Author: Jasmila Zbanic

Quotes

What I'm trying to do with my work is to break open things that are sealed, that are under siege.

What I'm trying to do with my work is to break open things that are sealed, that are under siege.

- Jasmila Zbanic

I want to show that drama doesn't lie only in blood and destroyed buildings but in daily life, in ordinary human beings.

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

'Grbavica' is first of all a story about love, about love that is not pure because it has been mixed with hate, disgust, trauma, despair.

'Grbavica' is first of all a story about love, about love that is not pure because it has been mixed with hate, disgust, trauma, despair.

- Jasmila Zbanic

Music, for me, in a film is never... I don't want to use music as a slave of the image. I want music to be art, or a body in itself to give something to the film.

Music, for me, in a film is never... I don't want to use music as a slave of the image. I want music to be art, or a body in itself to give something to the film.

- Jasmila Zbanic

In my country, though it is very patriarchal and male-dominated, the public enjoys women-directed movies.

In my country, though it is very patriarchal and male-dominated, the public enjoys women-directed movies.

- Jasmila Zbanic

It was important to feel that you were resisting the fascism around you. But we had no electricity to watch movies. We were imagining our movies.

It was important to feel that you were resisting the fascism around you. But we had no electricity to watch movies. We were imagining our movies.

- Jasmila Zbanic

Nature and other human beings are something you have to respect and you need.

Nature and other human beings are something you have to respect and you need.

- Jasmila Zbanic

My generation has to deal with how to overcome a trauma, how to overcome destruction, and how to tell the truth to the next generation.

My generation has to deal with how to overcome a trauma, how to overcome destruction, and how to tell the truth to the next generation.

- Jasmila Zbanic

If you love your film, you have to fight for it.

If you love your film, you have to fight for it.

- Jasmila Zbanic

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