2025Culture - First Day Cover

The International Animated Film Festival in Banja Luka is the only film festival of its kind in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The association for visual arts Fenix Art organized the first festival in October 2008 with the presence of international animators - Jerzy Kucia (Poland), Piotr Dumala (Poland), Borivoj Dovnikovic-Bordo (Croatia) and Bill Plympton (USA). In addition to Banja Luka, since 2010 the Festival has been held simultaneously in six other cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo, Trebinje, Tuzla, Bijeljina, Gradiska and Mrkonjic Grad, and that is why this festival became unique in the world because it was held simultaneously in all major cities of one country.