On 15 March 2021, it was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.
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Quo Vadis, Aida? is a 2020 Bosnian war drama film written, produced and directed by Jasmila Žbanić[1]. The film is a co-production of twelve production companies from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Germany, France, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, and Turkey.
It was shown in the main competition section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Bosnian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, making the shortlist of fifteen films. It also won the Audience Award at the 50th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam and the Best International Film Award at the 2021 Gothenburg Film Festival. The film is currently nominated for the Best International Film at the 36th Independent Spirit Awards. Further more, in March 2021, the film was nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language and Žbanić was nominated for Best Director at the 74th British Academy Film Awards. On 15 March 2021, it was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.
[1] Jasmila Žbanić (b. 19 December 1974) is a Bosnian film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for having directed and written the script for the 2020 Bosnian movie Quo Vadis, Aida? which earned her nominations for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, a BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language and a BAFTA Award for Best Director.
She is regarded[by whom?] as one of the best Bosnian directors and screenwriters and also, one of the best from Southeast Europe.
Žbanić was born in Sarajevo in 1974, to Bosniak parents. Žbanić went to local schools before attending the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, where she got a degree.[1] She worked for a time in the United States as a puppeteer in the Vermont-based Bread and Puppet Theater and as a clown in a Lee De Long workshop. In 1997, she founded the artist's association "Deblokada" and started making documentaries and short films.
Žbanić went to the United States in order to work as a puppeteer in the Vermont-based Bread and Puppet Theater. She also learned to act as a clown in a Lee De Long workshop.
After her return to Bosnia and Herzegovina, she founded the artists' association "Deblokada" (meaning "de-blocking.")[2] Through Deblokada, Žbanić wrote and produced many documentaries, video artworks, and short films. Her work has been seen around the globe, screened in film festivals and shown at exhibitions such as the Manifesta 3 in Slovenia in 2000, the Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel in 2004, and the Istanbul Biennale in 2003. Since then she has made well-received feature films.
Žbanić's 2006 feature film Grbavica, won the Golden Bear at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival, the Grand Jury Prize at the International Feature Competition Festival in 2006, and was awarded the Best European Film and best European actress award in 2006. Her 2010 film Na putu (On the Path), which explores the relationship of a young couple living in Sarajevo, was screened at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.
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