30% Cash Rebate – Filming in Sarajevo

  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…

The Cinema Night attracts over 3,500 visitors

The Cinema Night organized by Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film for the first time took place on 28th December 2021, symbolically on the date when the Lumiere brothers held the first cinema screening in the world in Paris in 1895. This holiday season, the Cinema Night event, as a gift to the audience, for one…

Cinema Night in Sarajevo

  Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film is organizing the Cinema Night as a special event that will take place for the first time on 28th December 2021 as a gift to Sarajevo audience. This holiday season, on the Cinema Night we will open Sarajevo cinemas to our citizens and tourists and invite them to enjoy…

Sarajevo at the Third Forum of UNESCO Film Cities in Bitola

Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film participates at the Third Forum of UNESCO Film Cities in Bitola, North Macedonia, on October 28th and 29th, 2021. The Forum on “Creative Industries – The Future of Cultural and Creative Economies / Covid-19 Challenges” brings together representatives of UNESCO Film Cities from around the world and local representatives active…

Sarajevo at the 2021 Busan Inter-City Film Festival

This year, Sarajevo participates at the Busan Inter-City Film Festival for the second time, as part of the international cooperation of UNESCO Film Cities. The 5th edition of the Busan Inter-City Film Festival brings 27 short films from 14 cities: Bitola, Bradford, Busan, Fukuoka, Lodz, Potsdam, Rome, Santos, Sarajevo, Sydney, Tainan, Valladolid, Yamagata and Wellington.…

BIKY Film Festival Poster Competion Winner

Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film invited children of Sarajevo to participate in the poster drawing competition of the 16th Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival (BIKY) in 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…

BIKY Film Festival Poster Competition

Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film invites Sarajevo children to participate in children’s festival poster competition for the 16th Busan International Kid and Youth Film Festival (South Korea). We invite children 5 to 12 years old to draw their ideas on the topic “We in Nature“ and how to hang out with friends in nature in…

Sarajevo participates at the Rome City of Film Cinedays 2020

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…