When the Serbian army captures Srebrenica, her family is among the thousands of people seeking shelter in the UN camp. In the process, she tries to separate lies from truths to figure out how she might save her family and her fellow human beings. The film shows just a few dramatic days in the life of a woman whose fate stands for that of an entire generation of women who survived the war in Bosnia. More than 8000 civilians - almost all of them male - were murdered and buried in mass graves in the Srebrenica massacre, which was classified as genocide.
Keywords
- #Solidarity with Ukraine
- BRIFF
- BRIFF (home)
- European Film Awards
- Johan Heldenbergh
- LuxFilmFest
- Nominated @ The Oscars 2021
- Only on Sooner
- Politics: Human Rights
- The Oscars
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- TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival
- eastern europe
- history
- war
Actors
- Jasna Đuričić
- Izudin Bajrović
- Boris Ler
- Dino Bajrović
- Johan Heldenbergh
Director
- Jasmila Žbanić
Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. During the negotiations she has access to crucial information.
When the Serbian army captures Srebrenica, her family is among the thousands of people seeking shelter in the UN camp. In the process, she tries to separate lies from truths to figure out how she might save her family and her fellow human beings.
The film shows just a few dramatic days in the life of a woman whose fate stands for that of an entire generation of women who survived the war in Bosnia. More than 8000 civilians - almost all of them male - were murdered and buried in mass graves in the Srebrenica massacre, which was classified as genocide.