Oil to Be Consecrated by Pope on Holy Thursday Comes from Croatia

VATICAN CITY, APRIL 16, 2003 (Zenit.org).- The oil that John Paul II will consecrate on Holy Thursday comes fromCroatia. 

The congregation of women religious founded by Mary of Jesus Crucified Petkovic, whom the Pope will beatify on June 6 during his visit toCroatia, delivered the oil to the Vatican last week. 

The oil was donated by the Croatian community of the Congregation of the Daughters of Mercy and by the authorities of Blato, birthplace of the future blessed, Vatican Radio reported. 

The oil is, in part, an expression of Blato's gratitude for the papal visit and the beatification of Mary of Jesus Crucified Petkovic. Blato is located on the island ofKorcula, on the Adriatic coast. 

In keeping with the liturgy, before the consecration the oil will be divided in three parts: for chrism, catechumens and the sick. 

Last year's Christmas tree, placed near the Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square, was also a gift from Croatia. 
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Illegally confiscated INA's property to be sold in Serbia 

INA EMBITTERED ABOUT SERBIAN GOVT DECISION TO SELL BEOPETROL

ZAGREB, April 23 (Hina) - Croatia's oil industry Ina on Wednesday voiced its dissatisfaction with the decision of a Serbian government agency toprivatize the Beopetrol oil company, i.e. Ina's property which was illegally confiscated in 1990. "We are profoundly embittered about the decision of the SerbianPrivatization Agency, the more so because encouraging signals were coming through (from the Serbian government) that the issue would be solved on the bases of legal facts," Ina's public relations office said in a statement. 

The Serbian agency yesterday published a public bid for the sale of a majority of Beopetrol's shares. "It is evident that they changed the name of Ina's property, which was illegally confiscated on December 7, 1990, but it was always the same corporate entity," says the statement. 

Ina recalls that it filed a timely appeal to the December 7, 1990 decision, contesting theorganization of a new company on Ina's property. But the Serbian Higher Commercial Court dismissed the appeal. Ina never received any feedback from the then Serbian chief prosecutor about Ina's request to protect the legality of transactions. 

Ina's property in Serbia consists of 194 petrol stations, several warehouses, facilities and other investments into long-term property, such as transport, flats, etc. The Croatian oil company stresses that it has warned numerous times the domestic and foreign public, business partners and companies which expressed or will express interest for the purchase of Beopetrol, particularly competent bodies of both countries, about the illegal seizure of its property. 

"We are adamant about us having the right to our property, which means that we will continue to undertake all legal measures to repossess our property, before competent Serbian bodies and all international institutions which are in charge of protecting the property and material rights of individuals and legal entities. We expect Croatia's competent organs to join in our repeated stands," the statement said. (hina) lml sb 

JohnnyPesky - Paveskovich

This month's Vanity Fair (Hugh Grant on cover) features a story on Ted
Williams and mentions his deep friendship with Johnny Pesky, whose
parents were from Croatia. Pesky's formal name (which he signs his checks
and autographs with) is Paveskovich. 

Judy Feldworth

Johnny Pesky
John Michael Pesky
born John Michael Paveskovich

A slick fielder, Pesky is best remembered for plays he didn't make, the mainone in the seventh game of the 1946 WorldSeries. The Cardinals and the Red Sox were tied 3-3 in St. Louis, with EnosSlaughter on first with two out. Harry Walker blooped a double intocenterfield, and Slaughter was running with the pitch. Pesky took the cutoffthrow with his back to the plate, checked Walker at first, then saw too latethat Slaughter was racing home. Pesky's throw was late, and the Cardinals wonthe game and the Series. Seven years later in 1952, while Pesky was playing withDetroit, came another memorable nonplay. VirgilTrucks, who had pitched a no-hitter earlier in the season for the Tigers,was mowing down the Yankees. In the third inning, Phil Rizzuto hit a grounder toshort that Pesky had trouble getting out of his glove. The scorer originallycalled the play a hit. But as the game wore on and Trucks looked as if he couldget another no-hitter save for Rizzuto's hit, the scorer called the Tiger dugoutin the seventh inning. Pesky admitted he had misplayed the ball, the play wasscored an error, and Trucks had his second no-hitter.

These famous plays tend to cloud Pesky's otherwise distinguished career. Inhis rookie season, the lefthanded-hitting Pesky collected 205 hits (a Red Soxrookie record) to lead the league, and finished second in the batting race toteammate TedWilliams with a .331 average. After spending the next three years in theservice, he came back in 1946 to lead the Red Sox to their first pennant since1918 with another league-leading 208 hits, including 11 in a row at one stretch,for a .335 average. On May 8, he set an AL record by scoring six times in onegame, later tied by another Red Sox shortstop, SpikeOwen. In 1947, after getting married and gaining 30 pounds in theoff-season, he had an AL-high 207 hits to lead the league for the third straightyear, compiling a .324 average. He also had a 27-game hit streak during theseason. In 1948, with the acquisition of VernStephens, new manager JoeMcCarthy moved Pesky to third, and Pesky hit only .281, but led the majorsin double plays. After switching him back to shortstop in 1951, the Red Soxtraded him to Detroit during the 1952 season in a nine-player deal, where heplayed mainly second base. He ended his career with the Senators in 1954. Acontact hitter, he struck out just 218 times, never striking out more than 36times in a season.

