- Nov 07, 2020
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- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up during the shift to socialism, and since it was my childhood, I used to think that everything was beautiful and human.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was important to feel that you were resisting the fascism around you. But we had no electricity to watch movies. We were imagining our movies.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never understood why people identify with criminals: even if your father and grandfather were criminal, you have to find a way to be free.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Grbavica' is first of all a story about love, about love that is not pure because it has been mixed with hate, disgust, trauma, despair.
- Depression
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the case of Bosnia, studies showed that turning to religion was a consequence of post-war depression and dissatisfaction.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Wahhabi movement is a form of radical Islam that people here say did not exist before in Bosnia, where Islam had co-existed with other major religions and was much softer and more liberal.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music, for me, in a film is never... I don't want to use music as a slave of the image. I want music to be art, or a body in itself to give something to the film.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
'For Those Who Can Tell No Tales' is a story of memory and the energy of places that remain full of drama, pain, and denial.
- Better Off
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more empathy you have and the more connected you are to society, the better off you'll be.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cinema connects people: they respond as a group, you feel you are not alone, and you see you are not alone. Capitalism is destroying this social aspect of films, and even empathy, by creating the illusion that you are more important than the next person: 'You will buy this because you are special.' That is horrible.
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to show that drama doesn't lie only in blood and destroyed buildings but in daily life, in ordinary human beings.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
My generation has to deal with how to overcome a trauma, how to overcome destruction, and how to tell the truth to the next generation.
- Colleagues
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a woman filmmaker in Bosnia, I have more privileges than disadvantages. I feel I can do more than my male colleagues with a motherly approach rather than a male approach.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Always, for me, when I am dealing with subjects related to my country that are very emotional, I have to find the right tone and distance because, obviously, I start with anger, asking 'why that happened' and 'why it is still happening.' I work to rise above my personal anger but still stay connected to my emotions. That's a big challenge.
- Nov 07, 2020
In my country, though it is very patriarchal and male-dominated, the public enjoys women-directed movies.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you love your film, you have to fight for it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always written - since I was a kid. I might say that I am essentially a writer who is bored to be alone in the room writing. I need to have more people around me. So, I 'write' with a film camera and have a party at the same time by having a bunch of people around.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am successful if I manage to make a film that I want and if it works emotionally for the audience and if it stays with them after the screening and means something for them. Awards or money have symbolic power.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020