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Sarajevo's cinemas

Where Sarajevo watches film — from the first purpose-built cinema of 1912 to the SFF venues of the festival week. The films · The directors

Art Kino Kriterion

· current · Obala Kulina Bana 2 · 1 screen

Student-run art cinema, opened in 2006 to replace the old Kino Tesla.

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CineStar Sarajevo

· current · Džemala Bijedića 160, Bingo City Center · 10 halls, 1,381 seats

Bosnia's largest and most modern multiplex — first in the country with 4DX and ScreenX.

Audiences: The modern multiplex locals rank below the old Cinema City on price and nostalgia.

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Cinemas Sloga

· current · Mehmeda Spahe 20

A nightlife and events venue in Centar carrying the name of Sarajevo's old Kino Sloga.

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Cineplexx Sarajevo

· current · Marijin Dvor, next to the Holiday Hotel · 8 halls, 1,000+ seats

Opened in June 2021 with Fast & Furious 9 and serves as a major SFF venue.

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Kino Apolo

· historical · Mis Irbina 2 · 600 seats

Sarajevo's first purpose-built cinema, opened in 1912 — a national monument since 2014.

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Kino Arena

· historical · Novo Sarajevo municipality

The first cinema outside the old city centre, built in 1965 in Novo Sarajevo.

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Kino Bosna

· current · Alipašina 19

An old Alipašina picture house, open for limited screenings — not the National Gallery building, as sometimes claimed.

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Kino Cedus

· historical · Titova (Maršala Tita) street

A former picture house on Titova street, recorded in a history of the city's cinemas.

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Kino Dubrovnik

· historical · near the former Sarajka department store (today's BBI Centar) · 1,000 seats

The grand pre-war picture house on the site that later became Multiplex Cinema City.

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Kino Igman

· historical · Ilidža

The neighbourhood cinema of Ilidža, named on the roll of the city's lost cinemas.

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Kino Imperijal

· historical · Maršala Tita 56 · 1 screen, 500 seats

Opened 1915, one of the grand pre-war picture houses.

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Kino Kumrovec

· historical · Novi Grad municipality

A socialist-era cinema of Novi Grad, built after Kino Arena and demolished in the mid-2000s.

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Kino Meeting Point

· current · Hamdije Kreševljakovića 13 · 190 seats

An art cinema run by Obala Art Centar and a Sarajevo Film Festival venue.

Audiences: The city's arthouse favourite and the SFF's premiere venue.

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Kino Novi Grad

· current · Bulevar Meše Selimovića 97 · 1 screen, 350 seats

An operating neighbourhood cinema in the Novi Grad municipal building.

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Kino Partizan

· historical · Mis Irbina 2

The post-war name of Kino Apolo — Sarajevo's first purpose-built cinema kept screening films under this name after 1945.

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Kino Prvi maj

· historical

A former Sarajevo cinema of that name, recorded only in passing.

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Kino Radnik

· historical

A former cinema whose building today houses a cosmetics shop.

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Kino Sutjeska

· historical

A former neighbourhood cinema of the socialist era, built in 1929 to a design by the architect Helena Baldasar.

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Kino Tesla

· historical · Obala Kulina bana 2

Opened 1935; replaced by Art Kino Kriterion in 2006.

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Kino Vogošća

· historical · Vogošća

The cinema of the Vogošća municipality on Sarajevo's northern edge, now gone.

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Kino Đuro Đaković

· historical · Branilaca Sarajeva 24 (today's Bosnian Cultural Center)

The cinema inside the building that is today the Bosnian Cultural Center.

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Kinoteka BiH

· historical · Alipašina 2

The Bosnian Cinematheque's screening room — listed as closed, open only for limited screenings.

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Ljetno kino Bazen Dobrinja

· summer · Dobrinja, outdoor pool

A summer cinema at the Dobrinja swimming pool, programmed within the official Sarajevo Film Festival.

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Ljetno kino Istra (Kolobara)

· historical · Stari Grad (Kolobara)

A summer cinema in Stari Grad, named among the city's lost open-air screens.

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Multiplex Cinema City

· closed · Maršala Tita 26 (BBI Centar) · 700 seats, 5 screens

Sarajevo's first multiplex, opened in October 2009, and long a Sarajevo Film Festival venue — remembered by locals as the city's best cinema.

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SFF Open-Air Cinema

· summer · Gimnazijska bb · 3,000 seats

The Sarajevo Film Festival's summer screen — 'the biggest screen in the region' (SFF).

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SFF Open-Air Cinema Metalac

· summer

An open-air theatre in Sarajevo used by the Sarajevo Film Festival for its summer programme.

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