On Tuesday, 15 December 2020, UNESCO Cities of Film from around the world came together to share an open conversation on challenges and opportunities of the audiovisual sector in the COVID-19 times and beyond. Representatives of six UNESCO Cities of Film (Bradford, Busan, Mumbai, Rome, Sarajevo and Terrassa) took this opportunity to discuss the impact…
The Busan Inter-City Film Festival that celebrates the UNESCO City of Film Busan designation and fosters cooperation between Cities of Film within the UNESCO Creative Cities Network this year was organized both onsite and online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s 4th edition of the Festival screened 17 diverse short films from UNESCO Cities…
On Thursday 26th November 2020, UNESCO Cities of Film from around the world came together to deliver an online forum to discuss film education and media literacy. The event was an opportunity to share knowledge and good practice and help each other to use the power of the moving image as a key tool to…
Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film participated at the Second Forum of UNESCO Creative Cities in Bitola, 25-28 August 2020, which was organized this year as a combined onsite and online event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The forum brought together representatives of UNESCO Cities of Film as well as representatives of local institutions, NGOs and…
New website www.citiesoffilm.org is launched connecting all 18 cities in the world that have the UNESCO City of Film status within the global UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Sarajevo joined the cities with this prestigious status in October 2019. The joint website will contribute to having a closer international cooperation among the cities as well…
The constituent meeting of the Advisory Board of Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film was held on 15 July 2020 gathering all members Abdulah Skaka, Sarajevo City Mayor, Kenan Alikadic, Sarajevo Canton Minister of Culture and Sports, Jovan Marjanovic, Head of Industry of the Sarajevo Film Festival, Elma Tataragic, President of the Association of Filmmakers in…
Sarajevo Canton Minister of Culture and Sports Kenan Alikadic announced that cash rebate scheme will be introduced soon for film and TV production in the Sarajevo Canton. The cash rebate scheme is envisaged in the mid-term action plan of Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film whose main objective is the development of film and TV production…
Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film invited children of Sarajevo to participate in the poster drawing competition of the 15th Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, South Korea. The competition was announced as international cooperation of all 18 UNESCO Cities of Film in the world today. Children from 5 to 12 years of age were…
The Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film team, during their stay at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, where the first international promotion of the Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film status was held, visited the City of Potsdam, which was also designated as a UNESCO City of Film in October 2019, together with Sarajevo, Mumbai,…
The first international promotion of Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film was held in February 2020 in Berlin at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. The reception was attended by numerous guests, including representatives of international film festivals, film professionals and authors from the region and the world. Sarajevo City Mayor Abudulah Skaka, Sarajevo…