According to last year’s data available to the Sarajevo Canton Tourist Board, about 30,000 visitors came just for the Sarajevo Film Festival – said today the president of the Sarajevo Canton Tourist Board, Haris Fazlagić, speaking about the importance of the SFF for the city’s tourist offer.
He pointed out that last year all capacities were filled, and that this is expected this year as well, with accommodation capacities and tourist offers growing. As for the Tourist Association of KS, as he stated, the record has already been broken, pointing out that the best part of the season is now coming with SFF.
The Minister of Culture and Sports of the Canton of Sarajevo, Kenan Magoda, assessed that the Sarajevo Film Festival is a true miracle, and that Sarajevo is the epicenter of the world during the festival days.
– I am happy that this is a special film festival for the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Sarajevo Canton. At the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival, we will have 13 series and films supported by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Bosnia and Herzegovina – said Magoda, stressing that this ministry will continue to be the wind at BiH’s back. cinematography because BH. the movie deserves it.
Director of SFF, Jovan Marjanović, speaking about the Open air program, said that it is the program that is the most massive and popular.
The Open Air program of the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival includes 15 films, including the film “After the Summer” by Danis Tanović, which will have its world premiere on August 16 and open the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival.
This program, Marjanović reminded, has been extended to the location of the Stari Grad Summer Cinema since last year.
As Marjanović said, Open Air will be a mix of premieres of domestic and foreign films, as well as previously shown classics.
The program in the Stari Grad Summer Cinema will be dedicated to films from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region, and the Coca Cola Summer Cinema will offer film novelties from around the world as well as film classics.
From the Bosnia and Herzegovina authors in this program, the audience will have the opportunity to watch some other creations of Bosnia and Herzegovina in addition to Danis Tanović’s film. author. Films in this program will also be presented by Srđan Vuletić “Gym”, Emir Kapetanović “Santa Claus in Bosnia”, Faruk Sokolović “Backup”…
In memory of the academician Abdulah Sidran, on the eve of the start of the SFF, the film “Kuduz” by Ademir Kenović, for which Sidran wrote the script, will be shown.
Online ticket sales for films in the program of the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival for Mastercard card users begin at 3 p.m., and regular online ticket sales on Tuesday, August 6 at 3 p.m.
Physical ticket sales at the Main Box Office (Bosanski cultural center, Branilaca Sarajeva 24) will begin on August 12 at 10 a.m.
Source: federalna.ba
