Sarajevo Documentary Focuses on the Struggles of War

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Wed, 08/30/2023 - 12:14 -- Nick Dager

One of this year's most talked-about documentaries opened the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival, with a surprise appearance by a certain famous Irish rock band and a little help from their cinema technology friends. 

One of this year's most talked-about documentaries opened the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival, with a surprise appearance by a certain famous Irish rock band and a little help from their cinema technology friends. Kiss the Future, a documentary about the war and life in Sarajevo, artists struggling to survive and the involvement and support of U2, opened the Sarajevo Film Festival on August 11.

The director Nenad Cicin-Sain was joined on the red carpet by U2's Bono and The Edge as the surprise guests.

Pero Bilanovic from CinemaNext Austria and a team of experienced technicians from the region worked tirelessly to ensure that everything was running smoothly for the red-carpet premiere, as well as for the rest of the festival.Behind the scenes, the gala event held at Metalac Open Air cinema venue and other screenings of the film were made to look and sound as good as possible through the cooperation between cinema operator Cineplexx and Cinionic, who provided nine Barco SP4K and Barco SP2K projectors to be implemented in Cineplexx sites after their use during the festival.

CinemaNext was the festival’s integrator, pulling it all together.

Pero Bilanovic from CinemaNext Austria and a team of experienced technicians from the region worked tirelessly to ensure that everything was running smoothly for the red-carpet premiere, as well as for the rest of the festival.

The 29th Sarajevo Film Festival ended August 18.