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2007 Festival programme.
Esma's Secret
Saturday 17th February 2:00 PM - Studio (TBTL)
Director:Jasmila Zbanic
Cert:15 Year: 2007 Length:90mins
Country:Bosnia/Herzegovina/Austria Language:Subtitles
This debut film won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film festival, and is now garnering awards in North America too. Zbanic examines the aftermath of the Balkan wars that broke up Yugoslavia. The moving, carefully-paced drama focuses on the secrets which a mother, Esma, keeps from her 12-year-old daughter Sara - and finally, painfully, reveals.
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