The Sarajevo Film Festival today canceled all screenings and events after the Bosnia and Herzegovina government declared August 16 a day of mourning. The reason for this was the murders in the city of Gradacac. Write about it Term.
A few days ago, the criminal Nermin Suleimanovich brutally suppressed his wife Nizama Kechimovich live on Instagram * (Meta Platforms Inc. and social networks Facebook and Instagram are prohibited in Russia. – Approx. BURO.). Authorities said about 12,000 people watched the broadcast of the murder.
Festival organizers said all film screenings, seminars, lectures and presentations were cancelled. The only event that took place today was a discussion called Femicide in Cinema, Television and New Media. At the meeting, artistic representations of violence against women were discussed.
The festival said in a statement: “On this day of mourning, we cry and stand in solidarity with all victims of violence against women.”
We will remember that earlier it became known that Wes Anderson will receive an honorary award at another film festival – Venice. This year the fair will be held from August 30 to September 9.
