Movie About Muslim Genocide Shown in Serbia for First Time
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- 06 Jan 2022
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More than 1,000 people watched Quo Vadis, Aida? over two showings in the town of Novi Pazar. The movie is about the Srebrenica massacre, in which Bosnian Serb fighters killed 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995.
Husein Memic is the director of a cultural center which showed the movie. “The tickets sold out in an hour and a half,” he said. “We are appealing for the film to be screened across Serbia; it’s absolutely senseless for it to play only in Novi Pazar.”
The two showings were the first time the movie was shown in any part of Serbia. Novi Pazar is a largely Muslim town.
Quo Vadis, Aida? was named Best Film in the 2021 European Film Awards. It was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 2021 Oscars.
It tells the story of a woman, Aida, who is a translator for the United Nations in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands looking for refuge at the U.N. camp.
Aida is played by the Serbian actress Jasna Duricic. She was a member of the Serbian National theatre from 1990 until 2005. The European Film Awards named her best actress for her performance.
Jasmila Zbanic’s movie has never been shown publicly in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s autonomous Serb Republic, which is where Srebrenica is located. Read More…
