49 films will compete for the Heart of Sarajevo awards at the 26th Sarajevo Film Festival. The Festival’s four competition sections – for feature, documentary, short and student film – will feature 29 world, 6 international, 2 European, 11 regional and 1 Bosnian-Herzegovinian premieres.
The 26h Sarajevo Film Festival which will open with the world premiere of the film Focus, Grandma (Koncentrisi se, baba) by Bosnian director Pjer Žalica, will be held from August 14th to 21st, 2020.
COMPETITION PROGRAM – FEATURE FILM 2020
ANDROMEDA GALAXY / GALAKTIKA E ANDROMEDËS, More Raça (Kosovo, Spain, Italy, North Macedonia, 2020, 80 min.) – World premiere
MAVZER, Fatih Özcan (Turkey, 2020, Color, 86 min.) – World premiere
OTTO THE BARBARIAN / OTTO BARBARUL, Ruxandra Ghițescu (Romania, Belgium, 2020, 110 min.) – World premiere
THE ISLAND WITHIN / DAXILDƏKI ADA, Ru Hasanov (Azerbaijan, France, 2020, 79 min.) – World premiere
ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES / OLA TA MIKRA OMORFA ALOGA, Michalis Konstantatos (Greece, Belgium, Germany, 2020, 105 min.) – European premiere
DIGGER, Georgis Grigorakis (Greece, France, 2020, 101 min.) – Regional premiere
EXILE / EXIL, Visar Morina (Germany, Belgium, Kosovo, 2020, 121 min.) – Regional premiere
MARE, Andrea Štaka (Switzerland, Croatia, 2020, 84 min.) – Regional premiere
COMPETITION PROGRAM – DOCUMENTARY FILM 2020
CONSPIRACY / ZAVJERA, Šemsudin Radončić (Montenegro, 2020, 90 min.) – World premiere
HOLD ME RIGHT, Danijela Stajnfeld (Serbia, United States, 2020, 75 min.) – World premiere
HOLY FATHER, Andrei Dăscălescu (Romania, 2020, 85 min.) – World premiere
IN PRAISE OF LOVE / U SLAVU LJUBAVI, Tamara Drakulić (Serbia, 2020, 80 min.) – World premiere
LET THERE BE COLOUR / NEK JE ŠTO ŠARENIJE, Ado Hasanović (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, 2020, 16 min.) – World premiere
NENAD, Mladen Bundalo (Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020, 22 min.) – World premiere
ONE OF US / JEDNA OD NAS, Đuro Gavran (Croatia, 2020, 51 min.) – World premiere
OUR LADY’S PEACE / MIR NAŠE GOSPE, Vladimir Perović (Montenegro, 2020, 18 min.) – World premiere
HOUSE OF DOLLS / CASA CU PĂPUȘI, Tudor Platon (Romania, 2020, 68 min.) – International premiere
THE FOURTH CHARACTER / O TETARTOS XARAKTIRAS, Katerina Patroni (Greece, 2019, 85 min.) – International premiere
HER MOTHERS / ANYÁIM TÖRTÉNETE, Asia Dér, Sári Haragonics (Hungary, 2020, 75 min.) – European premiere
MERRY CHRISTMAS, YIWU, Mladen Kovačević (Sweden, Serbia, Germany, France, Belgium, Qatar, 2020, 94 min.) – Regional premiere
RETURN TO EPIPO / VISSZATÉRÉS EPIPÓBA, Judit Oláh (Hungary, 2020, 84 min.) – Regional premiere
THE PAGEANT, Eytan Ipeker (Turkey, France, Israel, Germany, 2020, 85 min.) – Regional premiere
WOOD, Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger (Romania, China, Russia, Austria, United States, Peru, Germany, 2020, 97 min.) – Regional premiere
ACASĂ, MY HOME / ACASĂ, Radu Ciorniciuc (Romania, Germany, Finland, 2020, 86 min.) – Bosnian premiere
COMPETITION PROGRAM – SHORT FILM 2020
ANTIOTPAD, Tin Žanić (Croatia, 2020, 18 min.) – World premiere
EGGSHELLS / CHERUPKI, Slava Doytcheva (Bulgaria, 2020, 15 min.) – World premiere
GUKHUROBA / QUXUROBA, Teymur Gambarov (Azerbaijan, 2020, 21 min.) – World premiere
IN HER STEPS / STA VÌMATA TIS, Anastasia Kratidi (Greece, 2020, 25 min.) – World premiere
INVISIBLES / INVIZIBILII, 4inaroom (Romania, 2020, 10 min.) – World premiere
TWIST / TVIST, Ovsanna Shekoyan (Armenia, 2020, 16 min.) – World premiere
VESNA GOODBYE, Sara Kern (Slovenia, Australia, 2020, 14 min.) – World premiere
MICROCASSETTE – THE SMALLEST CASSETTE I’VE EVER SEEN / MIKROKAZETA – NAJMANJA KAZETA KOJU SAM IKAD VIDIO, Igor Bezinović, Ivana Pipal (Croatia, Serbia, 2020, 19 min.) – International premiere
BATTLEFIELD / BOJNO POLJE, Jannis Lenz (Austria, Germany, 2020, 8 min.) – Regional premiere
MAMAVILLE, Irmak Karasu (Turkey, 2020, 20 min.) – Regional premiere
COMPETITION PROGRAM – STUDENT FILM 2020
ANGINA PECTORIS, Filip Mojzeš (Croatia, 2020, 18 min.) – World premiere
ANJA, Benő Baranyi (Hungary, 2020, 19 min.) – World premiere
B4, Alen Šimić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020, 13 min.) – World premiere
DEVELOPMENT / VELIKA DOSTIGNUĆA, Nikola Vučinić (Montenegro, 2020, 21 min.) – World premiere
FACELESS / BEZ LICA, David Lušičić (Croatia, 2020, 14 min.) – World premiere
FAMILY VACATION / PORODIČNI ODMOR, Katarina Koljević (Serbia, 2020, 19 min.) – World premiere
LOT’S WIFE, Panagiotis Stergianos (Greece, 2020, 23 min.) – World premiere
MY DAD, THE CLOWN / MOJ TATA, KLOVN, Sara Ristić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020, 24 min.) – World premiere
THE ROOTS / KORIJENI, Stefan Tomić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2019, 16 min.) – World premiere
THRALL / SUŽANJ, Igor Đurić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020, 9 min.) – World premiere
FISH LIKE US / FISCHE, Raphaela Schmid (Austria, 2020, 17 min.) – International premiere
THE GREAT ISTANBUL DEPRESSION / BÜYÜK İSTANBUL DEPRESYONU, Zeynep Dilan Süren (Turkey, Japan, 2020, 20 min.) – International premiere
THE RED STRING / FIRUL ROȘU, Alexandra Fuscaș (Romania, 2019, 5 min.) – International premiere
BYE LITTLE BLOCK! / PÁ KIS PANELOM!, Éva Darabos (Hungary, 2020, 9 min.) – Regional premiere
THE VERDICT IN THE CASE OF K. / DAS URTEIL IM FALL K., Özgür Anil (Austria, 2020, 30 min.) – Regional premiere
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