29. 8 – 21. 9. 2026.
Opening Ceremony of the Festival GRAD “Metamorphosis”
29. 8. 2026.
“THE CHARTER OF THE BOSNIAN BAN KULIN” (1189 – 2026)
Sarajevo Memorial Center – Tunnel of Salvation
29. 8. 2026 at 17:00
Arrival of the “Knights of the Round Table of the King of Art”
Host: Irfan Gazdić, museum pedagogue and educator
“HISTORICAL CIRCLE”
UN “Maybe Aeroport”, Sarajevo International Airport, Dobrinja and Mojmilo Olympic Villages, Zmaj od Bosne Street, NUBBiH, Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ars Aevi Museum (under construction), Kotromanića Street, Obala bosanskog bana Kulina, OC “Skenderija”, ALU UNSA, Post Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, National Theater Sarajevo, City Hall, Baščaršija, Mula Mustafa Bašeskije Street, Titova Street, Sarajevo Railway and Bus Station, Vraca Memorial Park, Bypass
Partner: Sarajevo Taxi Association
President of the Association: Enver Suljagić
“MOSTOVI MILJACKE”
S.E.N.T.O. T.E.M. P. O. – F.E.S.T.I.N.A. L.E.N.T.E.
Goat Bridge, Šeher-Ćehajina Bridge, New Bridge Vijećnica, Careva Bridge, Latin Bridge, Ćumurija Bridge, Drvenija Bridge, Čobanija Bridge, Festina Lente Bridge, Eiffel Bridge, Skenderija Bridge, Suade and Olga Bridge
Leader: architect Aida Koluder
Expert consultant: Vesna Hercegovac-Pašić
August 30, 2026 at 11:00
International Exhibition “INTIMATE TIME”
Exhibition, performance
Akiem Helmling (Germany), Edin Numankadić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Jessy Theo Rahman (Suriname), Jung Chun-Pyo, Kim Sun, Lee Sung-Ok (Korea), Marlies Adriaanse (Netherlands), Shim Young Churi (Korea), Sonata Riepšaite (Lithuania), Tine Timmam (Latvia)
Curator Team: Jessy Theo Rahman, Shim Young Churi
Art Director: Byounguk Park
Nine Dragon Heads (www.9dragonheads.com)
30. 8 – 5. 9. 2026. at 17:00
Gallery Novi hram
“CULTURAL POSTER” (2023–2026)
Branko Vekić, designer
Prof. dr. Ema Mazdrak, reviewer
31. 8. 2026. at 17:00
Gallery of the Museum of Literature and Theater Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mape graphics exhibition
Kingdom of Spain
XXV ARTISTES CATALANS
EXPO 1992, Seville
Ràfols-Casamada, Guinovart, Hernández Pijuan, Xavier Corberó, Frederic Amat, Viladecans, Subirachs, Montserrat Gudiol, Villellia, Arranz Bravo, Sergi Aguilar, Bartolozzi, Carles Pazos, Antoni Llena, Modest Cuixart, J. J. Tharrats, Xavier Grau, Artigau, Marcel Martí, Robert Llimos, Zush, Pere Jaume, Tom Carr, Antoni Clavé
Special packaging Maps: Antoni Tapies
9. 2026 at 17:00
Gallery of the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
ART SHULZ, “Metamorphosis of Nature”
Tina Šulc Resnik, video artist
Album “West Wind Blow From Your Prairie Nest” – in honor of North American indigenous culture
Katja Schulz, musician, narrator of poetry
5/9/2026 at 7:00 p.m
Atelier “Figure”
ART MUJEZINOVIC
Visit to the Gallery of the Home of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Film reading: The film “Ismet Mujezinović – Atelier”
Ismar Mujezinović, director
9/11/2026 at 10:00 a.m
