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Grbavica (Grbavica - Esmas Geheimnis)
Scene from "Grbavica" (photo © coop99/Deblokada/Noir Film/Jadran Film)
Esma's daughter Sara (12) is going on a class-trip. Believing her father to be a martyr, Sara is urging her mother to bring the certificate, so that she can get a discount for the class-trip. But Esma does not have the certificate. She is trying to protect her daughter and herself, by not telling the truth about the war in Sarajevo, and Sara's birth.
Jasmila Zbanic was born in 1974 in Sarajevo. A selection of her films includes: Autobiography (1995), After, After (1997), Love is... (1998), We Light the Night (1998), On the Occasion of Mrs. Vildana's Return (1999), Red Rubber Boots (2000), To & Fro (2002), Images from the Corner (2003), Do You Remeber Sarajevo (2003), Birthday (2004) from the cycle of shorts Lost and Found: 6 Glances at a Generation (2005) and Grbavica (2005) - which won the Golden Bear in Berlin 2006.
Genre Drama
Category Feature Film Cinema
Year of Production 2005
Director Jasmila Zbanic
Screenplay Jasmila Zbanic
Director of Photography Christine A. Maier
Editor Niki Mossboeck
Production Design Kemal Hrustanovic
Producers Barbara Albert, Damir Ibrahimovic, Bruno Wagner, Boris Michalski, Damir Richtaric
Production Companies Coop 99/Vienna, Deblokada/Sarajevo, in co-production with noirfilm/Karlsruhe, Jadran Film/Zagreb, ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel/Mainz
Principal Cast Mirjana Karanovic, Luna Mijovic, Leon Lucev, Kenan Catic, Jasna Ornela Berry
Casting Oriana Kuncic
Length 91 min, 2,680 m
Format 35 mm, color, 1:1.85
Dubbed Versions German
Original Version Serbo-Croatian
Subtitled Versions English
Sound Technology Dolby SRD
Festival Screenings Berlin 2006 (In Competition), Karlovy Vary 2006, Moscow 2006, Toronto 2006, Copenhagen 2006, Warsaw 2006, Pusan 2006, Reykjavik 2006, Seville 2006, Nouveau Cinema Montreal 2006, Jerusalem 2006, AFI Fest Los Angeles 2006, Tallinn Black Nights 2006, Palm Springs 2007
Awards Golden Bear, Ecumenical Jury Award, Peace Film Prize Berlin 2006, Discovery of the Year Award Reykjavik 2006, Wim van Leer Spirit of Freedom Award Jerusalem 2006, Narrative Grand Jury Prize Los Angeles 2006
With backing from Oesterreichisches Filminstitut, Eurimages, Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport Bosnia & Herzegovina, Foundation of Cinematography Sarajevo, MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg, Filmfonds Wien, Ministry of Culture Croatia, Hubert Bals Fund, Balkan Script Development Fund
German Distributor Ventura Film/Berlin
World Sales
The Match Factory GmbH
Michael Weber
Balthasarstrasse 79-81
50670 Cologne/Germany
phone +49-2 21-5 39 70 90
fax +49-2 21-5 39 70 910
email: info@matchfactory.de
http://www.the-match-factory.com
Category Feature Film Cinema
Year of Production 2005
Director Jasmila Zbanic
Screenplay Jasmila Zbanic
Director of Photography Christine A. Maier
Editor Niki Mossboeck
Production Design Kemal Hrustanovic
Producers Barbara Albert, Damir Ibrahimovic, Bruno Wagner, Boris Michalski, Damir Richtaric
Production Companies Coop 99/Vienna, Deblokada/Sarajevo, in co-production with noirfilm/Karlsruhe, Jadran Film/Zagreb, ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel/Mainz
Principal Cast Mirjana Karanovic, Luna Mijovic, Leon Lucev, Kenan Catic, Jasna Ornela Berry
Casting Oriana Kuncic
Length 91 min, 2,680 m
Format 35 mm, color, 1:1.85
Dubbed Versions German
Original Version Serbo-Croatian
Subtitled Versions English
Sound Technology Dolby SRD
Festival Screenings Berlin 2006 (In Competition), Karlovy Vary 2006, Moscow 2006, Toronto 2006, Copenhagen 2006, Warsaw 2006, Pusan 2006, Reykjavik 2006, Seville 2006, Nouveau Cinema Montreal 2006, Jerusalem 2006, AFI Fest Los Angeles 2006, Tallinn Black Nights 2006, Palm Springs 2007
Awards Golden Bear, Ecumenical Jury Award, Peace Film Prize Berlin 2006, Discovery of the Year Award Reykjavik 2006, Wim van Leer Spirit of Freedom Award Jerusalem 2006, Narrative Grand Jury Prize Los Angeles 2006
With backing from Oesterreichisches Filminstitut, Eurimages, Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport Bosnia & Herzegovina, Foundation of Cinematography Sarajevo, MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg, Filmfonds Wien, Ministry of Culture Croatia, Hubert Bals Fund, Balkan Script Development Fund
German Distributor Ventura Film/Berlin
World Sales
The Match Factory GmbH
Michael Weber
Balthasarstrasse 79-81
50670 Cologne/Germany
phone +49-2 21-5 39 70 90
fax +49-2 21-5 39 70 910
email: info@matchfactory.de
http://www.the-match-factory.com