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Sarajevo Film Festival Gets Dramatic Facelift for Historic 30th Edition With New Event and Industry Hub: ‘We Are Fully Focused on the Future’
The mid-summer event is relocating its key activity from Sarajevo's historic Old Town to its modern center as the fest focuses on 'the next 30 years.'
For a richly pedigreed event that is intimately woven into the fabric of its host city, the Sarajevo Film Festival could be forgiven for resting on its laurels and choosing its 30th edition as an opportunity to look back — to reflect on its storied beginnings during the four-year siege that all but reduced the Bosnian capital to rubble in the early-1990s. Instead, the organizers are introducing sweeping changes that will alter the look and feel of the event moving forward, with the nucleus of festival activities shifting from its historic home in the heart of Sarajevo’s old town to the modern part of the city. Meanwhile, the Hotel Europe — an iconic, 140-year-old building dating back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire — will no longer serve as the focal point for the CineLink industry program, ceding that honor to downtown’s sleek, modern, glass-and-steel Swissotel.
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