Latest news with #JasmilaŽbanić
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Poland's Madants, Sweden's Plattform Produktion, U.K.'s Good Chaos Board Jasmila Žbanić's Buzzy ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?' Sequel (EXCLUSIVE)
Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Žbanić is partnering with some of Europe's hottest indie production labels for the sequel to her Academy Award-nominated 'Quo Vadis, Aida?,' which the director is pitching May 18 at the Cannes Investors Circle. 'Quo Vadis, Aida? – The Missing Part' is an international co-production led by Deblokada (Bosnia and Herzegovina), in co-production with Indie Prod (France), NGF Geyrhalterfilm (Austria), Topkapi Films (Netherlands), Madants (Poland), Razor Film (Germany), Plattform Produktion (Sweden) and Good Chaos (U.K.). Indie Sales has also come onboard as the international sales agent. More from Variety Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson's Animalistic Descent Into Madness in 'Die My Love' Gets 6-Minute Cannes Standing Ovation 'Die My Love' Review: Jennifer Lawrence Is a Mother Grappling with Postpartum Depression (and Punk-Rock Angst) in Lynne Ramsay's Showy Mess of a Marital Psychodrama Ezra Miller Speeds Down the Cannes Red Carpet at 'Die, My Love' Premiere in Surprise Festival Appearance The previous film, which competed for best international feature at the 2021 Oscars, followed a Bosnian UN translator, Aida (Jasna Đuričić), torn between family and duty in Srebrenica, where more than 8,000 civilians — mostly Muslim men and boys — were slaughtered in the worst act of mass killing on European soil since World War II. The sequel finds Aida, again played by Đuričić, on a peacetime journey to discover the fates of her husband and sons. Joining with other women who organize protests and conduct their own private investigations in search of truth and justice, they overcome corruption, political inertia and other obstacles while recognizing that the peace process is 'harder than the war itself,' according to Žbanić. After a riveting premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 2020, where Variety's Jessica Kiang praised the 'deeply compelling, harrowing and heartbreaking' film as a 'vital retelling of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre,' 'Quo Vadis, Aida?' went on to scoop more than 50 international awards, including Best European Film, Best European Director and Best European Actress (Đuričić) at the European Film Awards. 'The Missing Part' picks up six months after that film left off, allowing Žbanić to answer 'a lot of questions about the search for the missing people, the return to Srebrenica and the post-war situation' that audiences had in the wake of the first feature. 'The [original] script for the film 'Quo Vadis, Aida?' featured a large segment depicting the complexity of peace following the genocide in Srebrenica,' the director told Variety. 'I decided that it would be impossible to put everything in one film and chose to treat peace (non-warfare) only briefly in the epilogue. This proved to be a good decision, as people resonated with the film on a very emotional level. 'The audience's interest and my own need to tell this untold story about the struggle of women from Srebrenica for truth and justice led me to decide on a sequel,' she continued. '[The title] primarily refers to Aida's sons, who are a missing part of her — as well as to the first film, because it shows what was not presented, detailing events that took place before the epilogue and Aida's entry into Srebrenica.' 'Quo Vadis, Aida? – The Missing Part' is supported by key European film funds including the Austrian Film Institute, Filmfonds Wien, the Polish Film Institute, the Swedish Film Institute, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Film i Väst, CNC – Aide aux cinémas du monde and the Ministry of Culture and Sports – Canton of Sarajevo. Broadcast partners include ARTE/ZDF, ORF and TRT. Žbanić is looking to close financing in Cannes, with plans to start principal photography in Feb. 2026. Alongside Đuričić, confirmed cast include Jasna Žalica ('Mother Mara'), Jelena Kordić Kuret ('I Know Your Soul') and French actor Arieh Worthalter ('The Goldman Case'). Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kornél Mundruczó, Jasmila Žbanić, Lukas Dhont & Eliza Hittman Set To Pitch Projects At Cannes Market's Investors Circle Initiative
The Cannes Film Festival's Marché du Film has unveiled the 10 directors who will pitch their upcoming feature film projects at its third Investors Circle meeting. The one-day event unfolding on May 18 at the market's Plage des Palmes venue aims to connect auteur directors and their elevated international projects with film financiers and private investors. More from Deadline Jasmila Žbanić Unveiled As Mentor For 2nd Circle Fiction Orbit Project Incubator In Montenegro 'Close' Director Lukas Dhont Reveals How Christina Aguilera's Song 'Fighter' Set Him On The Road To This Year's Oscars Sundance Scarer 'Infinity Pool', Oscar-Nominated 'Close' & Deon Taylor's Latest 'Fear' - Specialty Preview This year's director cohort includes Belgium's Lukas Dhont, whose second film Close shared Cannes Grand Prix in 2022; Hungarian festival regular Kornél Mundruczó, who won the Un Certain Regard Prize in 2014 for White God, as well as Austrian Cannes regular Jessica Hausner. Two of the directors presenting new projects have completed films in this year's Cannes Official Selection: Iceland's Hlynur Pálmason with The Love That Remains and Chile's director Sebastián Lelio with The Wave. The other participating directors comprise Giacomo Abbruzzese (Italy), Eliza Hittman (US), Jasmila Žbanić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Marcela Said (France, Chile)and Marie Kreutzer (Austria). Details of the projects are under wraps and are only unveiled to people participating in the meeting. Te market said the projects spanned a wide variety of cinematic styles, languages and production scales, the ten selected projects carry budgets ranging from €3M to €9M ($3.4M-$10.2M). 'As new economic models continue to emerge, the Marché du Film reaffirms its role as a global accelerator for innovative film financing,' said Guillaume Esmiol, Executive Director of the Marché du Film. 'For its third edition, the Investors Circle is quickly becoming a reference point for those looking to engage in equity-driven support for independent film. We are proud to provide a platform where auteur cinema and financial strategy align.' The Marché du Film runs from May 13 to 21. Best of Deadline Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Winners Through The Years Deadline Studio At Sundance Film Festival Photo Gallery: Dylan O'Brien, Ayo Edebiri, Jennifer Lopez, Lily Gladstone, Benedict Cumberbatch & More TIFF People's Choice Award Winners Through The Years: Photo Gallery
