The role of triangulated narratives of sport, music and film festival in building Kosovo's Nation Branding

The aim of the present study is to illustrate the role of music, sports and film festival in building a country's national branding. Sunny Hill Festival, founded and supported by Dua Lipa and Dukagjin Lipa together with Doku Fest, a 20 plus years annual film festival, and tremendous successes in the sport of Judo started with golden medallist Majlinda Kelmendi, are considered to be main sources of promoting Kosovo to the foreign public. Interviews are conducted and content analyses is applied to identify main themes deriving from the stakeholder narratives. A nation branding model is offered for practitioners and public institutions in order to design nation branding strategies and measure their results.