INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR AND BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES -

Promotion Bosifest on the Faculty of Sciences in Novi Sad

May 27 2017

On Tuesday, May 30, representatives BOSIFEST, along with partners from the College of Tourism in Belgrade, visited the Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management. Its students are presented with problems that disabled people have in their daily activities, with special emphasis on the problems faced by the tourism sector. During a visit to the Faculty, students were presented the forthcoming Belgrade International Film Festival persons with disabilities BOSIFEST-eighth, authored by people with disabilities, or their life is the theme of the film. How to stand out Darko Ivic, Director of the Festival and President Hendi Center Koloseum, BOSIFEST, through more than 300 screenings in previous years, made a significant contribution to the understanding of these topics. With the same aim, the audience was show the movie "You've got a handicap", the Belgian author Idris Gabela. The students have followed the exposure of lecturers, but also took an active part in this kind an interactive lecture. Many of them expressed their willingness to engage in socially responsible activities all aimed at solving problems of persons with disabilities. How fitting to academics, suggestions and ideas lacked. Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, another in a series of higher education institutions that have shown their social responsibility through taking an active part in solving this problem.

Statements by participants

Rastko Markovic, a student of the Faculty of Science, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel

The first time I was with the problems of people with disabilities met in elementary school
when I'm in the class had a friend who was suffering from autism. Therefore, I believe that your arrival, lecture and film that I saw a very good thing to give people's attention to this complex issue. Although I have a very busy, very happy I could find the time and visited the projections Bosifest.

Dragana Kojic, a student of the Faculty of Science, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel

I am in my environment I have people with disabilities, and I am aware of this issue. I think that this topic can not be neglected and "swept under the rug." On the contrary, the one constant we need to talk and to educate people. Today's lecture and screening of the film are a good way to do it. With a special look forward to the start of the Festival and I hope to be able to see him, even though I live in Novi Sad.

Galičić Filip, a student of the Faculty of Science, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel

I have a friend who is a person with disabilities. He had an accident that he fell on the stairs, injured spine and remained confined to a wheelchair. He is young, is 27 years old and his life changed in seconds. So, it's good for people to understand that disability is not "something that happens to others," in that context i like the lecture, because among other, points to this. Traveling around the world I've seen how society are responsible for persons with disabilities and the extent to which efforts to make their life easier. Unfortunately, in our country this is not the case. I think we should keep this class for the parents so that they transferred this knowledge to their children. In this way, I think that children who are taught from an early age about the problem become better people, and therefore the society would have been better.

Goran Janjatović, student, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel

Unfortunately, our society is very little aware of the problems of people with disabilities. So I think we should organize a large number of lectures and workshops, especially those in which the present persons with disabilities. There must be a direct contact between them so that people understand this topic. Unfortunately, this is not present enough in the media. I have to admit that your arrival today left a strong impression on me. Also, I believe that Bosifest is right way to inform the public about this topic.

BOBO

September 07 2026

Director: Pippo Delbono

Country: Italy

Runtime: 81:00

MAYBE ONE DAY I WILL ASK...

September 07 2026

Director: Gulzhan Iresh

Country: Kyrgyzstan

Runtime: 38:00

ART ON THE SPECTRUM

September 07 2026

Director: Jonathan Herrik

Country: Denmark

Runtime: 56:00

CONCERTO FOR OTHER HANDS

September 07 2026

Director: Ernesto González Díaz

Country: Mexico

Runtime: 79:00

SELECTED FILMS FOR BOSIFEST 2026

September 01 2026



BOBO
Director: Pippo Delbono
Country: Italy
Runtime: 81:00

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ART ON THE SPECTRUM
Director: Jonathan Herrik
Country: Denmark
Runtime: 56:00

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BREAKING WAVES
Director: Katelijne Langezaal
Country: Netherlands
Runtime: 75:00

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DON'T PITY YOUR CHILD
Director: Ruben Kazaryan
Country: Kazakhstan
Runtime: 38:00

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MAYBE ONE DAY I WILL ASK...
Director: Gulzhan Iresh
Country: Kyrgyzstan
Runtime: 38:00

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THE LITTLE GHOST HUNTER
Director: Mickey Mahut & Laurent Kouchner
Country: France
Runtime: 58:00

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CONCERTO FOR OTHER HANDS
Director: Ernesto González Díaz
Country: Mexico
Runtime: 79:00

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Time table

September 01 2026

MONDAY
19. october

14:00-16:00
DON'T PITY YOUR CHILD

THE LITTLE GHOST HUNTER

18:00

opening ceremony
BOBO 

TUESDAY
20. october

14:00-16:00
MAYBE ONE DAY I WILL ASK...",

ART ON  THE SPECTRUM

18:00
BREAKING WAVES

WEDNESDAY
21.october

16:30
CONCERTO FOR OTHER HANDS

18:00
closing ceremony
 

Bosifest 2026

September 01 2026

BOSIFEST 2026 – Seventeenth Belgrade International Film Festival of Persons with Disabilities Yugoslav Cinematheque (Uzun Mirkova 1)

from October 19 to 21, 2026

Introduction word

August 31 2026

Before you is the seventeenth edition of ⁠BOSIFEST, a festival that has long since ceased to be a cultural event and became a beacon of inclusion in our society.

Every year, we prove over and over again that barriers exist only in our minds, never in our potential.

MILICA TOMOVIĆ - jury member of the seventeenth Belgrade International Film Festival for and by people with disabilities

August 31 2026

Milica Tomović (1986 SFR Yugoslavia) graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in 2011 with the omnibus film "October", which she made together with her classmates. The film was screened at festivals in Cottbus, Trieste, Sofia Film Meetings, Isola Cinema and others.

MILOŠ JAČIMOVIĆ - jury member of the seventeenth Belgrade International Film Festival for and by people with disabilities

August 31 2026

Milos Jacimovic is a Serbian cinematographer based in New York City, working across narrative film, creative documentary, and commercials.

JELENA MAKSIMOVIĆ - jury member of the seventeenth Belgrade International Film Festival for and by people with disabilities

August 31 2026

Jelena Maksimović is a Serbian director, film editor and lecturer.

She completed her master's studies at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, and since 2015 she has been teaching at the Faculty of Media and Communications in Belgrade.