Shattering depiction of Srebrenica massacre pips Florian Zeller’s The Father to top prize
The Father, Florian Zeller’s disorientating and poignant dementia drama starring Anthony Hopkins, won best actor and best screenplay at this year’s European film awards – but was ultimately pipped to best film by Quo Vadis, Aida?, a shattering depiction of the calamitous 1992 UN attempt to prevent the Srebrenica massacre.
Bosnian film-maker Jasmila Žbanić also won best director for the film – a pan-European endeavour involving 12 production companies from nine countries – while Jasna Đuričić won best actress for her performance as the beleaguered UN interpreter trying to save her family from being ethnically cleansed with other Muslims by Bosnian-Serb paramilitaries.