As a woman filmmaker in Bosnia, I have more privileges than disadvantages. I feel I can do more than my male colleagues with a motherly approach rather than a male approach. — Jasmila Zbanic Copy Share Image
I want to show that drama doesn't lie only in blood and destroyed buildings but in daily life, in ordinary human beings. — Jasmila Zbanic Copy Share Image
I am successful if I manage to make a film that I want and if it works emotionally for the audience and if it… — Jasmila Zbanic Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to do with my work is to break open things that are sealed, that are under siege. — Jasmila Zbanic Copy Share Image
As a filmgoer and a filmmaker, I want to participate and tell stories of woman and man that will move us forward. — Jasmila Zbanic Copy Share Image
I did go to a film school in Sarajevo. I studied film and theatre directing. There was a war raging in the country while… — Jasmila Zbanic Copy Share Image
The Wahhabi movement is a form of radical Islam that people here say did not exist before in Bosnia, where Islam had co-existed with… — Jasmila Zbanic Copy Share Image
When I go to a cinema, I don't care if the film is made by a man or a woman as long as it… — Jasmila Zbanic Copy Share Image
Film is the most liberal of arts and, at the same time, it can be a very conservative art. Money that is involved in… — Jasmila Zbanic Copy Share Image
Always, for me, when I am dealing with subjects related to my country that are very emotional, I have to find the right tone… — Jasmila Zbanic Copy Share Image
I grew up during the shift to socialism, and since it was my childhood, I used to think that everything was beautiful and human. — Jasmila Zbanic Copy Share Image
In the case of Bosnia, studies showed that turning to religion was a consequence of post-war depression and dissatisfaction. — Jasmila Zbanic Copy Share Image