Museum of the First Gymnasium Sarajevo
Ismar Mujezinović, painter
Participants: Ismar Mujezinović (online), Narcis Vučina and Ibrahim Spahić
12 September 2026 at 19:00
Atelier “Figure”
Exhibition “TOGETHER”
Artist project: Tončica Jelača Marijančević (Split) and Nada Zec Ivanović (Dubrovnik)
Exhibition of works by 117 artists who are studied at ALU UNS and their professors
PARTICIPANTS of the international exhibition “TOGETHER”
Adis Fejzić, Ahmet Ibukić, Alma Suljević, Alija Balta, Amila Smajović-Pozder, Amra Zulfikarpašić, Amira Hadžimejlić-Čustović, Amna Mahić-Bajrović, Anđelko Pranjić, Anka Lučić, Ante Brkić, Ante Ljubičić, Asim Đelilović, Avdo Žiga, Branko Bačanović Bambi, Biljana Zečević, Bojan Bahić, Bojan Hadžihalilović, Boris Čistopoljski, Boris Kandolf, Božidar Jurjević, Branka Grizelj, Branko Modraković, Cecilija Šimić-Rihtnesberg, Clara Tomić-Bleibtreu, Dalida Duraković, Darko Karadžić, Davor Lucijanović, Davor Ljubičić, Davor Papić, Dorinda Bulić-Čotić, Dragana Jokić, Drago Simić, Dubravka Cucić, Dubravka Matić-Mandić, Duško Abramušić, Đemail Silajdžić, Đeko Hodžić, Đura Pavkov, Emil Konjhodžić, Fatih Mika, Fikret Libovac, Franjo Primorac, Gordana Andđelić-Galić, Hamzalija Muhić, Haris Fazlić, Igor Dragičević, Igor Konjušak, Ilonka Jasak, Ismet Berbić, Ivana Jovanović Trostmann, Jadranka Stojaković, Jakša Matošić, Jasmina Hodžić, Jasmin Kukavica, Josip Ivanović, Jovica Ilic, Krunoslav Stipešević, Ksenija Tomičić, Lada Pervan, Lejla Mulabegović, Ljiljana Rajković, Marina Finci, Marinko Jelača, Mateo Perasović, Mehmed Klepo, Mensur Bešlagić, Mensur Porović, Milijana Lagumdžija, Milovan Čikić, Miodrag Spasojević Štrika, Miomirka Melank, Mirjana Čistopoljski, Mirjana Lucić-Vojnović, Mirjana Risojević Riska, Mirza Morić, Muhamed Bajramović, Nada Zec-Ivanović, Nail Ćelović, Narcis Kantardžić, Natasa Nadazdin, Neda Kuzek, Neda Laketic-Soc, Nena Sesic-Fiser, Nikola Vuckovic, Nives Jukic, Nusmira Mujakic, Ozrenko Mrkić, Ozrenka Majstorović-Ilić, Peko Nikčević, Predrag Hegeduš, Renato Sartori, Ružica Zajec, Salko Pezo, Sadko Hadžihasanović, Samir Begović, Saša Vidaković, Slaven Tolj, Slobodan Tomić, Snezana Nešković Simić, Snjezana Vlatković, Sonja Radan, Srdjan Cvjetinović, Stijepo Gavrić, Tamara Jovandić-Everson, Tatjana Milaković, Tilija Ševelj-Kamprad, Tončica Jelača-Marijančević Tonka, Veljo Stanišić, Vera Glumac-Perlesi, Vjekoslav Boljat, Zdenka Bilušić, Zlatan Alispahić, Zora Stančić, Zoran Obrenović, Zoran Sovilj, Željko Corović, Živko Grozdanić Gera
PROFESSORS and ASSISTANTS
Alija Kučukalić, Boško Kučanski, Cedomir Kostović, Esad Muftić, Halil Tikveša, Ismar Mujezinović, Josip Alebić, Jusuf Nikšić, Kenan Solaković, Kosta Angelli Radovani, Kosta Bogdanović, Ljubomir Perčinlić, Mehmed Akšamija, Mersad Berber, Milivoje Unković, Milorad Corović, Mladen Kolobarić, Mustafa Skopljak, Nada Pivac, Nusret Pašić, Petar Waldegg, Radmila Jovandic-Đapić, Radoslav Tadić, Radenko Mišević, Ratko Lalić, Salim Obralić, Sead Music, Seid Hasanefendić.
