Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF)

The biggest film festival in Southeast Europe, born during the 1992–95 siege as an act of defiance and now a glamorous yet warm week of premieres, open-air screenings and all-night city buzz. A UNESCO City of Film at full volume.

Why: world premieres; the open-air Summer Screen; the whole city alive at night.

Tip: even without tickets, the festival turns the centre into a nightly street party — and the open-air screenings are the magic.