A total of 47 films will compete at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival across its four competitive sections. The event will feature 18 world premieres and three international premieres.
The program is open for films from Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbejan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey.
Awards on offer include the Heart of Sarajevo for Feature Film (worth €16,000), for Best Director (€10,000), Best Actress (€2,500) and Best Actor (€2,500).
COMPETITION PROGRAM – FEATURE FILM
THE ELEGY OF LAUREL, Dušan Kasalica (Montenegro, Serbia) – World premiere
THINGS WORTH WEEPING FOR, Cristina Grosan (Hungary) – World premiere
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CELTS, Milica Tomović (Serbia) – Regional premiere
GREAT FREEDOM, Sebastian Meise (Austria, Germany) – Regional premiere
LOOKING FOR VENERA, Norika Sefa (Kosovo) – Regional premiere
MOON, 66 QUESTIONS, Jacqueline Lentzou (Greece, France) – Regional premiere
MURINA, Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović (Croatia, Brazil, United States, Slovenia) – Regional premiere
THE HILL WHERE LIONESSES ROAR, Luàna Bajrami (Kosovo, France) – Regional premiere
COMPETITION PROGRAM – DOCUMENTARY FILM
BOSNIAN BROADWAY, Jasmina Beširević (Croatia) – World premiere
DISTURBED EARTH, Kumjana Novakova, Guillermo Carreras-Candi (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain, North Macedonia) – World premiere
DIVAS, Máté Kőrösi (Hungary) – World premiere
EVERY SUNDAY, Keti Papadema (Cyprus) – World premiere
HORIZON, Tanja Deman (Croatia) – World premiere
THE SAME DREAM (Romania) – World premiere
WHEN WE WERE THEM, Danis Tanović, Damir Šagolj (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – World premiere
ŽŽŽ (JOURNAL ABOUT ŽELIMIR ŽILNIK), Janko Baljak (Serbia) – World premiere
SUNNY, Keti Machavariani (Georgia) – European premiere
FACTORY TO THE WORKERS, Srđan Kovačević (Croatia) – Regional premiere
LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES, Ahmet Necdet Çupur (Turkey, France, Germany) – Regional premiere
LOOKING FOR HORSES, Stefan Pavlović (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Netherlands, France) – Regional premiere
RECIPE FOR HATE, Filip Čolović (Serbia) – Regional premiere
RECONCILIATION, Marija Zidar (Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo) – Regional premiere
SOLDAT AHMET, Jannis Lenz (Austria) – Regional premiere
LANDSCAPES OF RESISTANCE, Marta Popivoda (Serbia, France, Germany) – B&H premiere
