Seventh Annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival - a great success!

[Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina]

Dear friends:



Thank you so much to all those who came to the Seventh Annual
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF(tm))! Your energy and enthusiasm were
heartfelt and gave renewed meaning to our efforts.



This was our fourth year at Tribeca Cinemas, and of that we are particularly
proud, for the visibility this venue brings to the festival. The marquee
with the name of the festival was seen from far away and a number of people
walked in from the street wanting to know more.



Eight films were screened from many corners of the world -- Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Australia, United
Kingdom and United States. The selection of films included the U.S.
premieres of "One more tonight" and "Anyone."



BHFF also featured a well-attended Q&A with filmmakers from "Apparition"
(Sabina Vajrača), "The Reed Trains" (Amir Husak) and the "Buried Land"
(Geoffrey Alan Rhodes and Chris Ernst).



Besides these filmmakers, other prominent guests included Mirsada Čolaković,
Minister Counsellor, Deputy Permanent Representative of Bosnia and
Herzegovina to the United Nations; representatives from the Permanent
Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations; Zlata Filipović,
author of the international bestseller *Zlata's Diary*; Nebojša Šeric Shoba,
a New-York based visual artist, as well as the singer-songwriter Jess King.



The festival concluded with the awards ceremony. "Sevah" won the Audience
Award for the Best Documentary Film and "Storm" won the Best Short or
Feature Film Audience Award. "Storm" is a suspenful political thriller by
Hans-Christian Schmid that deals with the topic of persecution of war
criminals and the search for justice. "Sevdah" is a compelling emotional,
musical, lyrical and visual journey through the soul of Bosnia that examines
the art of sevdalinka. Congratulations to the winners and thank you all who
voted!



A great big thanks also goes to our corporate sponsor Woolly Boo (
http://woollyboo.com/) and individual donors, all the volunteers and
participating filmmakers, distributors, media partners, production
companies, Tribeca Cinemas, DJs Dare and Kurt and others. Among media
partners, we want to give a shout out to Radio Voice of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, BATV, *Europa* magazine, Kulporter, Radio M, Radio TNT,
*Sabah*and Start.



Thank you all!



We will be posting photos from the festival to our Facebook page and our
website so keep an eye out for updates.



Sincerely,



BHFF Team








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