After ending his playing career, he managed in the Tiger minor league systemfrom 1956 to 1960 and in the Red Sox' system in 1961 and 1962. He was brought upto manage the big club in 1963, but was fired with two games to go in the 1964season. He coached with the Pirates in 1965 and 1966, then moved back to Bostonand into the broadcast booth from 1969 to 1974. In 1980 he was interim managerat the end of the season after DonZimmer was fired. (SEW/EC)

Judy Feldworth
Department of Surgery
Saint Louis University
url:surgery.slu.edu
feldwoj2@slu.edu

MORE GUESTS ON KVARNER THAN EXPECTED

HIC news 

MORE GUESTS ON KVARNER THAN EXPECTED

According to estimates there were more tourists spending Easter 
on the Kvarner this year than expected. Some 13,500 tourists 
were registered this weekend in the Primorje and Gorski kotar 
County. 

ALMOST 25,000 TOURISTS SPEND EASTER IN ISTRIA

According to the tourist board of the Istria County there 
were 29,960 guests spending Easter in this northern Croatian 
county. The largest number of tourists were registered on the 
Porec Riviera, Pula and Medulin and some 15 camps were open 
for the holiday.

SOME 2,300 TOURISTS SPEND EASTER IN MAKARSKA

Some 2,300 guests spent Easter in hotels on the Makarska riviera, 
which was 10 percent more than last year. In Makarska there 
were 650 guests, in Brela 305, in Baska Voda 320, in Tucepi 
460 and hotels in Podgora, Igran and Zivogosce also saw a rise 
in guests.

OLD-TIMERS PARADE THROUGH NASICE

The eastern Croatian town of Nasice on Monday hosted the third 
international old-timer show. About a hundred old-timers, ranging 
from vehicles, motorcycles to tractors, as well as spare parts 
were exhibited on the main square of Nasice. The oldest exhibits 
were a 1923 Renault with wooden wheels and tractor manufactured 
the same year.

Croatian Language

September 21, 2001

Johanne Stewart, Director of Education
Michael Del Grande, Chairperson of the Board
Sandra Montgomery, Superintendent of Education

Toronto Catholic District School Board
80 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto ON M2N 6E8 

RE: flyer and advertising process for LINC/ESL/ECE classes through the TCDSB and Croatian Community Services

Dear Sir/Madam:

This is a letter to inform you that I noticed some irregularities and problems in the connection with the Toronto Catholic District School Board and will concentrate on one of them now. It is about the disappointment among the Croats in Toronto and the surrounding area caused by the above mentioned flyer from the Toronto Catholic District School Board and to ask you for the explanation - how it is possible to have such a disgrace.
Last year I visited the Croatian Community Services in Mississauga and got a flyer advertising classes through the Toronto Catholic District School Board and Croatian Community Services. As Ms. Millie Skrtich, secretary/coordinator of the Croatian Community Services, said Ms. Vesna Nikolic from the Toronto Catholic District School Board was the most responsible for the project. I was shocked when I recognized Serbian words/expressions on the flyer created in order to inform Croats about the classes. It is well-known that many Croats died in fighting with Serbs in order to protect their homeland, freedom, tradition, culture, and LANGUAGE. Offering something official like this with Serbian words/expressions to Croats (most of them came to live in Canada because their homes were destroyed by the Serbian Army) is the worst slander. 
The purpose of any flyer and advertising is to offer correct and good information and attract people to come, to use the service. The purpose of this flyer is to hurt Croats and to prevent them from coming. I have been living in Toronto and contributing to Croatian Community as well as Canadian multicultural society for forty-three years. I have never experienced something like this. It is both ridiculous and ironical that Ms. Nikolic, who took a great part in the process of preparation and distribution of this flyer, allowed something like this for she has been teaching Croatian language (!?) in Mississauga and has been involved in the ESL/LINC field at the Toronto Catholic District School Board as a Program Consultant for a long time. 
How is it possible to have something like this happening at the Catholic School Board? 
What is the result of Ms. Nikolic s action? How many classes have been opened, how many people (Croats!) have been attending the program& ? Statements such as  Croats do not like going to school ,  Our community is not as big as Chinese one etc. are both false facts and good excuses.


