Jasmila Žbanić

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occupation = Film director, Screenwriter
yearsactive = 1998-present
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2005 "Images from the Corner"
Berlinale Golden Bear for Best Film
2006 "Grbavica"

Jasmila Žbanić (born December 19 1974 in Sarajevo) is a film director from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a graduate of Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo, department for theater and film directing. She also worked as a puppeteer in the Vermont-based "Bread and Puppet" Theater and as a clown in a Lee De Long workshop. She is noted for the 2006 Golden Bear winning film "Grbavica". In 1997 she has founded an artist's association "DEBLOKADA". Žbanić has a young daughter named Zoe.

According to Žbanić, her first name is a deliberate corruption of the name Jasmina.

Filmography

* "Na putu", feature film, 2009. (in pre-production)
* Grbavica, feature film, 2006.
* Birthday, short feature film, 2004.
* Images from the Corner, short documentary, 2003.
* Sjećaš li se Sarajeva, 2003.
* Red Rubber Boots, short documentary, 2000.
* Ljubav je..., 1998.
* Noć je, mi svijetlimo, documentary, 1998.
* Poslije, poslije, short documentary, 1997.
* Autobiografija, 1995.

Awards

* Golden Bear - Best Film - Berlin Film Festival 2006, for Grbavica
* Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Berlin Film Festival 2006, for Grbavica
* Peace Film Award - Berlin Film Festival 2006, for Grbavica
* Big Stamp - ZagrebDox, for Images from the Corner
* Award of the Soros Center for Contemporary Art, for Autobiografija
* Award of the Soros Center for Contemporary Art, for Poslije, poslije
* Special prize at Sarajevo Film Festival, for Noć je, mi svijetlimo
* Jury award at New York Expo Film Festival, for Noć je, mi svijetlimo
* Special mention at Alpe Adria Film Festival, for Red Rubber Boots
* Plaque of Sarajevo Canton, and Key of Sarajevo

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*imdb name|id=1120092|name=Jasmila Žbanić
* [http://www.danas.org/programi/magazin/jut27/2004/04/20040418071051.asp 2004 Interview with Žbanić] bs icon