Four Years without Singer Oliver Dragojevic
Four years have passed since Oliver Dragojevic, a famous musician, passed away after illness. On the occasion of the sad anniversary, his concert will be held in his port of…
SFF CineLink Industry Days announces selection for Work in Progress
The selection includes 12 new feature-length films: 10 fiction and 2 documentary, which will be presented to the high-profile industry professionals (funders, sales agents, distributors, broadcasters and festival programmers) with…
11 Films are competing for the SFF Special Award for Promoting Gender Equality
The Sarajevo Film Festival Special Award for Promoting Gender Equality was established by Sarajevo Film Festival last year as a continuation of the activities in which the Sarajevo Film Festival…
Exhibition of Objects that were found during the Excavation of Graves in BiH
The exhibition of artifacts or material values that were found during the excavation of graves, and which belong to the victims, was officially opened today before the funeral prayers for…
The first edition of CineLink Producers’ Lab at SFF
CineLink Producers' Lab provides young producers with skill-building knowledge gathered from industry experts with extensive experience, accomplished filmmakers, and their peers. The programme is intended to understand the shifts of…
The 28th Sarajevo Film Festival will host a retrospective of films by Sergei Loznitsa
The 28th Sarajevo Film Festival will host a retrospective of films by screenwriter, director and producer Sergei Loznitsa in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the art of film. A…
Paul Joseph Schrader to receive Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award
In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the art of film, American director and screenwriter Paul Joseph Schrader will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award at the 28th Sarajevo…
Screening of Film showing Ratko Mladic on the Anniversary of the Genocide in Srebrenica
Last night, in the Serbian cultural center "Sveti Despot Stefan Lazarevic" in Srebrenica, the nationalist pro-Russian association "Eastern Alternative" held a screening of a film in which the legally convicted…
Memories of a German Photographer from wartime Srebrenica: The most difficult thing is to photograph Children
Philipp von Recklinghausen from Berlin is one of the two foreign reporters who were in Srebrenica in 1993. He returned to the city a month after the genocide, which he…
The International Conference “Heroines of Srebrenica” opened
The international conference "Heroines of Srebrenica" was opened at the Srebrenica Memorial Center, which is jointly organized by the Mothers of Srebrenica, the Center for Post-Conflict Research and the Potocari…
61 Participants Selected for Talents of SFF
The 16th edition of Talents Sarajevo welcomes 61 up-and-coming actors, cinematographers, directors, editors, producers, screenwriters, and film critics from Southeast Europe and the Southern Caucasus during the 28th Sarajevo Film…
An Exhibition dedicated to the Presidency of the Republic of BiH 1992-1995 opened
In the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), an exhibition called "How to preserve united and multi-ethnic BiH- Presidency of the Republic of BiH 1992-1995" was shown on Tuesday…
How is preserved the Only Painting by Pablo Picasso in BiH?
Exactly five years ago, the revelation that painting “Head of a man,” that was found in the National Library in Kozarska Dubica is the original work of Pablo Picasso, attracted…
Green Key presented to Sarajevo Film Festival
The symbolic handing over of the Green Key from the manager of Porsche BH, Senad Olovčić, to the director of the Sarajevo Film Festival, Jovan Marjanović, marked the beginning of…
Sarajevo Film Festival announces New Development Award
Sarajevo Film Festival is honored to announce a new development award - Female Voices CineLink Award (€10,000 in cash) presented by the Slovenian Film Centre Sarajevo Film Festival is honored…
Seventeen Nominees for the Heart of Sarajevo Awards for TV series of the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival
This year, 17 series from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Slovenia entered in the competition for the Heart of Sarajevo awards for the TV series…
From Censorship to hate Speech, “Quo Vadis, Aida?” a Year later
After numerous messages of hatred, threats, and censorship of ruling politicians, pro-government media, and part of the public in Republika Srpska (RS) and Serbia towards the actors and director of…
Milorad Kolovic is the only Souvenir Maker in Srebrenica
Milorad Kolovic, the guardian of the started spa facilities at the spring of Crni Guber in Srebrenica, does not sit idly by at work. Although he is a locksmith by…
War Childhood Museum opens Exhibition at Council of Europe
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, is hosting a pop-up exhibition to underline the necessity of having the voices of children affected by war heard. She…
Citizens at the Partisan Memorial Cemetery: This is a Fight for Freedom
On the occasion of the devastation of the Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar, a group of citizens gathered in the Association of anti-fascists and fighters of the national liberation war…
Medieval Tombs found during Construction Work in BiH
At the Stupic site in Gracanica, Bugojno municipality, during excavations in the yard of a private house, several tombs were found that are believed to date from the Middle Ages.…
The Cathedral Church in Sarajevo is marking the 150th Anniversary
Today, the 150th anniversary of the consecration of the Cathedral Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God in Sarajevo will be marked. On that occasion, a…
UNICEF, USAID Representatives delivered ICT Sets for 25 Schools in BiH
UNICEF and USAID representatives delivered ICT sets for 25 schools of Tuzla Canton, within the Project “Strengthening Social and Health Protection in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bosnia and…
The largest film Screen in the Region was set in Sarajevo
The Open Air Programme this year, in addition to the opening film: TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund, also includes films THE CARD COUNTER by Paul Joseph Schrader, THE HUNT…
Sad Anniversary: Ten Years have passed since Nisvet Dzanko left us
