Grbavica (film)
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| Grbavica | |
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 Grbavica film poster |
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| Directed by | Jasmila Žbanić |
| Produced by | Tanja Aćimović |
| Written by | Jasmila Žbanić, Barbara Albert |
| Starring | Mirjana Karanović, Luna Mijović |
| Music by | Enes Zlatar |
| Distributed by | Dogwoof Pictures |
| Release date(s) | February 2006 (Berlin International Film Festival) |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Language | Bosnian |
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Grbavica is a movie by Jasmila Žbanić. It was a Golden Bear winner at the Berlin Film Festival 2006.
A Bosnian-Austrian-Croatian-German co-production, the film contends with the systematic rapes of Bosniak women during the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s by Serbian troops. It received funding from the German television companies ZDF and Arte.
It is unlikely that the film will be shown in cinemas in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as the major film distributor "doubts its commercial viability". It has however been shown in Serbia itself.
It is due for release in the UK under the subtitle 'Esma's Secret' on December 15th (in Curzon Soho, London and Showroom, Sheffield according to the website)
[edit] Awards and nominations
- Golden Bear - Best Film - Berlin Film Festival 2006
- Peace Film Award - Berlin Film Festival 2006
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Berlin Film Festival 2006
- KOSMORAMA award - Best Film
- Reykjavik Film Festival - Best Film
- AFI film festival - Narrative grand jury prize
- Brussels European Film Festival - Prize TV Canvas for Best Film and Award Best Actress (to Mirjana Karanović)
- Ourence film festival - Award Best Actress (to Mirjana Karanović)
Nominations
- Hollywood World Awards - Best Film
- Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize
- European Film Awards - Best Film and Best Actress (awards in December)
[edit] Context of the Movie
Grbavica is a neighborhood of Sarajevo. According to the film director:
- "But in 1992 everything changed and I realised that I was living in a war, in which sex was used as part of a war strategy to humiliate women and thereby cause the destruction of an ethnic group! 20.000 women were systematically raped in Bosnia during the war." [1]
In the movie the perpetrators are called Chetniks, a derogatory term which some of the population of Sarajevo used for the besieging Serb troops. The director claims that she on purpose did not use the word Serb in order to avoid ideas of collective guilt for an ethnic group. [citation needed] On the other hand, most Serbs consider this use of the word Chetniks to be an ethnic slur.
