‘Dara Of Jasenovac’ Named Serbia’s Official Oscar Entry As 101 Studios Makes U.S. Rights Deal Deadline 12/21/2020
EXCLUSIVE: 101 Studios has closed a deal for U.S. rights to the Predrag Peter Antonijević-directed
Dara Iz Jasenovca (Dara of Jasenovac). the film that has been chosen by Serbia as its official submission for the 2020-2021 Academy Awards. Pic stars Biljana Čekić, Zlatan Vidovic, Nikolina Friganović, Igor Đorđević, Nataša Ninković and Anja Stanić. It is slated by 101 Studios for a February 5th, 2021 release.
Set in the 1940s, pic follows young Dara (Biljana Čekić) in Croatia as she comes face-to-face with the horrors of the Holocaust era after she is sent with her mother and siblings to the concentration camp complex known as Jasenovac. The facility was the only operational death camp during World War II not created or run by the Germans, but its overseers were no less ruthless or cruel. Overseen by vicious emissaries of the fascist Ustase governm