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Here's to share an article published in The Filipino Australian about "Everything is Forever".
Here's to share an article published in The Filipino Australian about "Everything is Forever".
Cinematic Journey of the Artist
A
movie on the life of Croatian-American composer/singer and writer,
Nenad Bach, is set to premiere at the 47th Annual Worldfest-Houston
International Film Festival to be held over a ten-day period from 11th
April 2014.
Titled
Everything is Forever, the film follows Nenad Bach through war and
peace, and rock and roll. It was filmed over the last fifteen years or
so by the Home Team Productions headed by renowned American Film
Director and Editor Victor Zimet, with the prolific writer Stephanie
Silber as Producer.
The
film so far, has also been an official selection of three other
International Film Festivals. Two weeks after the world premiere in
Houston, the film will be screening at the Julien Dubuque Film Festival
(April 24-27) in Dubuque, Iowa. This will be followed by the 5th
Starigrad Paklenica Film Festival (August 2-7) in Zagreb, Croatia and
the 14th Annual Kansas International Film Festival in October 2014.
Victor Zimet relishes: “We are very
excited as this is our 4th festival commitment and we only started the
process in January. The future looks bright for our little indie. Good
things are happening and we owe it all to you, our supporters.”
Of
the film’s subject, Stephanie Silber writes: “Nenad Bach has a dream,
and he wants to share it. In a disordered world, a world of war and
violence, injustice and economic woe, composer/musician Bach believes
the human family can connect to create a seismic force capable of
changing forever our troubled earth.
Through
his evocative and singular brand of music, he calls back the ethos of
the sixties in a passionate cri de couer. Antithetical to today’s
commodity driven market, Bach’s lucid message is substantive and
unafraid to question, delivered with unsurpassed beauty, heart, and
soul, and is infused with a droll wit and a well-honed sense of humor.
The New York Times called Nenad “a cross between Lou Reed and Elton
John,” but his fans prefer to think of him as ‘Lennon-esque.’ “.
Nenad,
on the other hand, when asked for his overall comments about the film,
states: “Victor Zimet’s editing is an audio-visual poetry. Stephanie
Silber’s compassion can be seen on the screen. We have to use all means
to stop all wars in one hour. World Peace in One Hour.”
The Filipino-Australian Connection
Aside
from his great work in composing, singing and writing, Nenad also has
scored films and is a tireless worker for world peace, social justice
and the environment.
An
example of his outreach to those in need was his support by endorsing
the ~One~ Charity CD which was organised by the Sydney group Artists
& Linked Friends in Action [ALFA] to raise funds for the survivors
of the Washi Typhoon in 2012.
He has also agreed recently to have two
of his songs to be included in the CD titled “We Will Never Leave You”
compiled by Filipino-Australian writer/radio broadcaster Mitchell
Badelles to raise funds for the Haiyan typhoon survivors.
Nenad’s
affinity with the Filipino people is also reflected with the lyrics of
two of his songs translated into Filipino – “All I Want is Freedom” to
“Tanging Nais Ko ay Kalayaan” and “I Will Follow You” to “Ako ay Susunod
sa Iyo”.
Nenad developed ties with the Filipino-Australian community following getting acquainted with Violi Calvert through handball.
Nenad,
who is the Editor and Publisher of CROWN [Croatian World Network]
published the photograph of Bevan Calvert taken during a game against
Croatia in the 2005 Handball World Championship. That was the start of
Nenad’s support to Australian handball and subsequently to the
Filipino-Australian community through publishing articles which helped
raise the profile of the handball team. He also arranged valuable
assistance to the team during the 2009 World Championship held in
Croatia.
Violi and Nenad met in person during a
trip by Violi in 2008. She then agreed to be the link of Nenad Bach
Music to Australia through her role of Media & PR.
Then
in 2010, Nenad was invited to perform in the famous Royal Perth Show
which attracted about 400,000 visitors. At the invitation of Nenad,
Violi attended the performances in Perth and was also part of the
publicity group. One of the photos she took was used and duly
acknowledged in the DVD cover of ‘Everything Is Forever’.
Nenad’s Beginnings
A
native of Zagreb, Croatia, Nenad graduated as a civil engineer from the
University of Rijeka. He was classically trained in violin and flute,
and is self-taught at guitar. His band Vrijeme i Zemlja was formed while
he was in college and had two Number 1 albums in Europe (“Vrijeme i
Zemlja I” in 1980 and “Greatest Hits” in 1988).
Nenad moved to New York in the 1984,
and recorded his first US album, “Greatest Hits” in 1987. His song “Can
We Go Higher?” was written as a call for peace during the war in Croatia
and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was released by Sony/Rockworld in 1992
and was performed by Nenad at Woodstock ’94 in the US and in Modena,
Italy at the 1995 concert “Pavarotti and Friends” and appears on the
album “Pavarotti and Friends – Together for the Children of Bosnia”
(1996).
For more information on the music and other works of Nenad, check out his website: nenad@nenadbach. com
