Sarajevo Film Festival Unveils Lineup Exploring Life and Survival In “Unstable Social Frameworks”

The Sarajevo Film Festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina Unveiled the lineup for It 31st Edition on Wednesday. The Festival’s Four Competition Sections – for Feature, Documentary, Short and Student Films – Will Feature 15 World, Six International, 28 Regional and Two National Premieres. A Total of 50 Films Will Compete for The Heart of Sarajevo Awards.

This Year, The Sarajevo Festival Programs Team, Led By Creative Director Izeta Građević, Watched 1.036 Films, Including 195 Feature Filets, 291 Titles.

“The Competition Programs of the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival Bringer Filmmakers Who, Each from Their Own Perspective and in Various Film Formats and Genres, Exi W WE L LAW WEK Complex and Unsstable Social Framework, ”SAID GRAđEVIIS. “The Backbone of this Year’s Competition Programs Are Films That, Transcening National Boundaries, Remain True to The Universal Stories That Shape Our Lives. Past – this selection opens up to the Space to Remember, Through Film Stories, What We All Have In Common: The Need for Meaning, For ClosENCE, for Unsersanding – Ourselves And Ohers.

Elma Tatragić, The Programmer of the Competition Program – Feature Film, Said That Section’s Nine Films Include Three World Premieres and Six Regional Premieres, Making Formiers. Contemporary Regional Cinema. ” Touting “A Dynamic Mix of Bold Narration, Visual Innovation and Fresh person person Original Voices and Bold Creative Approaches to the Big Screen. ”

Italian Auteur Paeolo Sorrentino Will Receive This Year’s Honoryary Heart of Sarajevo Award. The Sarajevo Fest Runs Aug. 15-22.

Check Out the Full Sarajevo Lineup Below.

Competition Program – Feature Film

Otter (Vidra)Srđan vuletć (Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Croatia, Kosovo, 2025, 88 Min.) – World Premiere
Stars of Little Importance (Minden Csillag)Renátó Olasz (Hungary, 2025, 83 Min.) – World Premiere
Yugo floridaVladimir Tagić (Serbia, Bulgaria, France, Croatia, Montenegro, 2025, 112 Min.) – World Premiere
DJ AhmetGeorgi M. Unkovski (North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia, 2025, 99 min.) – Regional Premiere
FantasyKukla (Slovenia, North Macedonia, 2025, 98 Min.) – Regional Premiere
God will not help (bog neće pomography)Hana Jušić (Croatia, Italy, Romania, Greece, France, Slovenia, 2025, 135 Min.) – Regional Premiere
Sorella di clausuraIvana mladenović (Romania, Serbia, Italy, Spain, 2025, 103 min.) – Regional Premiere
White SnailElsa Kremser, Levin Peter (Austria, Germany, 2025, 115 Min.) – Regional Premiere
Wind, Talk to Me (Vetre, Prichaj Sa Mnom)Stefan đorđević (Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, 2025, 100 min.) – Regional Premiere

