providing an important platform forfilms like quo vadis, aida?, which was nominated for both baftas and oscars and which recently won top honours at the european film awards. colonel karremans, they are killing people outside. a harrowing drama set during the srebrenica massacre of 1995, writer—director jasmila zbanic�*s film lent a human heart to a horrifying tale, ensuring that we keep on watching — a notable achievement for a movie that is centrally concerned with the spectre of looking away. while quo vadis, aida? opened in the uk back injanuary 2021, another round bowed here injuly, around about the same time that the 74th cannes film festival was kicking off across the channel. serving as the festival's curtain—raiser was annette, a brilliantly bonkers musical written and scored by sparks, in which stars like adam driver and marion cotillard were arguably upstaged in the title role by a puppet.