Ten years have passed since Nisvet Dzanko, the legendary television host and the editor of the “Positive geography” series, which was broadcasted on Federal Television for years, left us forever.…
The Mural dedicated to the legendary General Jovan Divjak painted
The mural dedicated to the legendary General of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Jovan Divjak was painted at the Children's Home in Grbavica, the former Home…
Event “The Arezzo Flag Bearers in Sarajevo” held with artistic Performance
The event "Waving of the Arezzo flag in Sarajevo" was held yesterday in Sarajevo on the square across from the City Hall, which marked the beginning of the celebration of…
Over Hundred Years old two confessional Cemetery found in BiH
A few days ago, the cleaning of the old two confessional cemetery, which is more than a hundred years old, began. With the industrialization of Zenica, the monuments of Catholics…
Lejla’s wool Products are on the Shelves of the Markets in the Region
After an unusual story was published in news about Lejla Mandzuka-Smajic from Travnik, who processes wool according to the old principle, business offers began to arrive. Pramenka sheep wool products…
Humanitarian Exhibition ”Art for Ukraine – Let Humanity win”
''Art za Ukrajinu - Da humanost pobijedi'' (Art for Ukraine: Let humanity win) is the title of a humanitarian exhibition held yesterday at the History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina…
Haviv and Knight on BiH and Ukraine: There are Monuments to Wars, not to Peace
''The war in Ukraine bears many similarities to the break-up of Yugoslavia, especially images of ethnic cleansing,'' photographer Ron Haviv told Radio Free Europe (RFE). Haviv is a world-renowned war…
Embroidery in BiH – a sense of Identity and Continuity
”Banja Luka’s embroidery (in Bosnian: keranje) has somehow just fallen into the domain of my interest sinceit provides a sense of identity and continuity. It promotes respect for cultural diversity…
Sarajevo Haggadah is a Manuscript written on Parchment, with superb Illuminations
Originating in Northern Spain in the second half of the 14th century, the “Sarajevo Haggadah” – a manuscript written on parchment, with superb illuminations – is, since the end of…
The Stolac Area has been inhabited by Humans for at least 18.000 Years
Next week, the archeological research of the Paleolithic site Badanj near Stolac will be completed, which has so far confirmed some earlier interpretations, but also led to some new conclusions.…
A Waiter from BiH donated Savings of 20.000 Coins
When celebrating a birthday, most people blow out the candles on the cake and are proud of the expensive gifts, but the waiter from Banja Luka, Bojan Marceta, noble and…
Garibija: Life in the Neighborhoods was special in Ramadan
Sarajevo architect Mufid Garibija recalls that Sarajevo once had 104 neighborhoods (mahala) of about 50 houses. Each was named after its waqif. The mahala had to have its own masjid,…
Thirty Years ago, the first Journalist Victim of the war in BiH was Kjasif Smajlovic
The first journalist victim of the war in BiH was Kjasif Smajlovic, the correspondent of Oslobodjenje from Zvornik. On the 9th of April 1992, Serbian military and paramilitary forces entered…
Symbol of Sarajevo: Bistrik Railway Station once again shone with its old Splendor
''In the presence of a large number of guests and citizens, the renovated Bistrik Railway Station Building, one of the recognizable symbols of the city of Sarajevo and a national…
Good and Bad Events happened on the Day of the City of Sarajevo
A multitude of bad and good events are tied for 6th April in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Thus, this day celebrates the 75th anniversary of the liberation…
Rich cultural, artistic Program on the Occasion of the Thirty Anniversary of Sarajevo Siege
On the occasion of April 6th – the Day of Sarajevo and the thirtieth anniversary of the beginning of the siege, Mayor Benjamina Karic presented yesterday a rich cultural, artistic,…
Paul Lowe, Author of ‘Exhibition ‘Siege”: This is a Story of incredible Courage
Yesterday, the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the siege of Sarajevo began with an exhibition by Paul Lowe entitled “Siege” in the Sarajevo City Hall. Paul…
Vizier’s Shop in the Bezistan of Travnik’s Colorful Mosque a Place where good People meet
The renovation of the Colorful Mosque in Travnik brought with it some novelties. One of them is the Vizier's shop, located in the bezistan of this mosque, where people will…
A rich three-Day Program was presented on the Occasion of Day of Sarajevo
On the occasion of April 6th - the Day of Sarajevo and the thirtieth anniversary of the beginning of the siege, Mayor Benjamina Karic presented yesterday a rich cultural, artistic,…
Do you know the Story of Despic Family in Sarajevo?
The Despićs have long been one of the wealthiest and most prominent Serb families in Sarajevo. The progenitor of the family was Risto Sljepčević, who is believed to have moved…
A Message of Peace and Support for Ukraine was sent from Mostar: Young People do not want War
''We gathered in Mostar to send messages of peace, tolerance,and respect, '' said Martin Mikulic, president of the Croatian Student Political Science Forum (HSPF), at a peace parade thatwas aimed…
Sarajevo Film Festival joins Ukraine to its regional programmes
As an international film festival with a focus on the Southeast Europe region, the Sarajevo Film Festival joins Ukraine to its official programmes: Competition programmes for feature, documentary, short and…
Returnees to Podrinje built a House for Brothers
People of goodwill with pure hearts, ready to help still exist. They are rare, but there are some of them left, somewhere among us. This time, the returnees to Podrinje…
After a two-Year Break, ”Cimburijada” held in Zenica
The first day of spring was welcomed by the people of Zenica on Kamberovica polje, on the shores of river Bosna, and with the traditional dish cimbur - after a…
Exhibition of Photographs by Children from the Reception Center “Borici”
The Bihac Cultural Center, in cooperation with United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), organized an exhibition of photographic works of children housed in the Temporary Reception Center Borici as part of…
Homeland Museum as a Guardian of the Past of Gorazde and its Surroundings
Gorazde is a city that boasts a rich past, as evidenced by numerous monuments and material remains of life in the area. In order to properly collect, process, and present…