Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film organized the Cinema Night on 27th December 2022, symbolically on the date when the Lumiere brothers held the first cinema screening in the world in Paris in 1895. The Cinema Night event for one night opens the doors of Sarajevo cinemas for citizens and visitors of Sarajevo to enjoy…
Today, on World Cities Day, Sarajevo marks the three-year anniversary of the prestigious title of Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film. „We are honored that we are recognized as a City of Film and that we are a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. This title is our responsibility and opportunity to use…
At the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival, the City of Sarajevo held a Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film reception. The reception was hosted by the City of Sarajevo Mayor Benjamina Karic who addressed the guests at the main Festival Square and emphasized the importance of the prestigious UNESCO City of Film status. “We are…
As part of the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival, at Cineplexx Sarajevo, Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film organized a reception “Promotion of Film Incentives in Sarajevo Canton – example of ILLYRICVM”. Conversation was followed by the screening of the film ILLYRICVM by Simon Bogojević Narath, the first film that used the incentives for filming in…
On the initiative of Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film, light installations by students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Sarajevo were installed in Radićeva Street during the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival. “Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film strives to connect film with other creative fields and to give young creatives the opportunity to realize…
The City of Sarajevo Mayor Benjamina Karić attended this year’s 75th Cannes Film Festival, which took place from 17th to 28th May 2022. Mayor Karić was invited to visit Cannes by the City of Cannes Mayor David Lisnard. The two Mayors met for the first time as representatives of the two cities that hold the…
Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film participated at the AI-NURECC PLUS SIDE EVENT on “Creative and Cultural Industries in the Adriatic-Ionian Region” that took place in Mostar, on the 6th of April 2022. In line with the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR), the conference brought together an excellent group of experts…
From 6th of April to 8th of May 33 short films produced as part of the Sarajevo City of Film project will be available free of charge to viewers worldwide at ondemand.kinomeetingpoint.ba. One short film will be posted each day on the online platform, which will be available to viewers for the next seven days…
Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film invited children of Sarajevo to participate in the poster drawing competition of the 17th Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival (BIKY) in South Korea. The competition was announced as part of international cooperation of UNESCO Creative Cities within the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Children from 5 to 12 years…
The Sarajevo Canton Government has introduced the incentive scheme for the production of audiovisual works in the Sarajevo Canton. Incentives for film production are introduced in order to encourage film production, create favorable conditions for the development of professions and projects in the field of film as well as to promote production and service…