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Jasmila Žbanić is a Bosnian film director, screenwriter, film producer, and video artist. Born on December 19, 1974, in Sarajevo, she is a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She received her education at the University of Sarajevo and began her professional work period in 1998.
Her notable works include *Grbavica*, *On the Path*, *For Those Who Can Tell No Tales*, and *Quo Vadis, Aida?*. Žbanić is a member of the European Film Academy. She has received the European Film Award for Best Director and the European Film Award for Best Film. Additionally, she has been nominated for the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter.
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Directing · Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia [now Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina]
Jasmila Žbanić is a film writer and director from Bosnia and Herzegovina, best known for winning the Golden Bear at the International Filmfestival Berlin in 2006 for her feature film "Grbavica". She's a graduate of the Department for Theater and Film Directing at the Academy of Performing Arts, Sarajevo.
Known for
- Scenes from the Life of BH Film — Herself2022
- Balkan Spirit — Self - Director2013
- Images from the Corner — Herself2003
- Somewhere Else — herself1997
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Frugal Innovation in Education: Designing and Evaluating Low-Bandwidth, Asynchronous Learning Systems for Remote Indonesian Schools
· 2025 · cited 2x
- Hubungan Lama Penggunaan Kontrasepsi Iud terhadap Efek Samping IUD pada Akseptor IUD di Puskesmas Sudiang Kota Makassar
· 2020 · cited 1x
- United Europe – Yes, or no?
· 2021
- Beyond Tenure: A Quasi-Experimental Causal Analysis of Community Forest Management on Peatland Biodiversity, Carbon Stocks, and Management Efficacy in Sumatra
· 2025
- Rhizomatic Resurgence: Multispecies Storytelling and Ecological Entanglement in Southeast Asian Bio-Art
· 2025
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1974-12-19 ) 19 December 1974 (age 51) , Sarajevo , SR Bosnia and Herzegovina , SFR Yugoslavia
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter producer
- Years active
- 1998–present
- Spouse
- Damir Ibrahimović ( died )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Place of birth
- Sarajevo
- Occupation
- video artist
- Notable work
- Quo Vadis, Aida?
- Image
- Lux Audience Award 2022 ceremony - 52136109925 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1974-12-19
- Commons category
- Jasmila Žbanić
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
- name in native language
- Jasmila Žbanić
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Jasmila Žbanić
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
- member of
- European Film Academy
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Encyclopedic overview
Jasmila Žbanić (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Јасмила Жбанић, Bosnian pronunciation: [jasmǐla ʒbǎːnitɕ]; born 19 December 1974) is a Bosnian film director, screenwriter and producer. She has received numerous accolades, including nominations for the Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards. Žbanić has also won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and has been nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
She is known for writing and directing the 2020 war drama film Quo Vadis, Aida?, which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language and the BAFTA Award for Best Direction.
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