BHFF™ 2007 Audience Awards

BHFF™ Audience Awards were first introduced at the BHFF™ in 2006. We are pleased to continue to present the award today. BHFF™ 2007 Audience Award for the Best Short or Feature Film and BHFF™ 2007 Audience Award for the Best Documentary Film, are presented to the films that are selected as outstanding by the audience members.

Films eligible for the Audience Awards in 2007 were all those screened at the BHFF™ 2007 that were produced during 2005 or 2006.

Awards
In 2007, the New York-based actor Uliks Fehmiu presented the BHFF™ 2007 Audience Award for the Best Short or Feature Film and the BHFF™ 2007 Audience Award for the Best Documentary Film. Both awards were 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. Winning films were presented with “The Golden Apple” award, designed and made by the accomplished Bosnian-American artist Aida Šehović.

Nominees for the 2007 BHFF Audience Award for the Best Short or Feature Film are

Good Luck Nedim (Sretan put Nedime) | Marko Šantić
Armin | Ognjen Sviličić
The Way We Played (Kako smo se igrali) | Samir Mehanović
Grbavica | Jasmila Žbanić
Mum and Dad (Mama i tata) | Faruk Lončarević
All for Free (Sve džaba) | Antonio Nuić
In the Name of the Son (U ime sina) | Harun Mehmedinović
The Border Post (Karaula) | Rajko Grlić

Grbavica, Jasmila Zbanic director
Single mother Esma lives with her 12-year-old daughter Sara in Sarajevo’s Grbavica neighbourhood, where life is still being reconstructed after the recent war. Sara’s father becomes an issue when she requires a certificate proving that he died a shaheed, or a martyr, so that she can receive a discount for an upcoming school trip. Esma claims that acquiring the certificate is difficult since his body has yet to be found. Meanwhile, she searches desperately to borrow money to pay for the trip. Realizing her mother paid full price for the school trip, Sara aggressively demands the truth. “Textured”, “clean and uncomplicated,” the film is a winner of the 2006 Golden Bear at Berlin, and a nominee for the European Film Award and for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2006.

Nominees for the 2007 BHFF Audience Award for the Best Documentary Film are

Statement 710399 (Izjava 710399) | Refik Hodžić
Carnival (Karneval) | Alen Drljević
Two Sisters - Story About Love (Dvije sestre - priča o ljubavi) | Džemal Šabić
For Whom The Bell Tolls (Za kim zvono zvoni) | Džemal Šabić

Carnival (Karneval), Alen Drljevic director
It was by coincidence that the Montenegrin journalist Šeki Radončić came across a black page in the history of his country. Bosnian refugees seeking safety in Montenegro during the war were mercilessly picked up and transported to Bosnia in May 1992, where they ended up in the notorious, Serb-run prison of Foča. Only one or two people lived to tell the tale. Most relatives have heard nothing from their loved ones since then. Radončić decides to investigate the matter further and succeeds in tracking down witnesses to the events. Images of the annual carnival in the sunny seaside town where it all took place form a wry contrast to the large-scale acts of betrayal that few in Montenegro want to be reminded of. Winner of the audience award for best documentary at the Trieste Film Festival 2007. Official selection in the competitive program of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2006.

 

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