State Department Awards Sarajevo Film Center $308,000 Grant via Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation

The U.S. Embassy congratulates the Sarajevo Film Center on its selection for a $308,000 grant via the State Department’s Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP).  This grant will fund the restoration, protection, and digitalization of the Center’s collection of 35mm and 16mm films, which will ultimately be made available to academic institutions and the public …

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Restoration of Historic Red Cross Building Complete

Speaking at a ceremony to mark the completion of the Ambassadors’ Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) project for the internal reconstruction of the Red Cross Society building, Ambassador Cormack noted that with the completion of this restoration project, we mark not only the rebirth of this important building, we look toward the future; a future …

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Awards Presented to the Winners of the Contest “My Bosnia and Herzegovina – My Heritage”

The BiH Commission to Preserve National Monuments organized an awards ceremony for winners of the contest “My Bosnia and Herzegovina, My Heritage”, which complimented the reconstruction project of the Red Cross Society building of Bosnia and Herzegovina, funded through the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation. The aim of the campaign was for students to creatively …

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16th Century Bridge in Žepa Protected and Preserved Thanks to AFCP Funds

Acclaimed writer and Nobel Prize Winner Ivo Andrić has written a story about the Bridge on Žepa river, a 16th century incredible monument to the history of Eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Starting in 2012, the United States, through the U.S. Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation and in partnership with the BiH Commission to Preserve National …

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