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this year the award “Honorary heart of Sarajevo” for outstanding contribution to cinema goes to Mads Mikkelsen – Danish and Hollywood film actor who has received world popularity after starring in the television series “Hannibal” and the movie “Casino “the Grand Piano” and “Hunting”. In 2019 it was awarded to Tim Roth, and Isabelle Huppert. It was previously awarded to Oliver stone and Robert de Niro.

festival Director Mirsad purivatra the stresses that today, SFF is in the top five most prestigious film festivals in Europe. “From the first day of summer festival, organized by the us before the end of the siege of the city (1995), to date the international film festival in Sarajevo, developed in accordance with the objectives that we set back in the front 90-years of last century, – he says. One of our main tasks was the development of national and regional cinema, as well as providing support to talented young writers.”

meanwhile, Sarajevo – a city referred to only as “the European Jerusalem”, where there are Islam and Christianity, East and West; a city with a unique history, evidence of multiple sites, the variety and number of which rightfully puts it on par with the world’s key tourist destinations.

“Sarajevo is the place where You will say that it is unique, maybe the only place in the entire history of mankind East and West “kiss”. However, they did not like the light, and how culture and civilization. Sarajevo, as the poets, this kiss was born, and in this single love, and diversity has grown and turned into a European jewel – a real European Jerusalem. In Sarajevo You will feel like home no matter where You come from”, – stressed the mayor of the Bosnian capital Abdulah Gallop.

In an exclusive interview to “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”, the Russian Ambassador to BiH Petr Ivantsov said that Bosnia and Herzegovina is a small country but in terms of diversity of what it has to offer the tourist, she will clearly stand out. “Here everyone can find something to your taste, from active recreation in the form of skiing and rafting, to religious pilgrimages, gastronomic tourism and the beach – said a senior diplomat. – So tourism potential is significant, especially if you combine it with the capabilities of its neighbors – Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia, which, incidentally, is a much more mastered by the Russian tourists than Bosnia and Herzegovina, probably due to logistics capabilities. Unfortunately, there is still no regular direct flights between Russia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, I believe that this is a key factor that the country remains insufficiently noticed ro��Russian tourist. Heard about the plans and local and domestic airlines launching direct flights between our countries, but to implement, unfortunately, it has not yet reached”.