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 Storm and Sevdah Take 2010 BHFF Golden Apples
Dear friends:
Thank you so much to all those who came to the Seventh Annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF™)! 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 Vajraca), “The Reed Trains“ (Amir Husak) and the “Buried Land” (Geoffrey Alan Rhodes and Chris Ernst).
Besides these filmmakers, other prominent guests included Mirsada Colakovic, 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 Filipovic, 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, photographer Vadim Krisyan 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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