Bosnie-Herzégovine

12th. Tuzla Film Festival

The 12th Tuzla Film Festival and the 25th International Documentary Film Festival ended with the jury members sitting and making decisions for the best film in the categories: feature, short, documentary, animated and future generation short films.

The jury for the feature and short film, which consisted of: Dejan Dabić, Mirza Ćatibušić, Maja Lasić and Mirvad Kurić, made the decision to award "Indigo Kristal" directed by Luka Mihailović to „Tuzla Film Festival Fairy“ for the best film.

According to the jury, the best short film is "The North Pole" directed by Marija Apčevska.

For the documentary and animated film, the Jury was composed of: Dragan Marinković, Jasmina Čelebić and Zoran Pavljašević, and the „TFF Fairy“ for the best documentary was awarded to the film "Marija+Toma" by Greta Rauleac, Eluned Zoe Aiano and Alesandra Tatić.

As part of the 25th International Documentary Film Festival, the Miner statue was awarded to the film: "Dosje Labudović-Nesvrstani" by Mile Turajlić.

The best animated film is "Y" by Mate Kovač. Blank Paper depicts the struggle between artistic composition and decomposition as the narrator-protagonist's voice recalls her tumultuous relationship with an ex-girlfriend.

In the Future generation short films category, the Jury was: Marijan Vujović, Damir Mahmutović and Igor Toholj, and made the decision that „TFF 12.Fairy“ belongs to the film "Let it be quiet" by Sara Horvatić from Croatia.

Also as part of the 5th Kids Tuzla Film Festival, the children's film Cvrčak i mravica, directed by Luka Rukavina and Dino Krpan (co-director), was shown. It is the first Croatian 3D animated film inspired by the famous Aesop's fable and Jean de La Fontaine's fairy tale, The Cricket and the Ant.

In addition to film content, workshops with film professionals were organized as part of the "Tuzla City of Film Culture" project, which can be viewed on the Tuzla Film Festival Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/tuzlafilmfestival

Films that were not shown at the Tuzla National Theatre, about 400 of them, will be available for viewing for free in the next month on the platform www.tuzlafilmfestival.com.

The festival is organized by Magic Factory in cooperation with the organizations Eventus and Human, and was supported by the Federal Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth. Foundation for Cinematography Sarajevo, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth TK, City of Tuzla, Tourist Board of City of Tuzla, JKP Vodovod Tuzla, Central Heating Tuzla, National Theater, Radio Kameleon and BIT Center.

Photos can also be downloaded from the Tuzla Film Festival Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/tuzlafilmfestival

The Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC) Sarajevo - B&H

A journey to Istanbul

In a powerful display of unity and support, we embarked on a journey to Istanbul alongside 15 mothers of Srebrenica and Srebrenica Memorial Center with the support of Türk İşbirliği ve Koordinasyon Ajansı Başkanlığı - TİKA and Bağcılar Belediyesi to shed light on the challenges women in Bosnia face and their relentless pursuit of justice. With our Mother's Scarf art installation and Scarves of Remembrance and Memento photo exhibition, we stand strong, determined to amplify their voices and honor their unwavering strength. With hearts full of gratitude, we bid farewell, carrying cherished memories. Thank you, Turkiye, for an unforgettable experience!

#PCRCBiH #SrebrenicaMothers #MothersScarf Tika Saraybosna

The Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC) Sarajevo

# SYS23

Youth school Srebrenica 2023.

Several international and local civil society organizations, as well as local and international experts, were part of #SYS23 which we organized in cooperation with Srebrenica Memorial Center, from July 7 to 14 this year.

We would like to thank International Commission on Missing Persons - ICMP, JU Fond Memorijala KS, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, United Nations in BiH, House of Good Tones, Evropska unija u Bosni i Hercegovini, Subjective Atlas Editions , Perspektiva, Dino Abazović (Univerzitet u Sarajevu), Hasan Hasanović (Srebrenica Memorial Center) and Tanya L. Domi (Columbia University ).

Special thanks go to our participants who came from all around the world to learn about prevention, genocide in Srebrenica, and experience firsthand the life in Srebrenica and Potočari, and another special thanks to our donors for guaranteeing that this school can happen! We bring you a glimpse of the atmosphere in the pictures below.

The 14th Days of Theatre "Vitez 2022" ended with the premiere of the play "Déjà vu" of the City Youth Theatre Vitez.

The young members of GKM Vitez successfully played their new hit show in front of a packed hall, which received a great reaction from the audience.

