With appointing Kusturica a judge at Cannes, Bosnian director sees hypocrisy
By by Milos Stehlik
With appointing Kusturica a judge at Cannes, Bosnian director sees hypocrisy
By by Milos Stehlik
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Erratic Danish director Lars Von Trier promptly got the boot at this year’s Cannes Film Festival after making jokes that appeared pro-Nazi. While she applauds the effort, Bosnian director Jasmila Zbanic thinks the same standard should be applied to Sarajevo-born director Emir Kusturica.
The filmmaker, a two-time winner of the Palme d’Or, has in recent years made sympathetic remarks about Serbian war criminals including Radovan Karadzic. Despite those statements, this year Cannes included Kusturica on a prestigious awards jury.
To protest, Jasmila and a French film actor wrote an open letter to the directors of Cannes.
In a conversation with Worldview film contributor Milos Stehlik, Zbanic says the prestigious festival sent the wrong message.