Mirsad Purivatra

A documentary about the close ties that grew between Sarajevo rock musicians and the Irish band U2 during the Bosnian capital's 1992-1995 siege has opened the city's annual film festival, with U2 members Bono and The Edge as star guests.

Two feature films dealing with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on peoples' lives and economy on Aug. 13 opened the Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF), the largest film showcase in a region spreading from Vienna to Istanbul.

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This year's edition includes a programme of over 260 films from 56 countries, and will include 52 premieres.

The 23rd edition of the annual Sarajevo Film Festival opens on Friday, August 11, with a screening of Aki Kaurismaki's latest film The Other Side of Hope at the National Theatre and the Raiffeisen Open Air Cinema in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo.

The organizers of the annual Antalya Film Festival, which will be carried out from October 21-27 this year, have decided to merge the national and international contest categories.

The 21st Sarajevo Film Festival closed on Saturday night with a ceremony at which the Heart of Sarajevo award for the best film was given to the Turkish director Deniz Gamze Erguven.  

Celebrating two decades of regional film connections

Created as an act of resistance to the siege of the city during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, the Sarajevo Film Festival opened on Aug. 15 to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

DNEVNI AVAZ

While hundreds of criminal science experts wait unemployed, Rabija Campara from the Sarajevo Canton Interior Ministry does not want to retire. It is known that she has been influencing the Sarajevo police from the shadow for years. Campara family is controlled by the Izetbegovics.

OSLOBODJENJE

The Bosnian capital is getting ready to roll out the red carpet for the 20th Sarajevo Film Festival, which starts on August 15 and lasts nine days.

Around 250 films from 60 countries will be screened for thousands of visitors who will be coming from all over the region and beyond.