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The "Mirëdita, dobar dan" festival took place for the first time this year in Austria, Vienna, on November 29, 2023. The festival, which has traditionally been held since 2014 in Serbia and Kosovo, provides a platform to bring together art, culture, advocacy and public debate on key issues for our societies. This year, the festival crossed the borders of its usual destinations for the first time, and the atmosphere was filled with positive energy and the desire to create an...

May 6th, 20:00, “ODA” Theatre The theater play “Would be a Shame if the Plants Died”, directed by Ivor Martinić is a romantic play about a couple that decides to end their relationship. When one person from the couple can’t remember the most important event in their love relationship, the other goes into a crisis that incites various existential questions and dilemmas. Through many encounters, our now broken up couple tries to get to their mutual truth, in order to move...

May 6th, 17:00, Barabar Centre, Hotel Grand, 4th Floor The collection of stories “The Moment I Knew War Started” is a literary answer to the question of personal memory of the moments when we realized that the war was happening. Twenty-seven stories by authors from the post-Yugoslav cultural space deal with different experiences from that era. Many stories speak from the viewpoint of children and teenagers, transposing their understanding of the war situation from thirty years ago with historical knowledge and...

May 6th, 13:30, Barabar Centre, Hotel Grand, 4th Floor Despite the progress made in recent years and the signing of the agreement between leaders of Western Balkans region in November 2022, freedom of movement remains a significant issue. Many people, especially youth, face difficulties in traveling between countries due to various bureaucratic and political barriers. One of the most pressing issues in this regard is the lack of freedom of movement between Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has been a...

May 5th, 21:30, “ODA” Theatre Traditionally, Roma women are encouraged to leave school early and marry young. Pretty Loud are the first Roma Girl band and are dedicated to breaking this mould and giving a voice to Roma girls. Their unique music, performances and literary projects aim to empower the next generation of Roma women, blending rap, hip hop, and their ancestral Roma music.  Through their lyrics in Romani, Serbian and English, they talk about their everyday challenges and hopes as well...

May 5th, 19:30, Dit' e Nat' bookstore-café Stolpersteine (in English: “stumbling stones”) - A term used to describe the shiny bronze plaques commemorating the victims of the Nazi regime in more than 1,100 locations in 17 European countries. As a term that deals with the past, the term Stolpersteine briefly introduces visitors to the contents of the guests’ poetry, raising questions about war, its consequences, as well as questions regarding individual belonging and identity. The event will be enriched with...

May 5th, 17:30, Barabar Centre, Hotel Grand, 4th Floor The debate “The Other Heritage” aims to explore the concept of "The Other Serbia," which represents the part of the Serbian population who were against the wars of the 90s and nationalistic politics with an emphasis on the anti-war legacy of Srđa Popović, a human right lawyer from Serbia. During the debate, the panelists will explore the concept of "The Other Serbia" and analyze the role it played in the post-war era. They...

May 5th, 17:00, Barabar Centre, Hotel Grand, 4th Floor “The Other Serbia” project has compiled a collection of the attitudes of Serbian intellectuals who opposed the severe violations of the human rights of the Albanians in Kosovo, by the Serb authorities, in the period from the abolition of Kosovo’s autonomy by Serbia, on 23 March 1989, up to NATO’s entry into Kosovo, on 12 June 1999, and even later. The third volume, published last year by ADMOVERE, contains excerpts from articles...

May 4th, 18:30, Kino ABC "How I learned to fly" is a tender and heartwarming story about growing up and forgiveness. Twelve-year-old Sofija dreams about a camping trip with her friends, and her first kiss. But she's forced to spend her summer in a worn-down family house on the Adriatic island Hvar, with her overbearing grandma Marija and quirky great-aunt Luce. With no friends or wifi, Sofia's life on Hvar is H-E-L-L, but her boredom is undercut by grandma Maria's peculiar behavior. Sofia...

The ninth “Mirëdita, dobar dan!” Festival will open on May 25 at 6 PM with an exhibition entitled “All of our tears,” while the festival programme will continue in several locations across Belgrade until May 28.  Organized by Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR), Civic Intiatives, Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst and the Integra NGO from Kosovo, this year’s festival “Miredita, dobar dan!” will merge contemporary art and culture with some of the most important questions concerning the past and the future of...