Looking forward to hearing from you
Yours truly,

Mr. Rudi Tomic, 
journalist, author, publisher, 
director of the Toronto Press Club

e-mail: ruditomic@hotmail.com 


P. S.
Ms. Ljerka Lukic, who is one of the leading experts on Croatian Philology, has been volunteering, supplying, and working part-time as an ESL/LINC instructor at the Continuing Education of the Toronto Catholic School Board for four years. This is the first time for Ms. Lukic to comment on Ms. Nikolic s  expertise . 

Copy to:
Ms. Vesna Nikolic, TCDSB
Ms. Millie Skrtich, Croatian Community
Ministry of Education
TESL Toronto, TESL Ontario, TESL Canada
Canadian-Croatian Congress
Ms. Hanna Cabaj, Coordinator of the Adult Education, TCDSB
Ms. Ljerka Lukic, TCDSB

Transitions Online'sJob Announcement

Stringers in Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro,Croatia, and Albania

Transitions Online ( www.tol.cz ) is currently looking for young journalists or journalism
students to serve as correspondents in Albania, Croatia, Serbia,Kosovo, Macedonia,
and Montenegro. The requirements are enthusiasm, an avid interest in current affairs, a
love of questioning, the ability to sort the wheat from the chaff, and an eye for detail.
English is a necessity (as is ready access to the Internet). If you have these qualities,
we would like to hear from you. Applicants can be from the capital cities or from the
regions.

As a correspondent, you would be asked to keep the editors informed of all major
news events in your country and alert us to stories from around the country that could
be turned into features, and to issues worthy of an opinion piece or analysis.

Perhaps the major attraction is the opportunity to write at an early stage in your career
on issues of national importance, in English, and in a journal widely read and cited in
the region as well as in Western Europe and the United States. As part of our mandate
and to develop close ties with our contributors, we provide feedback on suggestions
and articles submitted, helping you to improve your journalistic skills.


If you are interested, please send your resume/curriculum vitae to Tihomir Loza at
tihomir.loza@virgin.net . We will then send you more information about the job and the next phase of the selection process

New Book is Published on Life inCroatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina in Wartime

In a newly published book, Stillness and Other Stories, Courtney Angela Brkic writes about lifeduring the wars that ravaged Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina beginning in 1991. This is a powerful and vivid account in sixteen short stories of theeffects of war as told by types of people who experienced it. As the book cover notes, “…In her bold, nerve-rattling fiction debut,Courtney Angela Brkic puts a human face on the lost, the missing, the exiled,and the invisible.  She brings tolife perpetrators and victims, soldiers and civilians, diplomats and humanrights workers…”

Only a decade ago, a war was raging in Croatia andBosnia-Herzegovina that, after four long years, left enormous devastation andloss of life.  During that time,nearly a quarter of a million people died; schools, hospitals, and centers ofold towns were deliberately targeted and ruined; and many cultural monumentswere destroyed. 

Eachshort story in this book presents an emotionally gripping aspect of life duringor after the war:  A story told byold Marija, who, while watching her granddaughter at play, remembers thesuffering of her family across three Croatian generations.  There are stories told through the eyes of a soldier who istraumatized both by the loss of his young friend and his leg as he comes home toa bleak, thankless future; of a mother who cannot accept her son’s death inthe war; of a husband and wife who were brutalized in detention camps; and of awriter trapped in a cellar in Vukovar during its siege.

Otherstories convey deep insights about Croats in the struggling immigrantcommunities in the United States—in the coal mines of West Virginia and in aharsh urban setting in Queens.  Anotherstory presents the grotesque and brutal world of a sniper who targets innocentvictims.  A satire in the collectionportrays the cold and calculating world of diplomats and the injustices theypromoted in the region.

Ms. Brkic, who was a researcher and translator in Croatiaand a forensic archaeologist in Bosnia after the war, draws on her knowledgeabout and experience in Croatia for her ideas. However, she also attributes the inspiration for her work to a profoundappreciation and sensitivity to her family and her heritage.  In the Preface to her book, she says:

”My Croatian Catholic blood did not make me areturning native daughter.  I cameto a Bosnian Moslem area that was foreign to me. My roots were in the south, in the rocky, harsh landscape of Herzegovinaand the mountains of Dalmatia, and my accent was a strange amalgam of thosespeeches, thwarted by an American tongue.

My father had grown up inSarajevo, and that blood and that language differentiated me from the reliefworkers, UN personnel, and other foreigners who roamed the region in the summerof 1996.  I occupied a sort oflimbo, not wholly native and not wholly foreign. I came, too, with my own bitter memories of the war in neighboringCroatia, and remembering the ambivalence of outsiders…”

This book, Ms. Brkic’s first major publication, hasalready produced considerable interest and recognition.  The organization “Poets and Writers” named Stillness one of five Best New Fiction books for the year and Barnesand Noble decided to include Stillnessin the “Discover Great New Writers” Series for the summer. She is the recipient of many other honors and awards, including aFulbright scholarship to Croatia in 1996, and the second prize in The ElieWiesel Prize in Ethics in 1995 for her essay, “In the Times of Darkness: TheResponsibility of the Individual.” 