15. 9 – 2. 10. 2026.
Collegium artisticum gallery
“POETICS OF GARDEN SPACE”
Franz Kafka: “Introduction to the Anatomy of the System”
Reading the works “The Process”, “The Castle” and “Metamorphosis”
100 years since the publication of the unfinished novel “Castle”
1.9.2026 at 11:00
“HARFA” Library (IPC/SWF/KF in Bosnia and Herzegovina), Exhibition of IPC books
Mine “ZNAK”, poetry in sign language
Association of the Deaf
2.9.2026. at 17:00
“Sarajevo”
Emina Džaferović
3.9.2026. at 17:00
“Tell me fairy tales”
Kašmir Huseinović, storyteller, editor, publisher, bookseller, BiH – Croatia
Exhibition of illustrations: Andrea Peterlik Huseinović and Uma Huseinović (Croatia), and Galina Zinko (Ukraine)
4.9.2026. at 17:00
“Faces and cities”
Milena Rudež, BiH – Denmark
6. 9. 2026. at 17:00
“City of Courage”, 1995
Bisera Alikadić
7.9.2026. at 17:00
“Love's Garden”, 1995
Josip Osti
8.9.2026 at 5:00 p.m
Meetings with poets are under the terrace of vines under the quince around the fountain in the garden of the BiH Museum of Literature and Theater Arts in front of the entrance to the permanent exhibition above which is the relief of Iva Despić.
11/09/2026 at 17:00
G R A D on filmstrip
Bakir Tanović, director
“Clinical Center”, “Vijećnica”, “Tabija”, “Zlatni do”, “According to the measure of man”, “Decades as centuries”, “For a clear sky”, “Half way”, “For a better tomorrow”, “Vik Sarajevo”, “Sarajevo in the footsteps of the builders”
Film Center Sarajevo
Selector: Ines Tanovićć
9/14/2026
BiH Cinematheque
MONTHS/Journals
BiH 1947–1950, 39 min.
Directed by: Group of authors.
Selected parts of the Monthly: Documentary footage of Sarajevo 1947–1950.
PLANETA SARAJEVO / The Planet Sarajevo
BiH/Slovenia 1993, 30 min. Documentary
Director: Šahin Šišić
15. 9. 2026.
MIRIS DUNJA / The Smell of Quinces
BiH 1982, 99 min.
Director: Mirza Idrizović. Number: DVD.
Cast: Mustafa Nadarević, Ljiljana Blagojević, Irfan Mensur…
16. 9. 2026.
PISMO-GLAVA / Heads or Tails
BiH/Serbia, 1983, 107 min.
Director: Bahrudin Čengić Bato
Cast: Mladen Nelević, Mira Furlan, Zijah Sokolović…
17. 9. 2026.
HOLIDAY IN SARAJEVO / Holyday in Sarajevo
BiH, 1991, 89 min.
Director: Benjamin Filipović
Cast: Mustafa Nadarević, Slobodan Ćustić, Mirsad Tuka…
18. 9. 2026.
IT'S HARD TO BE NICE / It's Hard to Be Nice
BiH, 2007, 95 min.
Director: Srđan Vuletić.
Roles: Aleksandar Petrović Saša, Daria Lorenci, Josip Pejaković
Selectors Devleta Filipović and Mirza Pašić
Screenings from 7:00 p.m
CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE G R A D FESTIVAL
World Day of Peace
9/21/2026
“Manifesto of Freedom and Peace”
Chess saga of cities – “GENS UNA SUMUS”
“Chess of old age”
Host: Grandmaster Vesna Mišanović, author of books on the art of chess
19. – 21.09.2026.
Exhibition of art works by members of UG “Healthy life / happy aging”
Host: Sanela Feratović
Center for Healthy Aging
9/21/2026
Exhibition of graphics “MAP OF SARAJEVO” 1992–1995.
Organizers: ALU UNSA, IPC/SWF and BH PRESS
Map of ‘92.
