International Documentary Film Festival
March 30 - April 6, 2025
Kaptol Boutique Cinema, Zagreb

International Documentary Film Festival
March 30 - April 6, 2025
Kaptol Boutique Cinema, Zagreb

Blum – Masters of their own destiny

Jasmila Žbanić

Blum – Masters of their own destiny

Starting in a devastated, rural country with a largely illiterate population, right after World War II, Emerik Blum created a large and successful global company, Energoinvest, which operated worldwide with billions in profit. Taking advantage of Yugoslavia's unique position between the East and the West, socialism and capitalism, the company ran on a globally unique business model based on workers' participation in both management and profit-sharing. Blum transformed a small engineering workshop into a thriving enterprise by operating under the workers self-management model, where all employees in a factory have a say in decisions regarding the company. This highly democratic model worked exceptionally well in this case but is largely forgotten today.

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024, '76

DIRECTOR: Jasmila Žbanić

SCENARIO: Jasmila Žbanić, Zoran Solomun

CAMERA: Eldar Emrić

MONTAGE: Vladimir Gojun

PRODUCERS: Damir Ibrahimović, Jasmila Žbanić

PRODUCTION: Deblokada

Jasmila Žbanić

Jasmila Žbanić

Born in Sarajevo on December 19th 1974, Jasmila Zbanic graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, Department for theater and film directing. Before filmmaking, she worked as a puppeteer in Vermont-based “Bread and Puppet” theater and as a clown in a Lee Delong workshop. In 1997., together with her friends, she founded Artist’s Association “Deblokada” through which she produced, wrote and directed ; Her feature film Grbavica, awarded with Golden Bear on Berlinale 2006, Best film at American film Institute (AFI)… Quo Vadis, Aida? premiered at competition of Venice Film Festival, and besides multiple other awards, this movie received Independent Spirit Awards for Best International Film, European Film Award for best movie, director and main actress, as well as nominations for USA Academy Awards, Oscar in the category Best International Feature Film, and two BAFTA Awards. She directed one episode of acclaimed HBO TV show THE LAST OF US. Venice film festival presented her TV show I KNOW YOUR SOUL in 2023. 

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