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Dear friends:
On behalf of the Voice of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, we would like to thank you for your support of the Fifth Annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival™ (BHFF™).
This two-day festival, which took place May 9-10 at Tribeca Cinemas, home of the Tribeca Film Festival, and consisted of ten feature, documentary and short films by emerging and internationally-renowned filmmakers, drew over 300 people. Five films had their U.S. premiere at BHFF, including “Esma,” “Patria Mia, nomad direction,” “Not if you can, but you must,” “What do I know” and “The Rhythm of Life.” The festival also screened a feature film titled "Silent Gunpowder" in memory of late Bahrudin "Bato" Čengić, a legendary filmmaker who helped shape Bosnian-Herzegovinian and Yugoslav film industry.
Thank you to all of those who participated in the audience awards voting process. “Enter the Dragon” by Ozren Milharcić won the BHFF™ 2008 Audience Award for the Best Documentary Film BHFF™ and “The Rhythm of Life” by Enver Puška won the 2008 Audience Award for the Best Short or Feature Film. As in years past, “The Golden Apple” awards were designed by the accomplished Bosnian-American artist Aida Šehović.
Among notable guests were DJ Tomo who came all the way from Frankfurt to spin at our parties, Ozren Milharcić and Nino Raspudić (“Enter the Dragon”), Sabina Varjača (“Back to Bosnia”), artists Aida Šehović i Nebojša Šeric Shoba as well as Mirsada Čolaković (Permanent Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations), Jasminka Dinić (Permanent Mission of Croatia to the United Nations) and Matti Lehtonen (United Nations).
The fifth annual film festival continues to be a true community effort and would have been impossible without the support of participating filmmakers, distributors, production companies, volunteers, sponsors, media partners, and others from all over the world. We are extremely grateful for their passion, enthusiasm and dedication.
A special thanks goes to:
- Our sponsors: Archipelagos Architecture and Design (Official Sponsor), Trust Realty (Presenting Sponsor), EventLink Group (Major Sponsor) with additional support from Dr. Amra Spahić-Musakadić and Denis Ahmetović.
- Our media partners: Eurochannel, Cinema Without Borders, infoBAR.ba, RadioM, Europa Magazine i KULporter.com and eFM.
- Tribeca Cinemas for continued collaboration
- Graphic Executions, Inc. for assistance with printing.
- Aida Šehović, DJ Tomo, Ozren Milharcić and Nino Raspudić
It’s not too late to get involved! Those interested in supporting the sixth annual festival through sponsorship or individual donations should contact Selma Avdičević. Individual donations can also be made online through PayPal. Helping us spread the news about BHFF is also important. Reporters, editors and potential media partners should reach out to Amra Turalić or Edita Zulić.
We hope that you enjoyed this year’s program and that you will return for the Sixth Annual BHFF, tentatively scheduled for next May. Don't forget to check our Web site regularly for news and updates (in the next few days we will post BHFF 2008 photos), join our Facebook group and sign up for our mailing list. Also, if you have any feedback you would like to share with us, please send us an email at info@bhffnyc.org.
Once again, we greatly appreciate your support.
BHFF™ Team |
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