"This is a wonderful generation of our young actors, in whose play, on theatre boards throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina and surrounding countries, the audience will certainly enjoy a lot in the coming period. I am happy and proud, both because of the excellent premiere performance, and because of this year's theatre days, which were extremely high-quality and successful. Thank you to everyone who was part of our theatrical magic", said Ivan Sajević, head of GKM Vitez.

This time, the City Youth Theatre "Vitez" presented a teenage story set in a classroom during one school hour. Everything takes place during the strike of educators. It is the story of a high school class, their relationships, love woes and much more.

The play featured: Jelena Petrović, Ivana Stojak, Emin Šahdan, Katarina Petrović, Petra Pavlović, Marina Matijanić, Maria Nedić, Nikolina Kolak, Pavla Plavčić and Leo Lukić. The author of the text is Dukčin Dančika. Directed and adapted by Marko Mirković. The executive producer of the play is Ivan Sajević.

"It was wonderful to see a packed hall at the premiere of our new play. I would like to thank everyone in the theatre, our dear audience, and especially the ensemble of the play for a wonderful evening. We are looking forward to the new challenges and performances that await us", said the director of the play, Marko Mirković.

The theatre days were solemnly closed by Miralem Tursinović, the national coordinator of the ALF network of Bosnia and Herzegovina, saying that GKM Vitez is a prominent member of this network and that it is always a pleasure to watch great performances by young t actors from VItez , as well as full halls where they attract the audience with their performances.

This year's theatre days in Vitez offered the audience 12 theatre performances, and in addition to the host, GKM Vitez, theatre groups from Bjelovar, Sinj, Slavonski Brod, Hercegovac, Subotica, Šid, Obrenovac, Banja Luka, Tuzla, Travnik performed, among others. . The patrons of this year's, fourteenth in a row, Theatre Days in Vitez are the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Ministry of Education, Science, Youth, Culture and Sports KSB.

The winners of the IPC awards for contribution to humanism, human rights and freedom have been announced

President of the International Peace Center (IPC) Ibrahim Spahić announced that, traditionally on the occasion of Human Rights Day, this year's IPC Prize is awarded for the contribution of individuals and communities to humanism, human rights and freedom, peace and art in the country and the world, it was announced by the IPC- a.

This year's prize winners (Personalities) are UN Secretary Atonio Guterres for his contribution to public responsibility for the observance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, EFA Secretary General for the Affirmation of European Values Kathrin Deventer and artists who listen to the sounds/messages of the Earth Aisha and Leif Boman.

The institutions that received the award are the Sarajevo Philharmonic for the mission of music of peace, the Palermo Convention for rights in the Mediterranean and commitment to peace, freedom, health, nature and the fight for conflict prevention and youth, and Amnesty International for its contribution to the fight for human rights and freedoms.

Spahić reminded that thirty years ago the First UN Conference on Human Rights and Freedoms was held in Vienna in 1993, during the siege of Sarajevo and only one year after the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 and the year after that in Srebrenica. The world was then, as now, faced with the challenges of unfinished world wars and decolonization, according to the statement.

Spahić stated that the world is changing rapidly, and old/new conflicts and wars are being waged without pause according to the "divide and conquer" matrix. He believes that humanity is further and further away from its own principles from the UN Charter and the Declaration on Human Rights.

He stated that it is necessary to affirm, in every way, the contribution of every person and community that stands publicly in defense of human rights and freedoms and the dignity of life and opposes war, hatred and divisions on all grounds.

The world is burdened with diseases, problems of hunger and poverty, climate change, loss of natural balance and biodiversity, and is looking for a way out and exploring the bowels of the earth and oceans and the cosmos. Despite everything that is seen and felt day after day, the inexorable war mechanism and system of connecting vessels that connects the interests of the "powerful" does not stop anywhere because it is not "they and their children" who live in humanitarian breaks and corridors and "protected zones" but some other people and their children. Courage and wisdom is in building peace and defending freedom and is greater than any terror and violence - said Spahić.

source: federalna.ba/Fena

In Banja Luka, on March 30, the festival of optimism "Keza fest" was closed.

The Banja Luka audience had the opportunity to watch 9 extraordinary performances from Bugojno, Konjic, Tuzla, Vitez, Travnik, Zagreb, Belgrade and Banja Luka. Workshops for young actors, socializing with actors from the region were also organized in the Youth Center, and the audience could see an exhibition of young artists, enjoy the performances of DJs and musicians.

This year there are also the latest board games "Tropika".

The audience jury declared the most successful performance, "TAXIMETAR" (Co-production of GKM Vitez and HK Travnik)

The festival lasted from 24 to 30 March 2023.

The organizer of the festival is "Dis-teatar" with the support of the Banja Luka City Administration and the Bosnia and Herzegovina network of the Euro-Mediterranean Foundation "ALF".