the band became the first international act to play sarajevo in 1997, after the war formally ended, cementing their connection with the city. the band own the concert footage. it will be seen for the first time in the film as damon explains. they have been amazing, they gave us all this incredible footage, and what they did then, you know, i can say it, it is incredible. that concert, what it meant — the peace that had been declared but it was the first time that every body came together. it was a therapy for us, it was a real therapy for us. culture even thrived in sarajevo during the years of war. its international film festival was started in the middle of it. the name of this film, kiss the future, is taken from what bono told sarajevo citizens during that concert, that they can be rightly proud of how their artists also dealt with their past.