A total of 51 films are in contention for the Heart of Sarajevo Awards at the Bosnian Film Festival.
The lineup, released on Thursday, spans across four competition selections: narrative feature film, feature and short documentary film, narrative short film and student short film. From these, 21 are to have their world premiere at the August event. One will screen out of competition.
“At a time when films are more accessible than ever, the value of a film festival lies not in making films available, but in returning them to public life,” said Izeta Građević, creative director of the Sarajevo Film Festival, whose selection team saw 1,215 films ahead of the fest.
“Over more than three decades, the Sarajevo Film Festival has earned the trust of an audience willing to embrace films it might never have chosen on its own. This is an audience that does not come to the cinema seeking confirmation of its own taste, but for the excitement of discovering a different perspective on the world,” she continued. “It is for this audience that we selected this year’s programs. They reflect the vitality and diversity of contemporary Southeast European cinema. Each film speaks in its own distinct cinematic voice, yet they all share a search for a different perspective on reality.”
Director of the European Film Academy Matthijs Wouter Knol and Yorgos Lanthimos’ producer Athina Rachel Tsangari are among the industry professionals tapped to join British star Emily Watson on theSarajevo Film Festivaljury.
Watson will also receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo, alongside Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi.
Check out the full lineup below ahead of the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival, running Aug. 14-21.
Competition Program —Narrative Feature Film
Everything That’s Wrong With You, Urša Menart
Small Things, Zvonimir Jurić
Skateboarding Is Not For Girls, Dina Duma
17, Kosara Mitić
Dua, Blerta Basholli
Everytime, Sandra Wollner
Shame and Money, Visar Morina
Supporting Role, Ana Urushadze
You Don’t Belong Here, Florin Șerban
Competition Programme — Documentary Feature
Bear With Me, Martin Genovski
Good People, Milcho Manchevski
The Balkan Boy, Dragana Jurišić
The Forbidden Aunt, Bojana Novaković
We Shall Live Together, Damir Markovina
Don’t Ask Me If I Killed, Helena Maksyom
Fragments of Belonging, Tatjana Božić
When I Get Out, Metod Pevec
32 Meters, Morteza Atabaki
Bugboy, Lucas Paleocrassas
Electing Ms Santa, Raisa Răzmeriță
For Life, Ahmet Seven
To Hold a Mountain, Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić
Competition Programme — Documentary Shorts:
Bro Ram, Branko Schmidt
Fahrudin, Alen Drljević
Of Light Ghosts, Isabella Fellinger
The Captain and the Caspian Sea, Turkan Huseyin
Dear Orchid, Hana Selena Sokolović
Asparagus Bear, Ivan Grgur
Holy Defiance, Karla Jelić
The Ferry Flows, Zhora Papoian
Out of Competition
Yugo Goes to America, Filip Grujić, Aleksa Borković
Competition Programme — Narrative Short Film
Ditch, Marianna Vas
Hidden In Frame, Anna Sarukhanova
Mamama, Danica Dakić
Patch, Luka Galešić
Porkatal, Sis Gürdal
Adgwa-Ata, Zsuzsanna Krief
Cosmonauts, Leo Černic
Go Outside and Hug a Tree, Irina Alexiu
Motherhood, Anca Damian
Nobody Said Anything, Tamara Todorović
Competition Programme — Student Short Film
Hyena, Fanny Rösch
Neighbour, Dan Grabnar
Sisters, Sara Ećimović
The Go-Between, Emir Solaković
Unwellness, Réka Pinczés
Water Falls, Bianka Szelestey
The Future Is In Your Hands, But Why Not Lend It to the Specialists?, Alexandra Schinteie
A. Wants Out (On Neutrality), Zorah Berghammer
Bonefuzz, Márk László
Over the Threshold, Tara Gajović
Rabbit Don’t Run, Maximilian Conway, Elisabeth Jakob