Bornin Washington, DC, Courtney Angela Brkic is a graduate of the College of Williamand Mary and the New York University M.F.A. Program. In September she will join the faculty of Kenyon College in Ohio. She has also worked for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal in TheHague and for Physicians for Human Rights.

Ms. Brkic is currently at work on her second book (also tobe published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux), a memoir of her life and work inBosnia.  She also translatesliterary works from Croatian: Her translations of A. B. Simic’s poetryappeared in Modern Poetry in Translation,and those of Sinisa Glavasevic’s work are upcoming in a new journal out ofColumbia University (The New Translation). 

Courtney is the daughter of Barry and Brigitte Brkic ofArlington, Virginia.  Beforeescaping Yugoslavia in 1959, Barry was a director and playwright for RadioZagreb. In the United States, he worked for the Voice of America and was laterthe Washington-based correspondent for Croatian Radio and Television, Vjesnik,Danas, and Narodni List. BrigitteBrkic has also written articles on Croatia, one of which appeared in the ChristianScience Monitor.

Stillness and other storiesby Angela Courtney Brkic is published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux and isavailable on Amazon.com and at bookstores. 

Please contact Sarah Moriarty at Farrar, Straus and Girouxfor more information. Her number is (212) 206-5326.

Katherine J. Rosich
Washington, DC

Krosich@erols.com 

Fedor Kabalin @ Inaugural Concert in New York

New York Composers Circle
Sunday May 4, 2003 - 2 p.m.
St. Peter's Church at Citicorp Center
619 Lexington Av. (54th St.)
New York City
212) 787-8309
free admission 

The New York Composers Circle, a new group of composers based in and around New York City, is proud to announce its inaugural concert.

Program: 
Fedor Kabalin: Böse Zeit, for baritone and piano, and Two American Songs, Op. 17, for baritone and soprano, with piano

Edward Ficklin: Quixote Meditations, for baritone and piano

Patricia Leonard: This Heart Feels Heavy, for soprano and piano

Jacob E. Goodman: Beneath the Trees, three songs for baritone and piano

Jennifer Louis Griffith: Ebb, Gallant Chateau and Eel-Grass, three songs for soprano and piano

Debra Kaye: Slants of Light, a song cycle for baritone and piano

INTERMISSION

David del Tredici: Fantasy Pieces and Wedding Song, for piano

Gayther Myers: I am Blessed, for soprano and piano, and To Olga, for baritone and piano

Eugene W. McBride: Child April, Yellow Cabs and Prayer, for baritone and piano

Miki Nakanishi: Two poems by Langston Hughes, for soprano and reader, with piano

Robert Honstein: To a Poor Old Woman, for baritone and piano

Gary Strauss: Allegro- `...chatter in the system' and Adagio- `... a plea for peace', for cello, trumpet, and piano

please turn over for the performers >
Performers: 

Derrick Ballard (bass-baritone)
Lauren Bradley (soprano)
Susan Daum (soprano)
David Del Tredici (piano)
Clint Edward (piano)
Kyung-A Lee (piano)
Edmond Schonberg (piano)
Elizabeth Wolff (piano)

Preliminary Production Information

Writtenand Directed by Evan Oppenheimer

TribecaFilm Festival Screenings:

Thursday,May 8 at 6:45pm at United Artists (102 North End Avenue @ Vesey) New York City

Friday,May 9 at 10:15pm at United Artists (102 North End Avenue @ Vesey) New York City

Dear All,

If you are interested to cometo the premier, call 1-866- 265-8499.or go online to www.tribecafilmfestival.org Seats are limited. If you are interested to write a story in your newspaper oron TV station, about it, contact David Klineberg. I wrote music for the film andI will be there. This is one of the best features I scored and personally thebest experience with a film director. If you come to the screening either onThursday or Friday, feel free to introduce yourself.

My best,

Nenad

Nenad@NenadBach.com 

presscontact:

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NY, NY 10001
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www.mprm.com 

salescontact:

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Justice

Director’s Statement

When I firstshowed the script for Justice to people, there were a few who respondedwith a quick "I don't want to be involved with a movie about September11."  To which my response was,"It's not a movie about September 11! It's a movie about a comic book writer, and a Latina activist, and aMuslim street vendor.  And it'sabout what we've all been through in New York in the last year or two. Besides, the movie's funny!"

