Original Title: Blum: Gospodari svoje budućnosti

Year: 2024

Length: 75 min

Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Film Category: Feature Documentary

Cast & Credits

Director: Jasmila Žbanić
Producer: Damir Ibrahimović
Production Company: Deblokada, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Co-Producers: Smiljan Tolj (Produkcija Živa, Croatia), Roman Paul (Razor Film, Germany)

Film Synopsis:

Jasmila Žbanić's documentary sheds light on an extraordinary historical figure, Emerik Blum. A Bosnian Jew of Hungarian descent, Blum managed in 1944 to escape two of the most notorious concentration camps run by the Croatian fascist Ustaše. He thrived during the early postwar years of Marshal Tito's Yugoslavia by ascending to top ministerial positions in the power sector, leading him to become the founding director of Energoinvest, one of Europe's largest (and still-preeminent) engineering conglomerates.

Director's Biography

Jasmila Žbanić (1974) is a Bosnian film director, screenwriter and producer. She has received numerous accolades, including nominations for the Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards. Žbanić has also won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and has been nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. She is known for writing and directing the Oscar-nominated war drama film Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020), For Those Who Can Tell No Tales (2011), and the Golden Bear Winner Grbavica (2006), among many other film accomplishments.