Art Kino Kriterion
Student-run art cinema, opened in 2006 to replace the old Kino Tesla.
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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
CineStar Sarajevo
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.
Cinemas Sloga
A nightlife and events venue in Centar carrying the name of Sarajevo's old Kino Sloga.
Cineplexx Sarajevo
Opened in June 2021 with Fast & Furious 9 and serves as a major SFF venue.
Kino Apolo
Sarajevo's first purpose-built cinema, opened in 1912 — a national monument since 2014.
Kino Arena
The first cinema outside the old city centre, built in 1965 in Novo Sarajevo.
Kino Bosna
An old Alipašina picture house, open for limited screenings — not the National Gallery building, as sometimes claimed.
Kino Cedus
A former picture house on Titova street, recorded in a history of the city's cinemas.
Kino Dubrovnik
The grand pre-war picture house on the site that later became Multiplex Cinema City.
Kino Igman
The neighbourhood cinema of Ilidža, named on the roll of the city's lost cinemas.
Kino Imperijal
Opened 1915, one of the grand pre-war picture houses.
Kino Kumrovec
A socialist-era cinema of Novi Grad, built after Kino Arena and demolished in the mid-2000s.
Kino Meeting Point
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.
Kino Novi Grad
An operating neighbourhood cinema in the Novi Grad municipal building.
Kino Partizan
The post-war name of Kino Apolo — Sarajevo's first purpose-built cinema kept screening films under this name after 1945.
Kino Prvi maj
A former Sarajevo cinema of that name, recorded only in passing.
Kino Radnik
A former cinema whose building today houses a cosmetics shop.
Kino Sutjeska
A former neighbourhood cinema of the socialist era, built in 1929 to a design by the architect Helena Baldasar.
Kino Tesla
Opened 1935; replaced by Art Kino Kriterion in 2006.
Kino Vogošća
The cinema of the Vogošća municipality on Sarajevo's northern edge, now gone.
Kino Đuro Đaković
The cinema inside the building that is today the Bosnian Cultural Center.
Kinoteka BiH
The Bosnian Cinematheque's screening room — listed as closed, open only for limited screenings.
Ljetno kino Bazen Dobrinja
A summer cinema at the Dobrinja swimming pool, programmed within the official Sarajevo Film Festival.
Ljetno kino Istra (Kolobara)
A summer cinema in Stari Grad, named among the city's lost open-air screens.
Multiplex Cinema City
Sarajevo's first multiplex, opened in October 2009, and long a Sarajevo Film Festival venue — remembered by locals as the city's best cinema.
SFF Open-Air Cinema
The Sarajevo Film Festival's summer screen — 'the biggest screen in the region' (SFF).
SFF Open-Air Cinema Metalac
An open-air theatre in Sarajevo used by the Sarajevo Film Festival for its summer programme.