Shattering depiction of Srebrenica massacre pips Florian Zeller’s The Father to top prize
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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 1995 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.