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"Grbavica" Grabs Festival Juries

The Bosnian film Grbavica has been one of the year's most discussed films as far as film festivals are concerned. Along with Volver from Spain and The Lives of Others from Germany, it has a chance at being one of this year's Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film.

Most recently, Grbavica was awarded the grand jury prize at the AFI Fest (news HERE), but otherwise it has been receiving very positive reactions from several of the year's festivals, including the awarding of the Golden Bear for "best film" at the Berlin Film Festival (more HERE).

The film is directed by newcomer Jasmila ?bani?, and is about (from the website):

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. Unable to make ends meet with the meager government aid she receives, Esma takes a job as a cocktail waitress in a nightclub. Working all night is difficult for Esma physically and it also forces her to reluctantly spend less time with her daughter.

The film's English title appears to be Esma's Secret, and will be released in the UK and Ireland on December 15. If it does receive an Oscar nomination, I guess that North American audiences can expect it around the holiday season.

I had a chance to see this film, but sadly could not attend and all the positive talk it has been receiving in the festival world is making me really regretful that I missed the opportunity!

Posted by Zahra on November 13, 2006 - 6:44am.
Drama | Family | Foreign | Movie News

How to use the cosmetics

Posted by menene on March 19, 2008 - 3:56am.

How to use the cosmetics bags

With cosmetic bags, travel with all the essential elements of beauty wrapped in a corner. Whether you want a simple, classic vinyl bag, a logo, or for a make-up for vintage train cases, these elegant bags of cosmetics, to your sense of fashion.
Step 1:
Studied your cosmetics bag before it in your constitution. Simply chanel bags could consist of a simple bag with zipper, but many bags of cosmetic sections for the storage of jewelry, the slot eyebrow pencils, brushes and a main compartment for your toilet. Some bags are for the individual subjects liquid element.

Step 2:
Put your objects into smaller first, with each sub-funds intended for storage. Eyeliners, lipliners and brushes are in their niche or flat on the floor of the trunk.

Step 3:
Be careful, if the intake of liquids or powders in cosmetic products to prevent the introduction. Make sure that everyone is s'accrocherent stopper. Put this item in the subjects separately or in sealed cosmetic bags to prevent themselves from the cosmetics anywhere in the bag, if a break.

Step 4:
Adding to the thorny issues, such as the smell, and jewelry. Using jewelry boxes or wrap the pieces in soft, fabric bag. Put this item in the top of your cosmetic bag, and then around them with balls of wool carpets, cotton or fabric.

Step 5:
Using sacks toys cosmetics, hair jewelry, coil wires, loose buttons, coins and other small objects, after the retirement from arrange your constitution.
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