Culture

Fall in love with your eyes closed – Festival Merlinka for the sixth time in Sarajevo

From 26th until 27th January Sarajevo Open Centre will, for the sixth time, organize and host the International Festival of Queer Film Merlinka at the Art Cinema Kriterion in...

Our personal is political too: About fear, activism and visibility

On the second day of Merlinka Festival, held on 28th of January in Art Cinema Kriterion, panel discussion named Our personal is political too was held. Naida Kučukalić was...

They care: What messages did famous persons send out from Merlinka Festival

Last Saturday, International Queer Film Festival Merlinka closed its doors for the fifth time. This year, there was record attendance of over 500 people. In the attendance there...

Who is still afraid of… winter – Festival Merlinka for the fifth time in Sarajevo

his year’s Sarajevo edition of Merlinka has a different program than the Belgrade one – including movie premieres, an exhibition, a discussion about bodies in the public...

For merit and motivation: Prizes awarded for the promotion of human rights of LGBTI persons in BiH

SOC is awarding prizes for the second year in a row for the promotion of human rights of LGBTI persons in BiH. The award is given to persons/institutions and media/journalists...

Queer Film Festival „Merlinka“ slowly taking over Bosnia and Herzegovina

International Film Festival „Merlinka“ that was first organized in Belgrade back in 2009, began and continued as a film festival that promotes films with gay, lesbian and...