The WARM Foundation was established in 2013 by French journalist and war correspondent , Rémy Ourdan , who had covered the Siege of Sarajevo and other chapters of the Yugoslav Wars for the French daily newspaper Le Monde , before covering the Rwandan genocide , the Sierra Leone civil war and the wars in the Middle East . On 6 April 2012 - the 20th anniversary of the start of the Siege of Sarajevo , he organized a reunion called " Sarajevo 2012 " , which was attended by hundreds of war reporters that had covered it . The reunion was a precursor to the foundation which was established 9 months later , and founded the festival on the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War in 2014 . The first edition was held in May and June of the same year and hosted numerous international historians , journalists , photographers and artists including French cartoonist Plantu , German film director Marcel Mettelsiefen , Syrian filmmaker Ossama Mohammed , photojournalist Camille Lepage who was killed one month later covering the conflict in the Central African Republic and others . The festival has subsequently become an annual affair and gathers the biggest names in international war correspondence
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
WARM Festival