But, now thatit's done, I'll admit that Justice IS a September 11 movie. In that September 11 is the driving force behind the plot, and it has aprofound impact on many of the characters in the movie. And, certainly, September 11 was an inspiration for the movie -- but notthe primary inspiration. For me, the primary inspiration for the script was thedeath of my friend Joe Wood, who disappeared while hiking on Mt. Rainier almostfour years ago (In the film, the character of Woody is loosely based on him). As wary as I am of drawing "lessons" from tragic, senselessloss, I did learn some things from Joe's death, things that became evident toall New Yorkers after 9/11.  Ilearned that sometimes people who you think will always be around won't be. And I learned that we who are left behind have to figure out how to getthrough -- and that we need help to do it. But let me give the main character of Justice, Drew Pettite, the last word. This is a voiceover(eventually cut, for various reasons) that he used to speak over the end of themovie:

"Life stillfeels very tenuous to me. Maybe that helps me live life to the fullest, maybe itjust makes me neurotic, I don’t know. What do you do when something is gone,forever? Nothing. All you can do is let time pass. And, after a while, maybe thehappy memories aren't quite so painful anymore. Because at some point...allthat’s left is just to let go."

Evan Oppenheimer

Justice

Synopsis

Short Synopsis

In a city searching for heroes, a maverick comic bookwriter, Drew, creates a new kind of superhero based on an (unwitting) real-lifeNew Yorker.  When a spunky VillageVoice reporter, Mara, comes sniffing around the story and enters Drew's life, hehas to juggle his new friendships and success while confronting his troublingpast.  He soon discovers thehard-won wisdom of his hometown: that the human spirit is resilient, and thatinspiration comes in many forms.

Justice

 Principal Cast

ErikPalladino           Drew Pettite

MichaelJai White            Tre

DaphneRubin-Vega       Roberta

AjayNaidu                  Mohammed

CatherineKellner      Mara Seaver

MarisaRyan                  Julia

TomGuiry                   The Red Anarchist

DavidPatrick Kelly      Marty

JoelleCarter            Monique

MichaelEaly                 Woody

LeoFitzpatrick           The Egg Machine

LarryPine                  The Legend

HelenaLewis                 Helena

AlanCox                 Palm Sunday

DanCantor                          Terrence the Ugly American

TimKang                  Bodega Owner

GloriaIrizarry            Luiza

FirdousBamji            Samir Khan

MoniqueGuesnon            Day-Old Bagel Lady

ScottMiller            Cigarette Man

WaleedZuaiter            Pretzel Vendor

ShoshanaStern            First Patron

JimmyWallick           Second Patron

EvanLee Oppenheimer      He Got Next

DanZiemann                  Perry

EmoryVan Cleve            Big Guy

Justice

Principal Crew

Writerand Director

EvanOppenheimer 

Producers

AmyR. Baird

AmeliaDallis

Directorof Photography

LukeGeissbuhler

Music

NenadBach

Editor

AllisonEve Zell

CastingDirectors

FeliciaFasano

MaryVernieu

ProductionDesigner

BethKuhn

SoundDesigner

BillMontei

SoundRecordist

PaulBacca

CostumeDesigner

DonaMandel

Props

KirstenKane

MusicSupervisor

DavidHnatiuk

ComicBook Art

DavidJerrel Anderson

AssociateProducer

MartinSchepelern

Justice

CASTBIOS

ErikPalladino (Drew Pettite)

Erik Palladinowill soon be seen in the independent “Ladder Days” written and directed byC. Jay Cox (Sweet Home Alabama).  Hemost recently completed production on the independent “Dead and Breakfast”starring opposite Jeremy Sisto and Ever Caradine. On television, he cancurrently be seen in a recurring role on “Law and Order: Special VictimsUnit”. 

Palladino, whowas born and raised in Yonkers is the youngest of three brothers. His father owns a heating contractor business in the Bronx and his motheris a schoolteacher.  At 14, he beganperforming with the Children’s Reparatory Company from New Rochelle. He becamea full-on theater arts student when he auditioned for and was accepted atMarymount Manhattan College where he later received his Bachelor of Arts degree. Palladino was one of the founding members of the “Just About Had It”theatre company.  He spent the nextfew years performing on the New York stage including various Off-Broadwayproductions. 

Upon his move toLA, Palladino landed a recurring role on “Murphy Brown”. He later became well known for his character Dr. Dave Malucci on “ER”which he played for 3 seasons.  Onthe big screen, he was seen in Jonathan Mostow’s “U-571” starring oppositeMatthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton and Harvey Keitel. Palladino also starred opposite James Earl Jones and Robert Forester inthe Golden Space Needle Award winning independent film “Finder’sFee” which won the audience award for best film. Some other features include “Can’t Hardly Wait”, and theindependents “This Space Between Us”, “The Week the Girl Died”, and “Roadkill”. 

In his leisuretime, Palladino enjoys boxing and hanging out with his 2 dogs, Daisy and Leroy. He splits his time between New York and Los Angeles.

MichaelJai White (Tre)

Michael played the lead character in the hitmovie Spawn. He also starred in ExitWounds and Universal Soldier: TheReturn, and stars in the forthcoming Quentin Tarantino film KillBill.

