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Circus Columbia
Danis Tanović
2010 | 113 min.
Feature

Divko Buntic returns to his former home after a 20-year exile in Germany. Returning with an attractive young girlfriend, a flashy new Mercedes, a pocketful of cash, and a lucky black cat, things are looking good for Divko. When his cat goes missing things begin to fall apart: trouble with his girlfriend and the fledgling relationship with his estranged son are strained as the entire town scrambles to find the cat and collect the cash reward being offered. Divko's personal tumult mirrors the country's situation at large with signs appearing that the Bosnian War is coming. As the war looms, tensions run high and Divko must decide whether to stay in his newly reestablished home or retreat. "Circus Columbia" won the Audience Award at the 16th Sarajevo Film Festival. It has also been screened at the Venice Days 2010.

 

Block #1 Screening time:
Thursday, May 3 2012
7:00 PM

Tickets (for Block #1):
$14.00



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BHFF™ 2012 Jury Award for Best Feature Film Nominee

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  The Witness (Svjedok)
Haris Bilajbegović
2012 | 42 min.
Documentary


"The Witness" is visually powerful reinterpretation and dramatization of Raif Begic's experiences during the Bosnian War. Being a key witness at the Haag Tribunal as well as at the Superior Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina against Serbian Army war criminals it is also a film about bravery of the survivor who is not afraid to tell his story. Screening at BHFF 2012 will be the World Premiere for "The Witness".
  Block #2 Screening time:
Friday, May 4 2012
7:00 PM

Tickets (for Block #2):
$14.00




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I Came to Testify
Pamela Hogan
2011 | 52 min.
Documentary


Narrated by Matt Damon, "I Came to Testify" is a moving story of how a group of 16 women who had been imprisoned and raped by Serb-led forces in the Bosnian town of Foca broke history's great silence and stepped forward to take the witness stand in an international court of law. Their remarkable courage resulted in a triumphant verdict that led to new international laws about sexual violence in war. This gripping documentary has won 2012 Gracie Award for Outstanding Series.

 

Block #2 Screening time:
Friday, May 4 2012
7:00 PM

Tickets (for Block #2):
$14.00


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Nominee

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Nominee

 
 
85 Seconds (85 sekundi)
Ada Sokolović
2011 | 2 min.
Short Fiction

A short film based on author's actual experience during the Siege of Sarajevo in 1993. The film is a minimalist approach to storytelling about moments that can change ones life. 85 seconds shows the power of one of those moments. The film has been screened at the International Film Festival, Sarajevo Winter. Screening at the BHFF 2012 will be the US Premiere for"85 Seconds"

 

Block #3 Screening time:
Friday, May 4 2012
9:00 PM

Tickets (for Block #3):
$14.00


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Neverending Story (Priča bez kraja)
Elvir Muminović
2011 | 15 min.
Short Fiction

After Emir and Kirsten lose their child in late pregnancy, they decide to adopt a child from Bosnia. At the moment when they arrive to take the child for a trial period, Emir finds out that the child is of the Bosnian Serb nationality. The film addresses the issue of the post war traumas and how the new generation of Bosnians are affected by it. Screening at BHFF 2012 will be the US Premiere for "Neverending Story"

 

Block #3 Screening time:
Friday, May 4 2012
9:00 PM

Tickets (for Block #3):
$14.00


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Jasmina
Nedžad Begović
2010 | 89 min.
Feature

As the siege of Sarajevo escalates in 1993, two young parents send their infant daughter to the seacoast in the care of her grandmother Safa. They begin a precarious existence living in an abandoned house next to alcoholic bum and misogynist Stipe , who is irrationally hostile to the refugees next door. But when granny ends up in the hospital, the addled old boozer reluctantly takes little Jasmina in. His clumsy and surreal attempts to get rid of the adorable tike, like putting her in a garbage dumpster, are played as gags, signaling that he will inevitably accept the responsibility of feeding baby and changing diapers. In the process, his own life will be changed. "Jasmina" screened at the 16th annual Sarajevo Film Festival.

 

Block #3 Screening time:
Friday, May 4 2012
9:00 PM

Tickets (for Block #3):
$14.00

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Framed
Davor Mamuzić
2011 | 2 min.
Short Fiction

Arriving home after hard day at work, an exhausted man gets a rare glimpse of the future with the magical frame that appears at his doorstep. Screening at BHFF 2012 will be the World Premiere of this intriguing short film.

 

Block #4 Screening time:
Saturday, May 5 2012
4:00 PM

Tickets (Block #3):
$14.00


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BHFF™ 2012 Jury Award for Best Short Film Nominee

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Nominee

 
 


 
If I Don't
Zinka Bejtić
2012 | 8 min.
Short Fiction

If I don't is a fashion film with the narrative form. It reflects on the idea that clothes represent a choice by which we feel either trapped or liberated enough to leave the box we all feel that we are inside and search for and face our fears only to realize that they are imaginary. Screening at BHFF 2012 will be the World Premiere for "If I Don't"
 

Block #4 Screening time:
Saturday, May 5 2012
4:00 PM

Tickets (Block #4):
$14.00


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Nominee

 


 
The Fuse: or How I Burned Simon Bolivar (Kako sam zapalio Simona Bolivara)
Igor Drljača
2011 | 9 min.
Documentary

Using personal home video footage, this documentary portrays how a young boy's attempts to avoid a poor grade on a school assignment in 1990's Sarajevo, may have contributed to a civil war. This short documentary has been awarded Canada's Top Ten Short Film of 2011. It has also been screened at the Sarajevo Film Festival as well as Toronto and Vancouver International Film Festivals. It has premiered in the U.S. at the SXSW festival, and at the Cinema du Reel international documentary film festival in Europe.

