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Sarajevo Cinema (World 2025, by Lea Ernst) - Swiss Press Award

«Hier kommt die Morgendämmerung», singen die Kneipenbesucher.
Lea Ernst
«Hier kommt die Morgendämmerung», singen die Kneipenbesucher.
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2025

Sarajevo Cinema

Lea Ernst

The Bosna cinema was once the only one in the city to survive the Serbian siege. Today, it is run by Sena, who lost her sons in the war. Amidst war trauma and current political tensions, Bosnian cinema is becoming a site of collective identity. It reflects a longing for a supposedly better time.

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Sarajevo Cinema

NZZ am Sonntag Magazin

Photo / World
2025

Lea Ernst

The Bosna cinema was once the only one in the city to survive the Serbian siege. Today, it is run by Sena, who lost her sons in the war. Amidst war trauma and current political tensions, Bosnian cinema is becoming a site of collective identity. It reflects a longing for a supposedly better time.

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Lea Ernst / Swiss Press Award

Lea Ernst

Freie Journalistin, Zürich, 1992

Lea Ernst arbeitet als freie Journalistin und Fotografin, unter anderem für das ZEIT Magazin, das Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, das NZZ am Sonntag Magazin oder die WOZ. Am liebsten schreibt sie Gesellschafts- und Auslandsreportagen.

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