Bosnia and Herzegovina

Successful premiere of the play COMEDY ABOUT GROWING UP (burlesque)

Banja Luka, February 5 and 6, 2023

On the stage of the Dis Theater, another of the unusually tailor-made plays was created, which "at first sight" found its way to the hearts of the audience. It is about the author's burlesque reflection on the topic of male-female relationships. In a one-hour game (because what is shown borders on a playful, unrestrained game of curious people).

The play "Comedy about growing up" (Parental attention 15+), introduces us to two wonderful actresses who bare their lives in a one-hour performance.

The show is comical, playful and immensely entertaining and we are sure it will make you laugh, cry and feel life to its fullest.

Reserve your seats as soon as possible, because for this performance, tickets will be asked for more

excel in the play:

Anja Banjac and

Jelena Lena Marković

and the direction and adaptation of famous human and acting experiences is signed by: Novica Bogdanović

for those more curious…..

Burlesque is a type of comedy that engages in parody or exaggeration of reality for laughs. The goal of burlesque is to criticize social norms, politics or culture through a humorous approach. Like all burlesques, ours is distinctly and inexplicably caricatured and satirical in that it wants to tell you everything you were not allowed to ask about theater, emotions, love and the environment in which we live...

Dis - Theater Banja Luka

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Sarajevo Meeting of Cultures

The "Wartime Love" project was conceived as a project that, through culture and various artistic expressions, shows wartime Sarajevo through the love and freedom of couples who immortalized their love during the war in the period from 1992 to 1995.

In Sarajevo, concerts, exhibitions, plays and films were spiritual food that diverted citizens' thoughts from everyday horrors and created a positive environment in which they met, socialized and fell in love.

Thousands of people in the period from 1992. to 1995. put their hands on their hearts and recited the love hymn "yes", daring to go into the unknown and face the coming storms together, expecting a rainbow after the rain.

And after so many years, we fondly remember those beautiful moments that changed our emotions during the war, when we found happiness in misfortune, shared fear and uncertainty, a litre of water, a cigar, a warm brick under the quilt, lentils, beans, macaroni, canned food, " lunch" packages and tabasco. We shared love.

Courageous marriages in Sarajevo were the inspiration for many texts, sung songs, written books, untold stories that we will experience again at your exhibition. This is an opportunity for your love and brave story to be told and turned into an exhibition, marked by the music of that era. We believe that each story is different and special, and will enrich the collection of stories that celebrate the power of love.

Your stories*, as well as scanned photos from the 1992 – 1995. Period.

You can send via email to the address:

info@smoc.ba

until February 15. 2023, in order to participate in the magnificent exhibition and event in May 2024! We are delighted to have the opportunity to hear your story!

We use this opportunity to thank the representative in the Sarajevo Canton Assembly, Prof. dr. Sanela Klarić for the initiative and the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Sarajevo Canton for their support. Association "Sarajevo meeting of cultures" is looking forward to the implementation of this project and is looking forward to your stories and photos.

*The accompanying text with the photo that you submit to us should not be longer than 700 characters.

#profdrsanelaklaric #vladaKS #ministarstvokultureisport

The 16th Days of Theater in Vitez, B&H began: standing ovations at the premiere of the play "Koko at School" by GKM Vitez

The 16th Days of Theater "Vitez 2024" began with the premiere of the play "Koko at School" of the City Youth Theater Vitez on Sunday evening, September 1.

The audience once again filled the theater hall in Vitez, and all visitors, especially the youngest ones, truly enjoyed the school adventure of Koko the clown. "Koko at School" is an interactive clown game for children, which follows the clown Koko Umbrella in his adventure on the first day of school. Koko the clown explores the cheerful aspects of student life through various obstacles, which he more or less successfully solves with his clownish manner.

"We opened another theater day in Vitez in the most beautiful way possible. Our Sunčica shined for the umpteenth time on the boards that mean life, and I congratulate her on this as well. I am overjoyed that we got another play that will be played a lot, to the joy and satisfaction of the audience wherever it appears. Thank you to the audience for the exceptional visit, but also to our patrons, without whom we would not be able to make such a meaningful theater festival. Finally, I especially want to greet all the participants of this year's theater days in Vitez with the message that we are looking forward to them," said Ivan Sajević, head of GKM Vitez.

Clown Koko was brilliantly embodied by Sunčica Strukar, a graduated actress and member of GKM Vitez, whom the audience brought back to the stage several times after the performance with applause and cheers. A large number of the audience, especially the youngest, took the opportunity to send congratulations, but also to take a picture with Koko Suncobrana, who has already become a favorite character of the children at the premiere performance.

Sunčica Strukar plays in the play, who also signs the direction. The executive producer of the play is Ivan Sajević, and Franko Bralo is in charge of the technique. Graphic design is signed by Damir Šakalo.

The performance "Koko at School" is an excellent prelude to the beginning of theater days in Vitez, but also the beginning of the new school year. Minister Bojan Domić, who attended the performance, also sent his congratulations to all who are starting the new school year today, especially first-year students. Also, Minister Domić took the opportunity to congratulate the theater actors from Vitez for their great work and the many successes they are achieving.

The organizers of the 16th Theater Day "Vitez 2024" are the City Youth Theater Vitez and the "Enter" Youth Association, and the audience will have the opportunity to see a total of 16 performances. The patrons of this year's theater days in Vitez are the Ministry of Education, Science, Youth, Culture and Sports KSB and the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sports.

The 48th Mostar Theater Festival begins

Tomorrow, August 25th, the 48th Mostar Theater Festival - Festival of Author's Poetics, which will last until August 31st, will begin under the motto "Conquest of Freedom" in Mostar.

At the festival, 8 performances from Zagreb, Banja Luka, Sarajevo, Kakanj, Bugojno and Mostar will be performed, and in addition to the performances, there will also be a ceremonial awarding of the award for artistic courage named after eMTeeM's actress Amra Prutina, who died early, and the award "Light Mostar", which is essentially an award for life's work.

The festival program will be followed by an expert jury that will award 5 equal "Mravac" awards, and an award for dramaturgy named after the long-time dramaturg-collaborator of eMTeeM Ljubica Ostojić, and from this year also an audience jury that will award an award for the acting performance of the evening every evening. and at the end of the Festival, declare the best performance as chosen by the audience.

"This year's festival is being held under pressure due to the possibility of losing the stage, because the deadline for paying the remaining rent obligations is the last day of the festival," said the Mostar Youth Theater.

(FENA)

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