 

Block #4 Screening time:
Saturday, May 5 2012
4:00 PM

Tickets (Block #4):
$14.00


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Nominee

 
 
 
Short for Vernesa B.
Jons Vukorep
2011 | 11 min.
Short Fiction

Bosnian actress, Vernesa Berbo, leaves war-torn Bosnia and settles in Germany where, as an illegal immigrant, she tries to continue her acting career. The only roles she is able to get are roles depicting Eastern European woman as, for example, Poland cleaning lady, Romanian asylum seeker, Russian prostitute, as well as Bosnian refugee, roles which are taking her back to her personal nightmare. The film has been screened at the Sarajevo Film Festival as well as Courtmetrage, Brussels Short Film Festival. Screening at the BHFF 2012 will be the US Premiere for Short for "Vernesa B."

  Block #4 Screening time:
Saturday, May 5 2012
4:00 PM

Tickets (Block #4):
$14.00


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Nominee
 
 
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A Cell Phone Movie (Mobitel)
Nedžad Begović
2011 | 62 min.
Documentary

The director researches the characteristics of the limits of the cell phone, and gets creative solution from them. This intriguing documentary won the Best Documentary Award at the 17th annual Sarajevo Film Festival. The film has also screened at the International Documentary Film Festival in Zagreb, Croatia and at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.

  Block #4 Screening time:
Saturday, May 5 2012
4:00 PM

Tickets (Block #4):
$14.00


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Gold Diggers
Al Mehičević
2012 | 9 min.
Short Fiction

Three miners trapped underground have captivated audiences around the world. Their devout wives have now become celebrities. A young lady turns up to the site uninvited. The wives want her gone but she has a story to tell – she is having an affair with one of the miners and she wants her share of the fame. One-by-one the mistresses turn up to the site as the whole world watches the cat fight unfold.The miners are trapped in more ways than one.

  Block #5 Screening time:
Saturday, May 5 2012
6:00 PM

Tickets (Block #5):
$14.00

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A Short Story (Kratka priča)
Ibro Hasanović
2011 | 10 min.
Short Fiction

An enigmatic character tells the story (a prophecy originating from Eastern Bosnia) that has been transmitted orally for over half a century. This mysterious story starts at the beginning of World War II and evokes historical events that happened since and are yet to come. "A Short Story" has screened at the 28th Französischen Filmtagen, in Tübingen, Stuttgart. Screening at the BHFF 2012 will be the US Premiere for "A Short Story"

  Block #5 Screening time:
Saturday, May 5 2012
6:00 PM

Tickets (Block #5):
$14.00

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Searching for the Devil (U potrazi za šejtanom)
Samir Bajrić
2011 | 31 min.
Documentary

Shot as a part mocumentary and part documentary "Searching for the Devil" uses humor and real interviews to address one of biggest enigmas in human history. Mostly filmed in the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the town Kljuc (Key), the project is a debut of the director, Samir Bajric. The plot of the story is centered around the search for the Devil and it deals with the possibility of true existence, presence and influence of the Devil on mankind. Screening at the BHFF 2012 will be the World Premiere for Searching for the Devil.

  Block #5 Screening time:
Saturday, May 5 2012
6:00 PM

Tickets (Block #5):
$14.00


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The West in the East (Zapad na istoku)
Nisvet Hrustić
2010 | 24 min.
Documentary

A lover of nature is trying to build a weekend house on his own and bring water to it from its source in the forest ¾ of a mile away. With humble Eastern-European financial capabilities and Western ideas, he uses lumber waste material, preserving the environment and facing incomprehension and derision by local community. This captivating documentary has been screened at the 16th Annual Sarajevo Film Festival. It has been awarded the Main prize in category C – People and Earth/Ecological Success Stories at the 37th International Festival of Sustainable Development Films Ekotopfilm Bratislava, Slovakia.

  Block #5 Screening time:
Saturday, May 5 2012
6:00 PM

Tickets (Block #5):
$14.00

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In the Land of Blood and Honey
Angelina Jolie
2011 | 127 min.
Feature

Set against the backdrop of the Bosnian War that tore the Balkan region apart in the 1990s, 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' tells the story of Danijel and Ajla , two people from different sides of a brutal ethnic conflict. Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, and Ajla, a Bosnian held captive in the camp he oversees, knew each other before the war, and could have found love with each other. But as the armed conflict takes hold of their lives, their relationship grows darker, their motives and connection to one another ambiguous, their allegiances uncertain. 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' portrays the incredible emotional, moral and physical toll that the war exerts both on individuals and people as a whole, and the terrible consequences that stem from the lack of political will to intervene in a society stricken with conflict.

This is a Bosnian language version of the film with English subtitles.

  Block #6 Screening time:
Saturday, May 5 2012
7:45 PM

Tickets (Block #6):
$14.00


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BHFF™ 2012 Jury Award for Best Feature Film Nominee

BHFF™ 2012 Audience Award for Best Picture
Nominee
 
 
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