actress)
Izudin Bajrović (3x, Actor)
Alen Drljević (1x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:487859, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024