Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year: 2000
Duration: 18'
Jasna P. is searching for her two children, Amar (4 years old) and Ajla (9 months old) who were killed by the Serbian Army during the war in Bosnia and buried in a mass grave. With the help of the State Commission for Searching Missing Person, Jasna is checking all available information and ispecting all mass grave sites, hoping to find the red rubber boots that her son was wearing when he was abducted and taken from her.
"Before dawn I dreamt I had long, long hair and a beard. My whole face was covered with hair, and trough it I stared at the pit. What if Jasna discovers the red rubber boots in the pit today? Will she survive? And what if she doesn't find them?" (Jasmila Zbanic).
Biography
film director
Jasmila Zbanic
Jasmila Zbanic (Sarajevo, 1974). Film director and producer. Directed videos: Autobiografija (1995) and Poslije poslije (1997). Both videos were awarded the first prize of the Soros Centre for Contemporary Art. In 1998 she directed and produced the short film Love Is… (Best Cinematography, Sarajevo Film Festival 1998) and documentary film Noc je, mi svijetlimo, which has played in Torino Film Festival 1998.
FILMOGRAFIA
Autobiografija (1995), Poslije poslije (After, after, 1997), Liubav je… (Love Is..., cm, 1998), Noc je, mi svijetlimo (We Light the Night, doc. 1998), Crvene gimene cizme (2000).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto e sceneggiatura: Jasmila Zbanic
Director of photography: Mustafa Mustafic.
Editor: Miralem Zubcevic.
Sound: Bogdan Zurovac.
Cast: Jasna Ploskic, Arnor Masovic.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Damir Ibrahimovic, Jasmila Zbanic, Sabina Arslanagic per Deblokada, Kranjceviceva 43, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, tel. e fax +387-33-668559.
Director of photography: Mustafa Mustafic.
Editor: Miralem Zubcevic.
Sound: Bogdan Zurovac.
Cast: Jasna Ploskic, Arnor Masovic.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Damir Ibrahimovic, Jasmila Zbanic, Sabina Arslanagic per Deblokada, Kranjceviceva 43, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, tel. e fax +387-33-668559.