Dževad Hozo, Petar Waldeg, Salim Obralić, Seid Hasanefendić, Zoran Bogdanović, Nusret Pašić, Mehmed Zaimović, Radmila Jovandić, Mustafa Skopljak, Mihajlo Prica, Avdo Žiga, Mirsad Konstatinović, Radoslav Tadić, Josip Alebić, Aida Mušanović, Esad Muftić, Sead Čizmić
Map of ‘93.
Izet Alečković, Adnan Begić, Zoran Bogdanović, Sead Čizmić, Marina Finci, Feđa Isović, Mirsad Konstatinović, Fikret Libovac, Esad Muftić, Salim Obralić, Nusret Pašić, Affan Ramić, Mustafa Skopljak, Dubravko Terzić, Lejla Zahiragić, Avdo Žiga, Petar Waldeg
Map of ‘94.
Adnan Begić, Željko Filipović, Marina Finci, Seid Hasanefendić, Dževad Hozo, Nedžad Ibrišimović, Mirsad Konstatinović, Fikret Libovac, Esad Muftić, Edin Numankadić, Salim Obralić, Nusret Pašić, Affan Ramić, Enes Sivac, Mustafa Skopljak, Amila Smajović, Mehmed Zaimović, Avdo Žiga.
Map *95.
Nusret Pašić, Mustafa Skopljak, Salim Obralić, Marina Finci, Enes Sivac, Mirsad Konstatinović, Amila Smajović, Amra Hadžimejlić, Seid Hasanefendić, Husko Balić, Edin Numankadić, Affan Ramić, Nedžad Ibrišimović, Mirsad Šehić, Amer Bakšić, Željko Filipović, Fikret Libovac.
Authors of forewords for individual Maps of Sarajevo
Mehmed Akšamija, Nikola Kovač, Ibrahim Spahić, Sadudin Musabegović, Muhamed Karamehmedović, Tvrtko Kulenović, Irfan Ljubljankić, Alija Isaković, Ibrahim Krzović
Abdulah Sidran's song “Why Vencija is Sinking” Expert collaborator on the realization
Expert associate of the Mape Sarajevo project: Hasan Čakar
Design for the Mape Sarajevo project and poster: Mladen Kolobarić
Photo: Kemal Hadžić
Producer and Promoter: International Peace Center
Project leader for the creation of the Monograph Mapa Sarajevo 92-95 and the digital edition: Dragana Antonić
Professional associate Enis Logo
Dean of ALU UNS: Dubravka Pozderac-Lejlić
ALU UNS Gallery
Exhibition
The way to the HIMALAYAS
Photos: Bojan Brecelj
Sculpture: Ivana Petan
Author: Nina Petek
Pupil
SPECIAL PROGRAM
Exhibition
“Metamorphosis of the urban space of the Skenderija Center”
(artwork by Mario Mikulić on the construction, historical photographs, posters by IUS students, books by award-winning authors at the Book Fair, archival documents, film about the construction)
Panel of the Cultural Forum in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the survival and recovery of Sarajevo's urban being
Participants: Ibrahim Spahić, Branko Vekić, Merjema Zatrić Šahović, Vesna Hercegovac Pašić, Hasan Ćemalović, Slobodan Stajić, Goran Mikulić, Haris Vukas
Petition – 1,000 signatures of support from Sarajevo citizens for the sustainability of the Skenderija Center and the urban core of Sarajevo
Youth Center
The exhibition was open from 25. 5. to 17. 8. 2026
TREE OF LIFE
Traditional hike to the Olympic mountains of Sarajevo: lungs of the CITY
“Autumn planting of seedlings”
9th Biennial BJCEM Rome 1999. “Others” – 10th Biennial BJCEM Sarajevo 2001. “Chaos and Communication”
Exhibition
“Knights of the Round Table of the King of Art”
Unprotected Landscape “Marijin Dvor”
Marijin Dvor – Concert Hall Sarajevo
Zaha Hadid and Urban Future Organization (UFO)
From International Competition to Construction
Protected Landscape “Bijambare”
Gornja pećina – Concert Hall
CITY OF ROME
“A Fountain for Sarajevo”
A Roman Fountain for Sarajevo
The citizens of Sarajevo chose a fountain from among several donated solutions at the IPC “E” Gallery that has not been installed to this day
SARAJEVO
Sarajevo Fountain, Via del Velabro/Arco di Gano
Installed in 1999 and inaugurated on 14. 2. 2000.
