‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ Director Sets Sequel of Oscar-Nominated Film

Paris-based Indie Sales has boarded “Quo Vadis, Aida? – The Missing Part,” the sequel to Jasmila Žbanić’s Oscar and BAFTA-nominated movie which has just started shooting Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The company will launch international sales on the sequel at the Cannes Market. The project is expected to be delivered in Spring 2027.

The sequel picks up in the immediate aftermath of the fall of Srebrenica in 1995. Aida, receiving word that her sons – who were taken by Serbian forces — may be alive and held in a camp, launches a desperate search through a refugee center crowded with thousands of displaced women. As hope collides with silence, the women come to the realization that no outside help is coming unless they help themselves. Led by Aida, they confront the injustice and deceptions of a political system built on backroom deals with war criminals.

Jasna Đuričić, who won the European Film Award for best actress for her portrayal of Aida in the original film, returns in the English-speaking lead role. She is joined by an international cast, including British aactor Simon McBurney (“Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation”), Irish actor Liam Cunningham (“Game of Thrones”), Belgian actor Arieh Worthalter (“The Goldman Case”) and German actor Dmitrij Schaad (Killing Eve), alongside regional cast.

Žbanić won the European Film Award for both best Film and best director in 2021 for Quo Vadis, Aida?, which premiered at Venice in 2020, was sold globally by Indie Sales and was nominated for best international feature at the Oscars in 2021. Žbanić had previously won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale 2006 with her debut feature “Grbavica.” More recently, she directed an episode of HBO’s acclaimed series “The Last of Us,” and her TV show “I Know Your Soul” premiered at Venice in 2023.

Nicolas Eschbach, CEO and co-founder of Indie Sales and Indie Prod, said the sequel “builds on Jasmila Žbanić’s acclaimed work with a remarkable focus on sorority and an unflinching pursuit of justice.” He called it “an intimate yet globally resonant story, a film more than ever necessary.”

The sequel is produced by Deblokada in Bosnia and Herzegovina; and co-produced by Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion in Austria; Topkapi in the Netherlands; Razor Film in Germany; Madants in Poland; Indie Prod in France; Woodz in Croatia; Plattform in Sweden; and Artikulacija in Montenegro.

The film has received support from Eurimages, Sarajevo Film Fund, Austrian Film Institute, Vienna Film Fund, Netherlands Film Fund, German Federal Film Board, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Polish Film Institute, Aide Aux Cinémas du Monde, Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, Institut Français, Croatian Audiovisual Film Center, Montenegro Film Fund, Swedish Film Institute, Film i Väst, BH Telecom, Canton Sarajevo, TRT, BHRT, RTV Federation B&H, ORF, ÖFI+, ZDF/ARTE and Canal+/Ciné+.