A Bosnian UN translator is torn between duty and family as events tailspin toward genocide in Jasmila Zbanic's tough, compelling drama. Perhaps the most difficult task faced by any filmmaker ...

TIFF: Jasmila Žbanic's finely crafted epic exposes unspeakable Bosnian War horrors through the eyes of a mother and UN translator. Films set among genocide can border on “trauma porn,” while a few ...

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Srebrenica was probably the worst (and remains the best-known) case of ethnic cleansing. There have been several documentaries, notably Leslie Woodhead’s excellent feature-length A Cry from the Grave ...

In “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” Jasmila Žbanić’s swift and shattering movie about the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, a woman climbs onto a small structure and stares out over a barbed-wire fence into a sea of weary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Perhaps the most difficult task faced by any filmmaker attempting to commemorate an atrocity is to manage the vast disparities in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Films set among genocide can border on “trauma porn,” while a few like “Life Is Beautiful” and “The Pianist” reach divine heights ...