Canton 10 is the largest of the cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by area and eighth by population. It mainly covers an area of the historical and geographical region of Tropolje. The local government seat is in Livno, while the assembly is in Tomislavgrad.
The Sarajevo Canton, officially the Canton of Sarajevo is one of 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its cantonal seat is the city of Sarajevo, also the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Sarajevo War Theatre is a theatre in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded on 17 May 1992 on the initiative of Dubravko Bibanović, Gradimir Gojer, Đorđe Mačkić and Safet Plakalo during the infamous Siege of Sarajevo. It was a gathering place for theatre professionals and Academy of Performing Arts students for the duration of the war. Today, it is a commercial theatre and the premium experimental showcase in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is one of the venues for the MESS International Theatre Festival and the sole venue for the Open University of Sarajevo.
Zoran Bečić was one of the most prominent artists of the Bosnian theatrical community in the 20th century.
Dragan Marinković "Maca" is a Bosnian actor and TV personality.
Emir Hadžihafizbegović is a Bosnian theater, film, television actor and part-time politician. He has appeared in over 50 films such as When Father Was Away on Business (1985), Remake (2003), Fuse (2003), Days and Hours (2004), The Border Post (2006), Grbavica (2006), Armin (2007), Death of a Man in the Balkans (2012) and These Are the Rules (2014).
Ljubica Ostojić is a Bosnian poet, writer and playwright from Bosnia and Herzegovina. She writes in Croatian language and teaches dramaturgy at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. She was born on 20 March 1945 in Belgrade, and moved with her parents in the same year to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Jasna Šamić is a Bosnian and French writer, author of books written both in the French and Bosnian language.
Mostar Youth Theatre is a city-sponsored community theatre located in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded on February 24, 1974. The work of MTM includes a practical drama education for children and young people as well as production of theatre shows.
Gradimir Gojer is a Bosnian theater director and writer who was born in Mostar. He studied and earned a degree in directing and literature from the University of Sarajevo. He has directed in some of the largest Bosnian theaters and many of the regional ones, such as in Belgrade, Serbia; Bitola, Macedonia and Split, Croatia.
Jasna Diklic is a Bosnian theatre and film actress. She was born in Sarajevo. Her mother was also an actress and a puppeteer. Diklić's first theatre experiences began at MESS Festival's experimental theatre studio, after which she proceeded to study acting at the Department of Performing Arts in Sarajevo.
Zlatko Topčić is a Bosnian screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He has written a number of films, including: Remake, The Abandoned, Miracle in Bosnia; theater plays: Time Out, I Don't Like Mondays, Refugees; novels: The Final Word, Dagmar, Nightmare.
Besim Mehmedić is a Bosnian politician. He was the 8th Prime Minister of the Sarajevo Canton from 2009 to 2011, the director of the Sarajevo Institute for Urbanization from 2002 to 2004 and the Minister of Transport in the government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 to 2005. He was born in Sarajevo, where he completed his primary and highschool education, before graduating from the Faculty of Architecture Sarajevo, University of Sarajevo in 1979.
Refugees is a drama by Bosnian writer Zlatko Topčić. It is written in Bosnian and English and was published in 1999. The theater play, directed by Gradimir Gojer, was premiered the same year in Kamerni teatar 55.
Gordana Boban is a Bosnian actress. She graduated in Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo in class of professor Boro Stjepanović.
Silvertown is a drama by Bosnian writer Zlatko Topčić. It is bilingual, written in both Bosnian and English, and was published in 2016. The play had its 2011 premiere, directed by Sulejman Kupusović, in Chamber Theater 55. It received great ratings from audiences and critics.
Jasna Beri is a Bosnian actress. She appeared in more than forty films since 1975.
The MESS International Theatre Festival (MESS) is a theatre festival that takes place annually in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the oldest living theatre festival in the Balkans, programming international experimental performances and emerging artists. MESS was the largest theatre festival in the Former Yugoslavia and was named one of Living Theatre's international showcases in 1974. It surived the Siege of Sarajevo, during which it hosted directors such as Susan Sontag and Peter Schumann. It organized the first edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival in 1993 and still acts as a collective board member today. Today it is the largest theatre festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of the largest in South-Eastern Europe. In 2009 it expanded its activities to the city of Zenica, which now hosts parts of the regional program.
FEDU is an annual children's art festival held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is held in May, lasts for six days and showcases extensive performing arts, literary and music programs from around the world. Furthermore, it organizes numerous workshops for children between the ages of 6 and 14. The festival was established in 2015 by a team headed by children's writer Fahrudin Kučuk in cooperation with the government of the Sarajevo Canton. The main festival venue is the Sarajevo National Theatre. The festival has hosted productions from over 20 countries. It is the only international children's art festival in the Balkans.
Juventafest is an international theatre festival that takes place annually in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It exclusively programs high school theatre productions and is held in September. The festival was established in 2013 by a group of Bosnian theatre professionals headed by acclaimed actress Jasna Diklić. It also organizes various workshops and interactive lectures aimed at high school drama groups, amateur student actors and high school drama teachers. It has hosted theatre productions from over 30 countries.
