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This city, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was besieged for almost four years and 11,000 people died in Sarajevo alone. Now the city is fighting a very different kind of war.
Sarajevo Film Festival Gets Dramatic Facelift for Historic 30th Edition With New Event and Industry Hub: ‘We Are Fully Focused on the Future’ ...
The 31st Sarajevo Film Festival, which runs Aug. 15-22, will open with the world premiere of Bosnian filmmaker Dino Mustafić’s dark comedy “The Pavilion.” Bosnian actor Lidija Kordić, who ...
Five Projects Selected for Southeast European Female Filmmakers Support Program. The Uniqa See Future Foundation, in cooperation with the Sarajevo Film Festival and Slano Film Days, picked ...
The Sarajevo Film Festival, now 30 years old, grew out of underground screenings during the siege of the city. Those roots still define the event’s character.
Italian director, screenwriter Paolo Sorrentino will receive a 2025 Sarajevo Film Festival award, the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo, and retrospective.
Paolo Sorrentino is set to be awarded an Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award at this year’s upcoming Sarajevo Film Festival.A retrospective of his films will be shown during the 31st edition of the ...
Four decades after the 1984 Winter Olympics, Sarajevo is contending with what to do with its Olympic venues. Many are abandoned and crumbling.
The Siege of Sarajevo and the Rebirth of La Benevolencija. In April 1992, Sarajevo plunged into war. What followed was one of the longest sieges in modern history, lasting nearly four years.
In 1993, Bill Carter, a young transplanted American aid worker (and a regular onscreen commentator), schemed to get Sarajevo’s troubles noticed by angling for an interview with Bono when U2’s ...
In Sarajevo it is, once again, the Year of the Rat. Social media posts from residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital have shown an abundance of rodents swimming in the Miljacka river which ...
The Sarajevo Haggadah 02:39. SACRAMENTO – It's a story about hope and survival: An ancient Jewish manuscript saved by different religious groups in the span of 600 years reminds us today about ...