22 August, 2004

"HOTEL EVROPA" - Animir operetta by Sasa Losic

World premiere at 10th Sarajevo Film Festival

SARAJEVO, BiH - At the jubilee 10th Sarajevo Film Festival Sasa Losic presented his new "Sasa Losic Film Orchestra" with two gala concerts at the National Theater in Sarajevo. This spectacle (animir operetta) sentimentally called "Hotel Evropa" hosted the legendary musicians, who have, each in his and her own genre, marked several decades of the last century - from the 1950s until today

- Fikret Gugo Delic , who played, as a non-professional actor, in the film " Gori Vatra/Fuse " by Pjer Zalica , on of the first club singers in Sarajevo
- Sabahudin Baho Kurt , the veteran of urban chanson of Sarajevo
- Hanka Paldum , one of the last divas of authentic Bosnian folk music
- Leo Martin , the symbol of popular "festival music" of the 70s
and Jasna Zalica , the well-known film and theater actress from BiH whose voice has marked the soundtrack of the already mentioned film "Fuse" among other guests introduced their music at the concert. . and numerous other guests like Mica Orlovic (legendary Tv-presenter),young actress Ana Vilenica plus several surprises( amongst the others mr. Halid Beslic - king of folk music.).

Photo by Nino Maricic (10th SFF)

Besides the most popular numbers Sasa Losic has composed in the past several years for theatre productions and films, the audience at the National Theater had the opportunity to hear and to enjoy in the most beautiful forgotten melodies from this part of the world. With the film intermezzos and well-known TV presenters, "Sasa Losic Film Orchestra" will try to take you back in time and to the terrace of the hotel Evropa that invokes - in the memories of old Sarajevans - the same exaltation that by the mythical steam-ship "Rex" stirred in the hearts of protagonists of Fellini's magnificent "Amarcord" . On 22nd August the concert will be recorded for the Federation TV to be broadcast in September. The producer will be Ismeta Dervoz .
Second concert "Sasa Losic Film Orchestra" will be held tonight, (22nd August),at 12:00 am at the National Theatre