Reminder: Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival at Tribeca Cinemas - Opening Friday, May 11

Thu May 10 23:07:05 EDT 2007

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The Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival Kicks off Friday, May 11, at Tribeca
Cinemas in New York City

Check out our trailer, read our interviews with emerging and
internationally-renowned filmmakers, vote for your favorite films and join
us for the festival reception and closing party at Tribeca Cinemas!

The Fourth Annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film FestivalT (BHFFT) is kicking
off this Friday, May 11 at Tribeca Cinemas, home of the Tribeca Film
Festival. This year's line-up includes twelve feature, documentary and short
films by emerging and internationally-renowned filmmakers that educate about
the Bosnian-Herzegovinian cinematography, present themes related to Bosnia
and Herzegovina, its history and culture, as well as inspire and entertain.
Some of our featured films include "Grbavica," "Border Post," "All For
Free," "Armin" and many others.

BHFF Trailer

For the first time ever, we have an exciting BHFFT trailer. Conceptualized
and designed by Damir Pozderac, edited by Duncan
<http://www.alternateplanproductions.com/>  & Pilar, the trailer features
our own locally grown talent - Aida Šehović, Alison Hanson, Sabina Vajrača
and the trio Alma, Amel and Amer Mujezinović. You can watch it at
http://www.bhffnyc.org/BHFF_final.wmv. 

Also check out the outtakes version:
http://www.bhffnyc.org/BHFF_outakes.wmv. 

Interviews with Filmmakers 

We have posted interviews with some of the filmmakers that will be featured
at this year's festival, including Harun Mehmedinović ("In the Name of the
Son"), Refik Hodžić ("Statement 710399"),  Rajko Grlić ("Border Post") and
Džemal Šabić ("Two Sisters - Story About Love" and "For Whom The Bell
Tolls") on our web site http://www.bhffnyc.org
<http://www.bhffnyc.org/index.htm> .  

Awards

This year, the New York-based actor Uliks Fehmiu will present the BHFFT 2007
Audience Award for the Best Short or Feature Film and the BHFFT 2007
Audience Award for the Best Documentary Film. Both awards will be given in
memory of recently-deceased Benjamin Filipović, award-winning film director,
professor at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo and President of the
Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Those films that win
will be presented with "The Golden Apple" award, designed and made by the
accomplished Bosnian-American artist Aida Šehović. Don't forget to vote for
your favorite film! The voting slips will be distributed at the ticket booth
with your tickets.

Festival Opening and Closing Party at Tribeca Lounge

Please join us for the reception at the Tribeca Lounge (located downstairs
at Tribeca Cinemas) Friday from 6-7 pm and for the closing party at the same
location Saturday night at 11 pm. 

Location, Program and Tickets

Tribeca Cinemas is located at 54 Varick Street at Laight Street. For a full
set of directions and a map, please go to
<http://www.bhffnyc.org/html/location.htm>
http://www.bhffnyc.org/html/location.htm. The full program is below and film
synopses can be located at http://www.bhffnyc.org/html/program2007.htm.
Tickets ($12 per block; each block includes two films) can be purchased at
http://www.bhffnyc.org/html/tickets.htm until Friday, May 11 at 4 pm.
Remaining tickets can also be purchased at Tribeca Cinemas before each
screening. All films have English subtitles.

Friday, May 11, 2007

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6:00 PM

Festival Reception and Opening at Tribeca Cinemas

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7:00 PM (Block #1) 

Good Luck Nedim (Sretan put Nedime) | Marko Šantić | 2006 | Short

Armin | Ognjen Sviličić | 2007 | Feature 

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9:00 PM (Block #2)

The Way We Played (Kako smo se igrali) | Samir Mehanović | 2005 | Short 

Grbavica | Jasmila Žbanić | 2006 | Feature

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Saturday, May 12, 2007

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3:00 PM (Block #3)

Statement 710399 (Izjava 710399) | Refik Hodžić | 2006 | Documentary

Carnival (Karneval) | Alen Drljević | 2006 | Documentary

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5:30 PM (Block #4)

Two Sisters - Story About Love (Dvije sestre - priča o ljubavi) | Džemal
Šabić | 2006 | Short Documentary

Mum and Dad (Mama i tata) | Faruk Lončarević | 2006 | Feature

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7:00 PM (Block #5)

For Whom The Bell Tolls (Za kim zvono zvoni) | Džemal Šabić | 2005 | Short
Documentary

All for Free (Sve džaba) | Antonio Nuić | 2006 | Feature

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9:15 PM (Block #6)

In the Name of the Son (U ime sina) | Harun Mehmedinović | 2007 | Short

The Border Post (Karaula) | Rajko Grlić | 2006 | Feature 

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11:00PM

Winner announcement

Closing party at Tribeca lounge 

Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film FestivalT (BHFFT) is an annual event, organized
by two New York area-based not-for-profit organizations, Academy of Bosnia
and Herzegovina and Radio Voice of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Inc.,
representing and celebrating contemporary Bosnian-Herzegovinian
cinematography and providing a platform for the international exposure for
emerging Bosnian-Herzegovinian filmmakers. For more information about films
represented at the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFFT), visit
www.bhffnyc.org <http://www.bhffnyc.org/> . To unsubscribe from the BHFFT
mailing list, please visit
http://bhffnyc.org/mailman/listinfo/news_bhffnyc.org.  

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