AjayNaidu (Mohammed)

Ajay starred in the cult hit movie OfficeSpace. He has also appeared in movies ranging from Suburbiato K-Pax to The Guru.

DaphneRubin-Vega (Roberta)

Nominated for a Tony Award for"Rent", Daphne also starred on Broadway in "The Rocky HorrorPicture Show". On film, she's played opposite Kevin Bacon in WildThings and Robert DeNiro in Flawless.

CatherineKellner (Mara Seaver)

CatherineKellner recently starred alongside Shirley Knight ("Divine Secrets of Ya-YaSisterhood") in Eve Ensler's (Vagina Monologues) new play NecessaryTargets, focusing on the atrocities suffered by Bosnian women during the yearsof Balkan conflict. Kellner also recently starred in the independent film"Outpatient”, which was named Best Picture at the 2003 NoDance FilmFestival. She is also co-starring in the feature film "The Grey"opposite Mark Boone Jr.

Kellner was recently seen in the highly anticipated WWII drama "PearlHarbor" with Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Alec Baldwin and directed byMichael Bay ("Armageddon"). She can be seen alongside Anson Mount in"The Truth About Tully, " a Skoras Entertainment and BlackwatchPictures release. "Tully" was screened to much success at the 2000London Film festival as well as the 2000 Los Angeles Independent and TorontoFilm Festivals. Kellner has also starred in Tom Gilroy's "SpringForward" opposite Ned Beatty and Liev Schreiber. The film was well-receivedat last year's Toronto Film Festival.

Kellner also starred in"Restless" the first English-language film set in contemporaryBeijing, China, and the first ever U.S.-China film co-production. Kellner wasseen in last summer's Paramount hit "Shaft" starring Samuel L.Jackson. The film reunited her with John Singleton, acclaimed director of"Rosewood," in which she played Fanny. Other memorable film creditsinclude: "30 Days'" "200 Cigarettes,""Restaurant," "Kicking and Screaming," "Six Degrees ofSeparation," "No Way Home (with Tim Roth)" and "Day at theBeach."

Ontelevision, Kellner was featured in HBO's "There's a Nightmare in myCloset," Hallmark Entertainment's "Harvest of Fire," MTV's DaftPunk video, which was directed by Spike Jonze, and ABC's critically acclaimedseries "High Incident." Kellner has an impressive background intheater as well. She has co-starred in nearly 20 stage productions, includingthe Broadway classic "The Iceman Cometh" opposite Kevin Spacey. Shehas also worked extensively with the NY Stage and Film Powerhouse Theatre.During that time, she collaborated with Canadian playwright George F. Walker andstarred in two plays by Steve Martin--Romeo and Juliet at Antioch and WASP.Additionally, she starred inThe Roundabout Theatre Company's You Never Can Tellfor which she was named "Best New Young Actress" by the New YorkPress. Kellner is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate ActingProgram. She splits her time between New York and Los Angeles.

Marisa Ryan (Julia)

Witha starring role in HBO’s new series, “Mind Of The Married Man” and threemajor features to be released by the end of the year, Marisa Ryan has alreadybroken through a variety of mediums and is well on the road to stardom. Ryan hasestablished herself not only as a talented actress but is building herreputation as a director, having completed two films in that capacity.

Inaddition to her television series, Ryan has been working on an impressive slateof feature films. She plays the delightful camp slut in the film, “Wet HotAmerican Summer” (an Official Selection in Sundance Film Festival) and has asupporting role in Penny Marshall’s feature, “Riding In Cars With Boys” asDrew Barrymore’s sister. Ryan is also appearing in the Untitled Todd SolondzProject.

Overthe past few years, Ryan has appeared in several independent films including,“Love Always” with Moon Zappa and Beverly D’Angelo, “DelicatessenStory” for Showtime, “Lunchtime Special” with Scott Cann, “Nobody’sChildren,” opposite Jeremy Sisco and Eric Michael Cole, and “Slaves For TheUnderground,” a favorite at the Sundance Film Festival. Ryan is a regular at the Sundance Film Festival with roles in “With orWithout You” and “Cure for Boredom.”

Onthe small screen, Ryan has appeared as a series regular on “New YorkUndercover,” “Falcone,“ and had a recurring role on Dick Wolf’s NBCdrama, “Deadline,” in addition to appearing on the hit HBO show, “Sex AndThe City,” and the new CBS drama, “Hack.” Ryan also was chosen for the starring role in ABC’s mini movie series,“Que Creek.”

