International Festival Sarajevo Winter 2019 under the motto 'Noise and Fury'

SARAJevo, (Patria) - Director of the Sarajevo Winter festival Ibrahim Spahić announced a spectacular opening ceremony of the XXX SWF 2019 under the motto Noise and Fury. Artists from all continents are coming to, through creative noise and fury, from the White Tabby, City Hall and the National Theatre, on the unique stage of Sarajevo, the City of Museums, to celebrate the freedom of creation.

With a performance by artist Braco Dimitrijević involving 1000 participants and a performance by the State Dance Ensemble from Hungary, by opening the gallery, theatre and music doors of Sarajevo, we will send a message: No House is Too Small if the Family is Not Angry and on February 7, 2019, we will open the XXXV Sarajevo Winter.

The patron of SWF is Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO. SWF will also mark many significant anniversaries such as: 830 years of the Charter of Ban Kulin and 80 years of the Association Collegium Artisticum and will realize art workshops with guest artists.

More than a thousand artists from the world will be presented at the festival: literature and history, music, orchestras, soloists, theatre, drama, opera, ballet, contemporary dance, film and visual arts from Europe, Asia, North and South America and Australia.

The festival also organizes film weeks from Japan, Austria, Hungary and a Documentary Film Week. The festival represents a unique interactive stage for all generations and enriches and supports through its programs the preservation and protection of tangible and intangible heritage, cultural diversity, international cooperation and the development of cultural industries, tourism and aspirations to renew, through sports and events such as EYOF, the Olympic atmosphere of Sarajevo and BiH.

Hungary is the honorary guest of the XXXV SWF and the Hungarian Culture Week will be presented in cities of BiH until May 9, 2019, in cooperation with Sarajevo Winter.

Special guests at the Festival are the artists Nine Dragon Heads from South Korea who will, among other things, perform a Gala concert with the Sarajevo Philharmonic.

In partnership with the City of Sarajevo, PC-SWF is preparing to organize the Culture Olympics Sarajevo 2021.

The SWF 2019 Program, the SWF Directorate publishes the Program on the Festival website www.sarajevskazima.ba.