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) |  12 February 2006 (premiere at BIFF) 1 March 2006 3 March 2006 6 March 2006 15 December 2006 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Language | Bosnian |
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Grbavica is a film by Jasmila Žbanić about the life of a single mother in contemporary Sarajevo. It was released in the United Kingdom as Esma's Secret: Grbavica. The movie shows, through the eyes of the main character Esma, her teenage daughter Sara, and others, how everyday life is still being shaped by the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. Specifically, the film evokes systematic rapes of Bosniak women by Serbian troops during the war. The title refers to a neighbourhood of Sarajevo Esma lives in. It is an international co-production between companies from Bosnia, Austria, Croatia and Germany; it received funding from the German television companies ZDF and Arte.
It won the Golden Bear at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival and it is Bosnia & Herzegovina's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards.
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[edit] Background
According to the director,
- "...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 film, 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 avoided the word Serb on purpose, in order to avoid imposing collective guilt on an entire ethnic group.[citation needed] However, most Serbs consider the word Chetniks to be an ethnic slur.
[edit] Distribution
In the UK, the film opened in selected cinemas in London and Sheffield on December 15, 2006.
While it has been screened in Sarajevo, 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".[citation needed] It has, however, been shown in Serbia itself.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Wins
- 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)
[edit] Nominations
- Hollywood World Awards - Best Film
- Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize
- European Film Awards - Best Film and Best Actress (awards in December)
[edit] External links
- Official website
- (English) Official site
- Grbavica at the Internet Movie Database
- Grbavica at Dogwoof pictures
| Preceded by U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha |
Golden Bear winner 2006 |
Succeeded by Tuya's Marriage |
