WARM is an international foundation working on the world’s contemporary conflicts, based in
Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
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Description
WARM is dedicated to war reporting and war art, as well as history and memories of war, and dedicated to the promotion of emerging talents and to education. WARM works to bring together people with a common passion for "telling the story with excellence and integrity". The WARM community is an international network of reporters, artists, researchers and activists. WARM supports projects worldwide. WARM is organizing a WARM Festival and a WARM Academy every year in Sarajevo.
History
WARM was founded during the "Sarajevo 2012" reunion of war reporters, organized on April 6, 2012, for the 20th anniversary of the
war in Bosnia
The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...
. The group of co-founders includes
Patrick Chauvel
Patrick Chauvel (born 1949 in France) is an independent war photographer whose career began when he was just 17 years old.
He has covered more than twenty conflicts all over the world, including the Six-Day War and the Vietnam War. In 1995 he was ...
, Ziyah Gafić,
Bojan Hadžihalilović, Jon Jones,
Gary Knight
Gary Knight (born 1964) is an Anglo-American photographer, editor and author. Co-founder of the VII Photo Agency, co-founder and CEO of the VII Foundation and founder and CEO of the VII Academy.
Life and work
Knight was born in 1964 in Oakham ...
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Nihad Kreševljaković
Nihad Kreševljaković (born 24 February 1973) is a Bosnian historian, producer, screenwriter and director of the Sarajevo War Theatre.
Biography
Kreševljaković was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia. He enrolled at the University of Sarajevo, F ...
, Paul Lowe, Dino Mustafić,
Rémy Ourdan, Mirsad Purivatra, Andrew & Atka Reid, Damir Šagolj,
Velma Šarić,
Vaughan Smith
Henry Vaughan Lockhart Smith (born 22 July 1963) is an English restaurateur, sustainable farmer, and freelance video journalist. He ran the freelance agency Frontline News TV and founded the Frontline Club in London. ''The Guardian'' has d ...
,
Danis Tanović
Danis Tanović (born 20 February 1969) is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for having directed and written the script for the 2001 Bosnian movie ''No Man's Land'' which won him many awards, including an Academy Award f ...
...
The
WARM Festival started in 2014 and the WARM Academy in 2019.
Among hundreds of guests who attended the festivals, WARM produced, co-produced or supported projects by Selma Spahić,
Abounaddara
Abounaddara (translated as "the man with glasses") is a Syrian video art collective best known for its documentation of life in Syria. The collective's members are self-taught and anonymous. At the start of the Syrian popular uprising, Abounadd ...
, Pierre Terdjman & #Dysturb, Olga Kravets - Maria Morina - Oksana Yushko, Florent Marcie, Laurent Van der Stockt,
Šejla Kamerić,
Moises Saman, Bernandino Hernandez, Paul Lowe, Mevludin Ekmečić, Pierre Courtin, Claudia Zini, Oscar B. Castillo, Jean-Pierre Perrin - Maral Deghati, Damir Šagolj...
Directors
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Rémy Ourdan (2012-2019)
* Damir Šagolj (2020–present)
[''Damir Šagolj new director of the WARM Foundation'', WARM: http://www.warmfoundation.org/news/damir-sagolj-new-director-of-the-warm-foundation]
References
External links
WARM website
{{Authority control
Non-profit organizations based in Bosnia and Herzegovina
War correspondents
Culture in Sarajevo