Filming locations often influence my decision of where I will travel next. In 2011 it was a film starring Richard Gere called “The Hunting Party,” with several scenes filmed in the oldest section of Sarajevo, that lured me to Bosnia-Herzegovina in July. I had no idea that the Sarajevo Film Festival would also be in progress during my visit. Established in 1995, the Sarajevo Film Festival is the premier film festival in the Balkans and one of the largest in Europe. It shows a selection of the most interesting and successful achievements of independent motion picture production from all over the world.