Ryangot her first break with a starring role on the successful CBS series, “MajorDad.” She began her training at the High School for the Performing Arts. She continued at the Royal Theatre in London where she was featured in aplay directed by Alan Rickman entitled The Other Sides. Additional theatercredits include Another Part of the Forest and Little Foxes, both of which werepart of the Lillian Helman Festival held at the Seattle Reperatory, TheCleveland Playhouse and New York’s Roundabout Theatre as well as Something SoRight at the Playwright Horizons and Picnic at the Cherry Lane Theatre in NewYork.

Ryanresides in New York.

LeoFitzpatrick (The Egg Machine)

Leo was the starof Larry Clark's controversial film Kids. He played Selma Blair's disabled boyfriend in Storytellingand currently appears on the HBO series "The Wire".

David Patrick Kelly (Marty)

DP's renownedroles range from Luther in The Warrios(he uttered the famous line, "Warriors, come out and play") to JerryHorne in "Twin Peaks" to T-Bird in The Crow.

Michael Ealy (Woody)

Michael Ealy’sreputation continues to grow from his breakout roles over the past year in thehit films, Barbershop, KissingJessica Stein and Bad Company.

A native ofSilver Spring, Maryland, Michael graduated college with a degree in English. Shortly after, Michael headed to New York where he performed in severalstage productions, including the Off-Broadway hits “Joe Fearless” and“Whoa Jack,” for which he earned an Adelco Award nomination for hisperformance.  It would not be longbefore Michael nabbed guest-starring roles in NBC’s “Law & Order” andShowtime’s hit series “Soul Food.” 

On the heels ofhis television breakthroughs, he was then cast in the critically-acclaimed film KissingJessica Stein for Fox Searchlight, where he played Greg, the delivery boywith a strong craving for sex.  Michaelthen segued into the role of G. Mo, the best friend of Jake Hayes (Chris Rock),in Bad Company for director JoelSchumacher.

While visitinghis friends in Los Angeles, Michael heard about auditions for Barbershop.He landed the role of Ricky Nash, a two-strike offender working at the localbarbershop under the supervision of his friend Calvin (Cube). The film also starred Eve, Sean Patrick Thomas and Cedric the Entertainerand was a boxoffice hit this past September. 

He promptly movedto Los Angeles to further pursue acting, but suddenly found himself in Miami, ashe was cast in the pilot for the HBO series “Baseball Wives,” from theLevinson/Fontana Company.   Michaelhas since then returned to Miami to film a cameo role in the highly anticipatedsequel The Fast and the Furious 2which is due out June 2003 from Universal and director John Singleton. Most recently, Ealy completed a dramatic arc on the Emmy-winning series“ER” for NBC.

Michael continuesto reside in Los Angeles.

LarryPine (The Legend)

Larry Pine played Dr. Ostrov in Vanyaon 42nd Street. His numerous other films include TheRoyal Tenenbaums, Dead Man Walking,and The Shipping News. He also playedArnold Zelman on "Oz".

TomGuiry (The Red Anarchist)

Tom played Staff Sergeant Ed Yurek in BlackHawk Down. His career began playing the lead in TheSandlot and Lassie, and he hassubsequently starred in Tigerland and U-571.

JoelleCarter (Monique)

Joelle was one of John Cusack's "TopFive Break-Ups" in High Fidelity.She has also appeared in American Pie 2and Swimming.

Justice

CREWBIOS

Evan Oppenheimer (Writer and Director)

Justice is Evan Oppenheimer's second feature film. His first, TheAuteur Theory, was screened in theaters nationwide, including The PioneerTheater in New York, The Sunset Five in Los Angeles, The Lumiere in SanFrancisco, and The High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Made on a shoestring budget of$70,000, it appeared in over thirty festivals worldwide, garnering numerousawards, including the "Best Feature" award at the 2000 BreckenridgeFilm Festival, hosted by NBC film critic Jeffrey Lyons. It is appearing onShowtime and The Movie Channel throughout 2003, and is also available on homevideo from Pathfinder Pictures. Reviewers have called it "ingenious","among the best first features I have ever seen", "one of thebest independent films of the year", and "easily the funniest indiefilm since Clerks".

Evan Oppenheimerreceived a B.A. in English from Yale University. He was an editor for threeyears at Atheneum Publishers; among his books was the definitive biography of Lawrence of Arabia, named a New York Times "Best Book of theYear". Evan then moved on to NYU Film School, where he spent half of histime making films and the other half captaining the varsity baseball team. Hisstudent film Cross Road Blues won first prize at the University Film & VideoAssociation Student Film Festival.

(Full festivallist and reviews attached)

AmyBaird (Producer)

A graduate ofEmerson College, Amy worked in the Behind-The-Scenes television specialsdepartment at ZM Productions.  As aDevelopment Associate she worked on numerous Disney Telefilms, a syndicatedseries for MTM entitled The Cape and numerous television specials anddocumentaries including the Emmy Award winning “Photographs That ChangedThe World,” a tribute to LIFE Magazine’s 60^th anniversary.

