www.bam.org tel: (718) 636-4100 Yes! Created at the expense of the Croatian taxpayer, Storm over Krajina returns to the American cinema! Scroll down. Brian General admission tickets to BAM Rose Cinemas are $9. Tickets are $6 for students (with valid I.D. Monday-Thursday, except holidays), seniors, BAM Cinema Club members, and children under 12. Tickets are available at the BAM Rose Cinemas box office, by phone at 718.777.FILM (order by "name of movie" option), or online at www.bam.org. A dinner and movie package on Friday and Saturday nights at BAMcafé is available for only $30 (at the box office only). For more information, call the BAMcinématek hotline at 718.636.4100 or visit www.bam.org. www.bam.org 718.636.4100 ---------------------------- BAM Cinematek Presents No Man's Land: The Splintering of Yugoslavia, A Selection of Provocative Works about the Wars of Secession in Yugoslavia Filmmakers Jasmila Zbanic (Bosnia) and Goran Radovanovic (Serbia) at BAM for Q&As, Saturday, April 13 Panel Discussion with Jasmila Zbanic, Goran Radovanovic, co-curator Howard Feinstein, and Thomas Keenan, director of the Bard College Human Rights Project, Sunday, April 14 Brooklyn, February 25, 2002 - From April 12-14, BAMcinématek, the repertory film program at BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Avenue), presents No Man's Land: The Splintering of Yugoslavia, a selection of provocative films and videos depicting the recent wars in Serbia, Kosovo, and the former Yugoslavian republics (especially Bosnia and Croatia). The Friday-through-Sunday series includes five different programs that feature short-format works responding to or documenting the social upheaval, systematic genocide, and war crimes committed in these regions. Among these films are early works by Danis Tanovic whose feature No Man's Land received a Golden Globe and was recently nominated for an Academy Award. No Man's Land is co-curated with Howard Feinstein, a New York based film critic who is also a programmer for the Sarajevo Film Festival. According to Feinstein, "When republics began seceding from autocrat Slobodan Milosevic's Yugoslavia, 'ethnic cleansing' and other horrors perpetrated in the name of his 'Greater Serbia' ensued. The atrocities in Bosnia and Croatia, recorded by war correspondents and instantly beamed around the world, were also captured by film and video makers." "A number of Bosnians with an artistic bent, like No Man's Land director Danis Tanovic, fought the war with cameras. Some talented dissidents in Serbia managed to make subversive films and videos. Croatian artists living under dictator Franjo Tudjman, as well as ethnic Albanians caught in the quickfire mass expulsion from Kosovo, had to wait until their conflicts were somewhat resolved before they could create interpretations of those events. Directors from abroad, outraged by the world's blind eye, sought to expose the horrendous effects of war in Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo." Feinstein concludes, "The exhibition No Man's Land: The Splintering of Yugoslavia features some of the strongest of these works. Most don't offer solutions to the complex problems of the Balkans. Some choose to comment on the absurdity of the Yugoslav wars. A few do suggest possible ways out of the quagmire. No matter what the approach, the spectator is moved, even provoked, by what is projected." Two artists featured in the series will be present for special Q&A sessions and a panel discussion. Serbian Goran Radovanovic, whose films and videos have been exhibited worldwide, will discuss his work on Saturday, April 13 as will Jasmila Zbanic, a filmmaker and cultural activist from Bosnia. Both directors will be on hand for a panel discussion with film writer and curator Howard Feinstein and Tom Keenan, director of the Human Rights Project (at Bard College), on Sunday, April 14. BAMcinématek is made possible through the leadership support of The Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust. No Man's Land: The Splintering of Yugoslavia is supported by Trust for Mutual Understanding. General admission tickets to BAM Rose Cinemas are $9. Tickets are $6 for students (with valid I.D. Monday-Thursday, except holidays), seniors, BAM Cinema Club members, and children under 12. Tickets are available at the BAM Rose Cinemas box office, by phone at 718.777.FILM (order by "name of movie" option), or online at www.bam.org. A dinner and movie package on Friday and Saturday nights at BAMcafé is available for only $30 (at the box office only). For more information, call the BAMcinématek hotline at 718.636.4100 or visit www.bam.org. No Man's Land: The Splintering of Yugoslavia All programs presented in English or with English subtitles Program 1 (84min) Friday, April 12 at 6:50, 9:10pm Portraits of Artists in Sarajevo (1994), Bosnia, 19 min Directed by Danis Tanovic Danis Tanovic captures the lives of Sarajevan artists during the siege. In a city surrounded by Serbian troops-cut off from electricity and water, and without adequate weapons to protect themselves-the artists still find ways to creatively respond to the daily horrors around them. Tanovic, who shot more than 300 hours of footage on the front lines during the war, just received a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for his first feature film, No Man's Land (2001). Dawn (1996), Bosnia, 13 min Directed by Danis Tanovic This documentary records the bittersweet reunion of a man and his wife and children after three years apart. Having lost his eyesight and both arms in the war, he is aware of his family's mixed feelings of joy and shock. Awakening (Ça Ira) (1998), France, 52 min Directed by Danis Tanovic The director journeys through postwar-Bosnia with a European aid worker, interviewing people along the way and recording their stories of the war. Program 2 (92min) Saturday, April 13 at 2, 7pm* *Q&A with director Goran Radovanovic follows screening A Man Called Boat (1992), Bosnia, 9 min Directed by Pjer Zalica Sarajevo-born Pjer Zalica documents a day in the life of a Bosnian sniper. Zalica pieces together fragments from the man's routine as he prepares for