The fourth annual Sarajevo Film Festival kicked off on August 21 at its largest venue, a 2,500-seat open-air theater, with a screening of Armageddon. Sitting in the cool air of the summer evening among the enthusiastic capacity crowd, a few first-time visitors to Sarajevo felt uneasy watching major urban centers obliterated onscreen in a city still pockmarked with bullet holes and mortar blasts. Later, the opening-night party - a fully catered affair with techno DJ - was held in the burned-out shell of the... More >>>