Jasmila Zbanic Quotes

Jasmila Zbanic

Profession : Director

Birth : December 19, 1974

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.

Jasmila Zbanic

As a child, I used to 'torture' other kids by making them be in my shows. I would sell tickets to neighbors and organize performances.

Jasmila Zbanic

When I go to a cinema, I don't care if the film is made by a man or a woman as long as it tells me a story, as long as it offers pictures that shed light on my existence, characters I can identify with, jokes I can laugh at.

Jasmila Zbanic

Film is the most liberal of arts and, at the same time, it can be a very conservative art. Money that is involved in filmmaking is distributed mostly to men, thus creating a celluloid ceiling for women.

Jasmila Zbanic

As a filmgoer and a filmmaker, I want to participate and tell stories of woman and man that will move us forward.

Jasmila Zbanic

I want to create films that will speak to different parts of our hearts and brains, stories told from a different angle.

Jasmila Zbanic