another day of battle, never once showing the sniper's face. Serbian Epics (1993), UK, 40 min Directed by Paul Pawlikowski The filmmaker Paul Pawlikowski creates an intimate and shocking portrait of Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader currently indicted for war crimes. Karadzic's views and daily life are captured in great detail. Second Circle (1998), Serbia, 27 min Directed by Goran Radovanovic Goran Radovanovic's Second Circle follows a struggling family of Gypsies in Serbia as they face discrimination at every turn. Hop, Skip & Jump (1999), Bosnia, 16 min Directed by Srdan Vuletic In this award-winning dramatization of the war, Srdan Vuletic depicts the uneasy relations between Bosnian Muslims and Serbs before, during, and after the siege of Sarajevo, as the powerful and the oppressed change places. Program 3 (93min) Saturday, April 13 at 4*, 9:30pm * Q&A with director Jasmila Zbanic follows this screening Red Rubber Boots (2000), Bosnia, 18 min Directed by Jasmila Zbanic Zbanic documents the horrors of Milosevic's ethnic cleansing directive in Red Rubber Boots. The camera follows Bosnian women while they search through mass graves to identify their family members. One mother seeks a pair of red rubber boots, hoping they will lead to the remains of her missing child. The Abyss (2000), Bosnia, 15 min Directed by Adis Bakrac Bosnian filmmaker Adis Bakrac descends with workers into a cave called The Abyss-a mass grave for 84 murdered Bosnians. Crime and Punishment (1998), Norway, 60 min Directed by Maria Fugelvaag Warsinski Warsinski retells the story of the 1995 massacre of Bosnians in Srebrenica, the single worst mass killing in Europe since World War II, during which Serbian soldiers invaded the UN-designated "safe area" and killed more than 7,500 men. Warsinski explores the event through interviews with survivors who are searching for their loved ones' remains. Program 4 (104min) Sunday, April 14 at 2, 8:30pm The Valley (1999), UK, 70 min Directed by Dan Reed Dan Reed's The Valley, a documentary about the bloody conflict in Kosovo's Drenica Valley, was shot just as the war was beginning in this region. Against the backdrop of burning villages, armed men, and burying of the dead, individuals on both sides discuss their rights to the land. Documentary Mosaique (1999-2000), Kosovo, 28 min Directed by Eugen Saracini Eugen Saracini weaves together three stories of Albanian suffering in the aftermath of the Kosovo war. One family maintains its optimism in the face of losing five sons; two men from different generations, the sole survivors of a massacre in their town, reflect on the past and future; and a family of seven decide to remain where they are despite the destruction of their home. Program 5 (103min) Sunday, April 14 at 4:15pm* *Panel discussion with filmmakers, curator Howard Feinstein, and Tom Keenan follows this screening Operation "Storm" (2001), Croatia, 52 min Directed by Bozidar Knezevic Operation "Storm" in 1995 resulted in the liberation of all occupied Croatia, and was deemed a success. But after several years, the unsettling truth about what really happened began to see the light. Model House (2000), Serbia, 21 min Directed by Goran Radovanovic Using a small model house as a metaphor, Goran Radovanovic gently satirizes the intolerable living conditions of Serbian refugees from Croatia living in Serbia. The Last Wish (1999), Serbia, 1 min Directed by Goran Radovanovic Radovanovic's The Last Wish is a one-minute version of a 30-second public service announcement from 1999 about the repression of the press-one of many he made for Serbian TV from 1998-99. Ethnically Clean (1998), Serbia, 30 min Directed by Janko Baljak Created in association with Radio B92, a Belgrade news and music outlet for Serbian resistance to Slobodan Milosevic's regime, Ethnically Clean examines Milosevic's "ethnic cleansing" tactics by documenting the civilian court case of a Serb who has murdered several Croats. The BAM Rose Cinemas are named in recognition of a major gift in honor of Jonathan F.P. and Diana Calthorpe Rose. BAM Rose Cinemas would also like to acknowledge the generous support of The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Richard B. Fisher and Jeanne Donovan Fisher, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, HSBC Bank USA, Bloomberg Radio AM1130, and Bowne of New York. Additional support is provided by The Liman Foundation, and Coca-Cola Enterprise of New York. BAMcinématek would like to offer special thanks to Howard Feinstein and to the filmmakers: Dan Reed, Danis Tanovic, Goran Radovanovic, Paul Pawlikowski, Srdan Vuletic, Adis Bakrac, Jasmila Zbanic, Maria Fugelvaag Warsinski, Pier Zalica, Janko Baljak, Eugen Saracini and producer Nenad Puhovski. General information BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas, BAMcafé, and Shakespeare & Co. BAMshop are located in the main building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (Lafayette and Ashland) in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. BAM Harvey Theater is located at 651 Fulton Street (between Ashland and Rockwell) in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn's only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. J.A.M Catering Services provides food and beverages at BAMcafé, which features an eclectic mix of spoken word and live music on Friday and Saturday nights as well as Sounds of Praise (live gospel music with a soul-food buffet) on selected Sunday afternoons. A package including dinner in BAMcafé and a movie ticket to BAM Rose Cinemas is available for only $30 (at the box office only). BAMcafé is open Friday-Saturday from 5-10:30pm and Sundays from 2-8pm. Additionally, dinner is served from 5-7:30pm on all Monday-Wednesday mainstage performance nights. Subway: 1, 2, 4, 5, Q Local, and Q Express to Atlantic Avenue W, M, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street; C to Lafayette Avenue Train: Long Island Railroad to Flatbush Avenue Car: Commercial parking lots are located adjacent to BAM. Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. 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