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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.
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Thursday, May 3 2012
7:00 PM
Tickets (for Block #1):
$14.00

Online sales start April 26, 2012
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".
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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
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Friday, May 4 2012
7:00 PM
Tickets (for Block #2):
$14.00
Online sales start April 26, 2012
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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"
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Friday, May 4 2012
9:00 PM
Tickets (for Block #3):
$14.00

Online sales start April 26, 2012
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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"
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Friday, May 4 2012
9:00 PM
Tickets (for Block #3):
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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.
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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.
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Saturday, May 5 2012
4:00 PM
Tickets (Block #3):
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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
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Saturday, May 5 2012
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Tickets (Block #4):
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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.
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Saturday, May 5 2012
4:00 PM
Tickets (Block #4):
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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."
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Saturday, May 5 2012
4:00 PM
Tickets (Block #4):
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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.
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Saturday, May 5 2012
4:00 PM
Tickets (Block #4):
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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.
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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"
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Saturday, May 5 2012
6:00 PM
Tickets (Block #5):
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Online sales start April 26, 2012
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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.
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Saturday, May 5 2012
6:00 PM
Tickets (Block #5):
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Online sales start April 26, 2012
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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.
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Saturday, May 5 2012
6:00 PM
Tickets (Block #5):
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Online sales start April 26, 2012
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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.
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Saturday, May 5 2012
7:45 PM
Tickets (Block #6):
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Online sales start April 26, 2012
BHFF™ 2012 Jury Award for Best Feature Film
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