Jasmila Žbanić

Jasmila Žbanić

Born: December 19, 1974
in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia [now Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina]
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.

Movies for Jasmila Žbanić...

Scenes from the Life of BH Film
Title: Scenes from the Life of BH Film
Character: Herself
Released: May 14, 2022
Type: Movie
The history of Bosnian cinematography over 75 years of existence.
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Balkan Spirit
Title: Balkan Spirit
Character: Herself - Director
Released: April 8, 2013
Type: Movie
Filmmaker Hermann Vaske explores the creative Balkan world in the hopes of understanding the meaning of "Balkan spirit".
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Images from the Corner
Title: Images from the Corner
Character: Herself
Released: September 19, 2003
Type: Movie
Bilja was seriously wounded in the 1992 shelling of Sarajevo. A French photographer took pictures of her while she lay bleeding and desperately begging for help; pictures of Bilja's wounds made him famous. Zbanic searches for Bilja and reconstructs the moment when news became more important than her life.
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Somewhere Else
Title: Somewhere Else
Character: herself
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Four months after the end of the war, four young people from Sarajevo share their experience, their thoughts and their hopes for the future, walking around the city in ruin.