"Grbavica:
The Land of My Dreams"
West
Coast Premiere
Saturday
- May 19,
2007
Doors Open for
Complimentary Refreshments at 9:00 AM
Film
Begins Promptly
at 9:30 AM
Camelot
Theatres
2300
Baristo Road,
Palm
Springs, CA
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A powerful
film about love, truth and the after effects of war. Single
mother Esma lives with her 12-year-old
daughter Sara in Sarajevo's
Grbavica neighborhood where life is still being reconstructed after the
1990s
Yugoslav wars. Sara forms a close bond
with classmate Samir, both sensitive young teenagers who lost their
fathers in
the war. When Sara wants to participate
in a school trip, Esma tries to find a way to pay the full price,
although a
certificate proving Sara's father is a war hero would allow her a
discount.
Festivals & Awards:
Berlin International Film Festival
2006, Adelaide Film
Festival, Reykjavik
International Film Festival; Berlin
International Film Festival, Golden Berlin Bear, Jasmila
Zbanic; Peace Film Award Ecumenical
Jury
Competition, Jasmila Zbanic; European Film Awards Nominated Best Actress, Mirjana
Karanovic; Sundance Film
Festival, Nominated Grand Jury Prize World Cinema, Drama
Reviews:
"EXCEPTIONAL!"
- The New York Times; "REMARKABLE!"
- The New York & New York Daily
News; "POWERFUL AND IMPRESSIVE!" - New York
Magazine; "ASTOUNDING!...INSPIRING!"
- The Star Ledger
Written & Directed by: Jasmila Zbanic
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria / Bosnia-Herzegovina / Germany / Croatia
Language: Serbo-Croatian w/ English subtitles
Run time: 107 minutes
Official
Site w/Trailer
