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  The premiere of the Croatian film ?Armin?, directed by Ognjen Svilicic, was held  at the 57th International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin, within the ?Forum? section at the historical movie theatre ?Delphi?.
  The film made in a Croatian-BiH-German coproduction, deals with a 13-year-old teenager Armin and his father, who undertake a journey from their home village in Bosnia to Zagreb, as Armin was invited there to audition for a German film production about war in the former Yugoslavia.
  The possibility of getting work raises hopes of better times, but on arrival in the five star hotel in the Croatian capital, they realize that they’ve entered a world that seems like another planet to them and whose rules of the game they don’t know.
  The leading roles in that film, which is partly based on true events, are played by BiH actors Emir Had?ihafisbegovi? and Armin Omerovi? – Muhedin.

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  Ana

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  The premiere of the Croatian film ?Armin?, directed by Ognjen Svilicic, was held  at the 57th International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin, within the ?Forum? section at the historical movie theatre ?Delphi?.
  The film made in a Croatian-BiH-German coproduction, deals with a 13-year-old teenager Armin and his father, who undertake a journey from their home village in Bosnia to Zagreb, as Armin was invited there to audition for a German film production about war in the former Yugoslavia.
  The possibility of getting work raises hopes of better times, but on arrival in the five star hotel in the Croatian capital, they realize that they’ve entered a world that seems like another planet to them and whose rules of the game they don’t know.
  The leading roles in that film, which is partly based on true events, are played by BiH actors Emir Had?ihafisbegovi? and Armin Omerovi? – Muhedin.

  Here is short clip and trailer from the film : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evT-RAr2k9w
  It’s really worth to see 

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  ‘Armin’ by Ognjen Svilicic won the official award at the Go East Film Festival (28th March ? 3rd April, Wiesbaden): The German Foreign Ministry donated an award explicitly honouring artistic originality which creates cultural diversity. The winner of the Festival was Russian film ?Euphoria?.

  A father and son make the journey from their home village in Bosnia to Zagreb, where the accordion-playing 14-year-old Armin will audition for a film part. After checking into the big-city hotel, they feel somewhat forlorn ? nothing is going quite as smoothly as expected. Torn between hope and anxiety, father Ibro fusses over his son, who bears his attentions with equanimity, for instance while posing for a portrait photo.

  Auditions finally begin, and Armin is immediately rejected ? he is simply too old. Not caring if people think him rude or pushy, Ibro urges the film crew to let his son play once, at least. Armin?s hard-earned performance ends abruptly: he suffers a mysterious breakdown. But the boy unexpectedly receives a second chance…

  There is nothing sensational about the process of learning director Ognjen Svili?i? shows. The father?s nervous activity suits the son?s stoic immobility, but the new surroundings force them both to behave somewhat out of character, thus reducing the distance between the two. The two lead actors, and particularly Emir Had?ihafisbegovi? as the father, convey the situation impressively. Offering little action but plenty of suspense, this unobtrusive film incidentally draws a portrait of contemporary Bosnia.

  Fore more info about Ognjen Svilicic’s film Armin on: http://www.croatiancinema.com

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  This is what Ognjen Svilicic says about the film :

  My film Armin is a story about father and a son. It’s focused on human relationships, and emotions that we all have. My characters come from Bosnia to the Croatian town Zagreb on an audition for a German movie. They are coming from a country devastated by war looking for better future.

  While this is the social and political environment of Armin, the human relationships are more important to me.
  It’s interesting that when this film is shown in the Balkans or in some other near European country, many spectators first notice the political issue, which is the less important part of Armin. That was the case at screenings in Croatia, Bosnia, Germany and Italy. Many people asked questions about the political situation that is the part of life for my main characters, father and son. On the other hand, people from countries that are farther from the region in which this film takes place first notice the father and son relationship.
  That was the case in Norway, for example. What I noticed in this experience is that the farther away I travel with my film, the more the audience is focused on human relationships. They are not familiar with the political issues, because their country is not involved.
  That is very important for me to remember: If I want to make a movie understandable to Eskimos, I have to tell the story about human relationships and their emotions. That’s why I looking forward to come to New York and Tribeca. If I can reach to the audience so far away from my country, that means that my film is speaking about something that is same everywhere – emotions.
  Source : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

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