Cinema connects people: they respond as a group, you feel you are not alone, and you see you are not alone. Capitalism is destroying this social aspect of films, and even empathy, by creating the illusion that you are more… — 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
