The Hollywood Reporter(@THR):Croatia’s official entry for the Oscars, ‘God Will Not Help,’ has a deliberately provocative title. Director Hana Jusic explains the meaning behind the title during a taping of THR Presents: “I wanted it to make people mad because I wanted to, like, challenge this very childish idea that there’s this big God taking care of all of us. The world and history and the lives of people show that it’s not really like this. I wanted to provoke, to show that God will not help, but maybe we can help each other.”

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2026.11.06 21:29

Croatia’s official entry for the Oscars, ‘God Will Not Help,’ has a deliberately provocative title. Director Hana Jusic explains the meaning behind the title during a taping of THR Presents: “I wanted it to make people mad because I wanted to, like, challenge this very childish idea that there’s this big God taking care of all of us. The world and history and the lives of people show that it’s not really like this. I wanted to provoke, to show that God will not help, but maybe we can help each other.”