Chicago Festival of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film

About Us
We are a collective of professionals who have gathered on a volunteer basis to organize Chicago Festival of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film each year. We draw on our expertise from a variety of fields, including film, art, design, cultural anthropology, journalism, and literature.

It is no wonder that our festival takes place here and now—Chicago is a city with an enormous appetite for world cinema. Where else can you find such a diverse range of festivals, showcasing Latino Cinema, International Children’s Films, Asian American Films, African and African-American Films, Silent Films, Underground Films? Each year Chicago hosts festivals dedicated to distinctive international traditions such as the films of Poland, Palestine, or Hong Kong - not to mention the great Chicago International Film Festival that brings global cinema together.

In fact, each October over the past few years, the Chicago International Film Festival has featured one or two new films emerging from Bosnia-Herzegovina. We aim to build and expand upon this popularity by showing short, documentary and feature films, most from new and emerging directors, with a few pre-war classics.

The festival sponsors a roundtable featuring filmmakers and prominent writers. In addition to this, we hope to spark up a broader discussion regarding images of Bosnia-Herzegovina in film and the contribution of Bosnian-Herzegovinian cinema to the international film.

We believe our event will speak to and reflect Chicago’s culturally diverse community of Bosnians and Herzegovinians, the largest in the United States.

Please check out the pages with the information about the 2006 Festival, and the upcoming 2007 Festival.

Committee members:
Adela Sajdel Ceric – Chair
Isak Berbic
Ana Croegaert
Una Delic
Drew Gilbert
Jeff Harder
Emir Jaganjac
Dzenita Lukacevic
Zdenko Mandusic
Memo Nuhbegovic
Vedran Residbegovic
Snezana Zabic

Special thanks to:
Loyola University – Mr. Jeff Harder
Consulate General of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Chicago
SAGA Production – Mr. Ismet Nuno Arnautalic
Refresh Production – Ms. Belma Buljina
Mr. Milcho Manchevski
Mr. Harun Mehmedinovic
Radio “Nasa Rijec” – Mr. Nihad Krndjija and Mrs. Adila Krndjija
Mr. Edo Duharic
Ms. Eldina Fazlic
Art Café – Mr. Jasmin Bekto

	Presented by the Edgewater Film Society and Loyola Campus Greens	April 25-28 2008 Loyola University Chicago, Lake Shore Campus Galvin Auditorium in Sullivan Center, 6339 N. Sheridan Road Chicago, IL 60626
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	About Us We are a collective of professionals who have gathered on a volunteer basis to organize Chicago Festival of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film each year. We draw on our expertise from a variety of fields, including film, art, design, cultural anthropology, journalism, and literature. It is no wonder that our festival takes place here and now—Chicago is a city with an enormous appetite for world cinema. Where else can you find such a diverse range of festivals, showcasing Latino Cinema, International Children’s Films, Asian American Films, African and African-American Films, Silent Films, Underground Films? Each year Chicago hosts festivals dedicated to distinctive international traditions such as the films of Poland, Palestine, or Hong Kong - not to mention the great Chicago International Film Festival that brings global cinema together. In fact, each October over the past few years, the Chicago International Film Festival has featured one or two new films emerging from Bosnia-Herzegovina. We aim to build and expand upon this popularity by showing short, documentary and feature films, most from new and emerging directors, with a few pre-war classics. The festival sponsors a roundtable featuring filmmakers and prominent writers. In addition to this, we hope to spark up a broader discussion regarding images of Bosnia-Herzegovina in film and the contribution of Bosnian-Herzegovinian cinema to the international film. We believe our event will speak to and reflect Chicago’s culturally diverse community of Bosnians and Herzegovinians, the largest in the United States. Please check out the pages with the information about the 2006 Festival, and the upcoming 2007 Festival. Committee members: Adela Sajdel Ceric – Chair Isak Berbic Ana Croegaert Una Delic Drew Gilbert Jeff Harder Emir Jaganjac Dzenita Lukacevic Zdenko Mandusic Memo Nuhbegovic Vedran Residbegovic Snezana Zabic Special thanks to: Loyola University – Mr. Jeff Harder Consulate General of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Chicago SAGA Production – Mr. Ismet Nuno Arnautalic Refresh Production – Ms. Belma Buljina Mr. Milcho Manchevski Mr. Harun Mehmedinovic Radio “Nasa Rijec” – Mr. Nihad Krndjija and Mrs. Adila Krndjija Mr. Edo Duharic Ms. Eldina Fazlic Art Café – Mr. Jasmin Bekto
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