Open call for Western Balkans Youth Team: Sarajevo Film Festival In Youth Eyes

Sarajevo Film Festival provides an opportunity for young people from the Western Balkans to visit Sarajevo, meet their peers, research, observe and learn about our communities and others through films, discussions, but also by walking through the streets of Sarajevo in some of its best moments.

The Western Balkans Youth Team will attend film screenings as part of the festival's Dealing with the Past program, participate in panel discussions with film producers and create content for social media platforms in order to present their experience and vision of the history, stories, youth activism of Sarajevo, film festival, dialogue, and networking.

This joint project is a synergy of valuable and renowned partners in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It aims to create opportunities for young people from the Western Balkans to be mobile, creative, and involved, because they are the drivers for a better region and an intercultural community.

The program will host 25 young participants from the Western Balkans in the Youth Team under the following criteria:

• Residents from Albania, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, or Serbia (collectively called contracting parties);

• Ages 18 to 25;

• Motivated to be part of the whole project by contributing to teamwork and to write stories for the Dealing with the Past website and create content for social media platforms;

 • Inspired to participate in accordance with the agreed program of the Sarajevo Film Festival and to write an article about their experience after returning to their local communities;

• They can attend the "Dealing with the Past" program from August 12 to 17, 2023;

• They had not traveled before or had fewer opportunities to travel outside their cities/countries.

• They will participate in a special episode of the show "Perspective."

The organizer covers the travel and accommodation costs of the participants. Interested candidates should apply by July 1, 2023.

 The 29th Sarajevo Film Festival will be held from August 11 to 18, 2023.

You can apply HERE. For more information, write to dwp(at)sff.ba

* This designation does not call into question the positions on status and is in accordance with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ opinion on the Declaration of Independence of Kosovo.