The last year atZM Productions Amy was the in-house Production Manager, overseeing the dailyproduction and development of a number of television and film projects. Amy’s most recent credit with ZM was as an Associate Producer on theNBC television pilot Payback.

Amy has producedtwo features: Killing Cinderella and Justice. She has also produced six short films: Clutch (LA), The BusStop (LA), The Elevator (LA), Nipply Ray (NY), Dig A HoleAnd Find A Finger (NY), Martyr (NY) and Close To The Wind(NY). 

Most recently,Amy Associate Produced for BridgNorth Films on the new Miramax documentaryentitled Comedian with Jerry Seinfeld.

Justice

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Nenad Bach(Original Music)

Nenadis a recording artist, composer, and performer who has recorded for Sony,Polygram and many other labels. Two of his albums reached No. 1 in Europe, andto date he has sold over one million records. In addition, he has performed allover the world with a wide range of artists, including Luciano Pavarotti, Bono& The Edge (U2), Brian Eno, Indigo Girls, Richie Havens, Garth Hudson &Rick Danko (The Band), Vince Welnick (Grateful Dead), Martin Sheen, MichaelYork, John Malkovich, Ellen Burstyn, and many more. He performed at Woodstock'94, and in 1998 he made a compilation album with Bruce Springsteen, LeonardCohen and Allen Ginsberg. In March 1999, he opened the Miss Universe pageant inEurope with his new song "Miss Universe." Nenad also writes andrecords music for film and theater. He has scored many features and short films.One such project was "King of Cool," a biopic about the life of SteveMcQueen, which premiered on American Movie Classics (AMC), to over 65 millionhouseholds. Another was "Life beyond Timothy Leary". Subsequently,Nenad scored the Mladen Juran film "Transatlantic", which was theCroatian entry for consideration as Best Foreign Film in the 1999 AcademyAwards. He just finished scoring a new film directed by Burt Young called"Murder on Mott Street". 

Finally,Nenad is also a record producer with a special interest in documenting thefascinating but little-known musical traditions of his homeland, Croatia. Hismost recent work includes the production of three new acappella albums:"Fire  on the Sea," by Klapa Fortunal; "Following  theCross," a collection of Lenten chants based on 600-year-old  Gregorian Chants never previously recorded; and just released "Novaljo,Novaljo," by Klapa Navalia. Nenad's work and his life story have beenfeatured on all the major US TV networks (CBS, ABC, NBC), on CNN, on SkyChannel, and on TV channels in Russia, France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain,Spain, Japan, and many other countries. Press coverage has been similarlywidespread, ranging from The New York Times to Billboard, from The WashingtonPost to Corriere Della Sera, and from The Boston Globe to the New York DailyNews. Nenad's most recent solo record is "Thousand Years of Peace"which will be released in 2003. The album was recorded in Nenad's own recordingstudio, which he also uses for his scoring and production work and which wasdesigned to accommodate anything from acappella vocals to rock and roll tosymphonic orchestras on a location.

Heis currently in preproduction for a new solo album, which is due for release inFall 2003. Nenad sang in the new recordings of "We Are Family" benefitfor the Sept. 11th fund as well as scored the film "The Making and theMeaning of We Are Family". His label just signed a contract for theworldwide promotion and distribution of "The Pharos Cantors" (GlagoliticChants based on Gregorian Chants). He also recently completed work as a languageconsultant  for the literature and film project for all four of the HarryPotter books.

Throughhis singing and songwriting Nenad's goal is to spread the message of joy anduniversal peace.

Festival List -- TheAuteur Theory

 Awards and Honors

Best Feature, 2000 BreckenridgeFilm Festival

Best Feature, 2000 Westchester FilmFestival

Best American Feature, 2000 SaoPaulo Film Festival (unofficial award)

Closing Night Film, 2001 SanFrancisco Independent Film Festival

Closing Night Film, 2000DancesWithFilms Festival

Closing Night Film, 2001 DialogueFilm Festival (Seoul)

Best Feature Finalist, 2000 AustinFilm Festival

Special Commendation, 2000 CanadianInternational Film Festival

InternationalFestivals                                   Location

Sao Paulo                                                           Brazil           

Mar del Plata                                                           Argentina

Calcutta                                                           India

Bombay                                                           India

Brussels                                                           Belgium

Bermuda                                                           Bermuda

CIFF                                                                       Canada

Athens                                                                       Greece

Umea                                                                       Sweden

Filmstock                                                           England

Avignon                                                            France

Dialogue (Seoul)                                               South Korea

DomesticFestivals                                               Location

Fort Lauderdale                                               Florida

St. Louis                                                           Missouri

Avignon/New York                                               New York, NY

New Haven                                                           Connecticut

DancesWithFilms                                               Los Angeles, CA

Westchester                                                           White Plains, NY

South Beach                                                           Miami, FL

Atlanta                                                                       Georgia