Inscription on the fountain: “E sembro all uomo/che potesse vivere a lungo poiche in mille posti a/Sarajevo – Roma/scorron dalla fonte le acque della vita/1999.”
Inscription on the fountain: AND MAKE MAN / THAT HE MAY LIVE LONG BECAUSE IN A THOUSAND PLACES IN / SARAJEVO – ROME / THE WATER OF LIFE FLOWS FROM THE SOURCE / 1999.
IB Miljacka
Project “Transaraj”: una pista ciclabile per Sarajevo” by students of the Politecnico di Milano and the Faculty of Architecture Sarajevo
Promenade and bicycle path on the left bank of the Muljacka from Kozija ćuprija to the Roman Bridge
(resting places, bike stations, info point, internet cafe, connecting 100 places through the promenade and
bicycle path, urban interventions by artists in the space)
From Bikes near the Market, “Bicycles” over Miljacka to the Atelier and sculpture exhibition
Exhibition “10 years of the International GRAD Festival” (2017–2026)
(archival documents, programs, photographs, posters, video testimonies of artists)
From the international projects “Zajedno”, art academies and the Faculty of Architecture and Philosophy, the Student Cultural Center of the University of Sarajevo 1974, “Poetics of Space” 1984 and the International Festival Sarajevo Sarajevo Winter to the international festival GRAD.
Exhibition
“Dragons of BOSNIA”
Marian Wenzel, USA, GB, BiH
Gallery of the National Museum of BiH
Sculpture “Centauromahia” by Alma Suljević
Exhibition
Tatjana Burzanović, Montenegro
“Metamorphosis – Where the Soul Returns to Itself”
Exhibition
Adis Elias Fejzić
“Metamorphosis”
SWF POSTER 1984/1985 – 2024/2025.
“T.R.B.U.H.” (Talent. Labor. Biodiversity. Art. Food)
“Markale” Market Sarajevo: “Eat and Enjoy, Slowly. Organic. Domestic. World!”
“O.B.R.T.” / “Grandmasters of Artistic Crafts”
Host: Naser Idrizagić, President of the Chamber of Crafts of the Canton of BiH
Gajev Square
CULTURAL, HISTORICAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Promotion of the multimedia exhibition project of the Cultural Forum in BiH
“The Heritage of BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA on the UNESCO World Heritage Lists”
“Knights of the Round Table of the King of Art
“The Scent of Bosnian Courtyards”
Botanical Garden of the National Museum of BiH
Ethnological Department
“Knights of the Round Table of the King of Art”
S.R.C.E. “Ajdinovići”
Autochthonous Bosnian Species
Bosnian Mountain Horse
Hosts: prof. dr. Velija Katica, Amir Žiga and Žaklina Mezbur, president of the Association of Breeders
and Lovers of the Bosnian Mountain Horse
“Knights of the Round Table of the King of Art”
“A.R.H.I.T.E.K.T.A. and G.R.A.D.
ECO-EYE OF THE CITY
Intergenerational, family competition “Metamorphosis of the City”
The competition is open from 21. 8. to 21. 9. 2026.
The international jury makes decisions on the “ECO-EYE OF THE CITY” award and announces the results of the competition at the exhibition that opens on 7. 2. 2027 at the 42nd International Sarajevo Festival Sarajevo Winter
The GRAD Festival program is open to all local communities, educational and cultural institutions and all generations
The Festival program is personally chosen by the citizens of Sarajevo and guests of the CITY. During the Festival, they are sent to the email: sarajevowinterfestival.ba seven days before the event.
The Festival Program Partners are freely chosen by associations for culture, art and education and youth who announce their participation to the email sarajevowinterfestival seven days before the event.
The Festival Management reserves the right to change the Program
Ibrahim Spahić,
President of the Cultural Forum in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Founder and Art Director of the G R A D Festival
www.sarajevowinterfest.ba
060 315 2168
The project is supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in BiH.
