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QUO VADIS, AIDA?
January 22, 2023
Moderator: Anal Shah
Panelists: Toni Perrine (Film) and Muaz Redzic & Heather Tafel (Culture)
Director: Jasmila Žbanic
Year: 2020
Country: Bosnia & Herzegovina
Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica, Bosnia. When the Serbian army takes over, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. Against the backdrop of false promises and white-knuckle negotiations in the name of peace, Aida must risk everything to protect her husband and two sons.
Festival Premiere
2020 Venice International Film Festival
Official Selection
Awards
Best International Feature Film, Nominee
93rd Academy Awards
Best Director, Nominee
74th BAFTA Awards
"The rigorous honesty of Quo Vadis, Aida? is harrowing, partly because it subverts many of the expectations that quietly attach themselves to movies about historical trauma."
-- A.O. Scott, New York Times
"Đuricic, in a performance of extraordinary physical and emotional endurance, emphasizes Aida’s sharp reflexes, her fierce intelligence and equally fierce maternal instinct."
-- Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
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