Competition Program – Documentary Film

Bosnian Knight (Bosanski vitez), Tarik Hodression (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, 2025, 79 MIN.) – World Premiere
I SAW A ‘Suno’ (Suno Dikhlem)Katalin Barsony (Hungary, Belgium, 2025, 92 Min.) – World Premiere
Kite (Chartaetos)Tanos Psichogios (Greece, 2025, 15 min.) – World Premiere
Steel Hotel SongBojan Stojčić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2025, 19 MIN.) – World Premiere
Letters (Pisma)Aysel Küçüksu (Bulgaria, 2025, 11 Min.) – International Premiere
My Dad’s Lessons (Lekcije Mog Tate)Dalija Dozet (Croatia, 2025, 62 Min.) – International Premiere
Red Slide (CRVENI TOBOGAN)NebojSa slijepache (Croatia, 2025, 27 min.) – International Premiere
Third World (Treći Svijet)Arsen Oremović (Croatia, 2025, 101 Min.) – International Premiere
Cuba & AlaskaYegor Troyanovsky (Ukraine, France, Belgium, 2025, 93 min.) – Regional Premiere
DiviaDmytro Hreshko (Ukraine, Poland, The Netherlands, USA, 2025, 79 MIN.) – Regional Premiere
DREAMERS: PEOPLE OF THE LIGHT (xāyalpıtlstlır: i̇̇̇inğin uffele)Imam Hasanov (Azerbaijan, 2025, 86 Min.) – Regional Premiere
Everytime You Leave, You Are Born Again (Svaki Put Kad OdeŠ, Ponovo SE RAđASHES)Mladen Bundalo (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, 2025, 24 Min.) – Regional Premiere
I BELIEVE The Portrait Saved Me (Mua Besoj mëtoj Portretti)Alban Muja (Kosovo, The Netherlands, 2025, 10 min.) – Regional Premiere
In hell with ivoKristina Nikolova (Bulgaria, USA, 2025, 80 Min.) – Regional Premiere
MilitantroposYelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova, Simon Mozgoviy (Ukraine, Austria, France, 2025, 111 min.) – Regional Premiere
OUR TIME WILL COME (UNSERE ZEIT WIRD KOMMEN)Ivette Löcker (Austria, 2025, 105 Min.) – Regional Premiere
The Men’s Land (Kacebis Mitsa)Mariam Bakacho Khatchwani (Georgia, Hungary, 2025, 15 Min.) – Regional Premiere
SLET 1988Marta Popivoda (Serbia, Germany, France, 2025, 22 min.) – Regional Premiere
19-Month ContractKetevan vashagashvili (Georgia, Bulgaria, Germany, 2025, 77 min.)
TataLina vdovîi, Radu ciorniciuc (romania, Germany, The Netherlands, 2025, 82 min.) – B & H Premiere

Competition Program – Short Film

Berna’s Eyes (Sytë e Bernës)Ermal Gërdovci (Kosovo*, North Macedonia, 2025, 17 Min.) – World Premiere
Desert, She (Ierimos)Ioanna Digenaki (Greece, 2025, 14 min.) – World Premiere
Procedure (Procedür)Rabia özmen (Türkiye, 2025, 18 min.) – World Premiere
AlișverișVasile Todinca (Romania, 2025, 15 Min.) – Regional Premiere
Eraserhead in a Knitted Shopping BagLili kos (Bulgaria, 2025, 19 min.) – Regional Premiere
Hysterical Fit of Laughter (histerijni Napad Smeha)Matija gluščević, dušan zorić (Serbia, croatia, 2025, 15 min.) – Regional Premiere
IndexRadu Muntean (Romania, 2025, 28 Min.) – Regional Premiere
The SpectacleBálint Kenyeres (Hungary, France, 2025, 17 Min.) – Regional Premiere
UPON SUNRISE (KAD SVANE)Stefan Ivančić (Serbia, Spain, Slovenia, Croatia, 2025, 15 Min.) – Regional Premiere
Winter in March (Lumi Saadab Meid)Natalia Mirzoyan (Armenia, Estonia, France, Belgium, 2025, 16 Min.) – Regional Premiere

Competition Program – Student Film

After classMarius paparvey (Romania, 2025, 18 min.) – World Premiere
Found & LostReza rasouli (Austria, 2025, 17 min.) – World Premiere
Home, A Space Between UsEffi Rabsilber (Greece, 2025, 16 Min.) – World Premiere
RahloJozo Schmuch (Croatia, 2025, 19 Min.) – World Premiere
TarikADEM TUTISK (SERBIA, 2025, 27 MIN.) – World Premiere
Curfew (Komendantska Hodyna)Yelyzaveta Toptyhina (Ukraine, 2025, 23 min.) – International Premiere
Backstroke (sirtüstü)Asya Günen (Türkiye, 2025, 14 Min.) – Regional Premiere
Living Stones (élő Kövek)Jakob ladányi jancsó (Hungary, 2025, 20 min.) – Regional Premiere
Milk and Cookies (Fursecuri și Lapte)Andrei-Tache Codreanu (Romania, 2025, 21 Min.)-Regional Premiere
Peninsula (Poluotok)David Gašo (Croatia, 2025, 19 Min.) – Regional Premiere
Wish You Were EarMirjana Balogh (Hungary, 2025, 10 MIN.) – Regional Premiere