Sarajevo Film Festival

30. July 2021.

Competition Programme – Short Film Jury and selection of the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival

Director, producer and programmer Stefan Ivančić, director Hella Wenders and actress Sara Luna Zorić will serve on the jury of the Competition Programme - Short Film of the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival. They will decide the winner of the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Short Film, which will be eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film / Live Action Short Film categories of the Academy Awards®.

30. July 2021.

56 Participants Selected for Talents Sarajevo 2021

Talents Sarajevo accompanying the 27th edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival will welcome 56 up-and-coming directors, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers, editors and film critics from 14 countries of Southeast Europe and the Southern Caucasus.

29. July 2021.

The most anticipated regional TV achievements in the Avantpremiere Series Programme

As part of this year's Avantpremiere Series programme of the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival, the audience will be presented with the five latest drama series. The festival audience and film professionals will have the opportunity to watch the first two episodes of the first seasons exclusively on the cinema screen, and meet the cast of the series: AWAKE, TIME OF EVIL, BAD BLOOD, BLACK WEDDING and THE GOLDEN BOY.

28. July 2021.

Applications for 27th Sarajevo Film Festival press accreditations are now open!

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28. July 2021.

Introducing the Competition Programme – Documentary Film: 16 films in competition, 8 World Premieres

In the Competition Programme – Documentary Film of the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival, there are 16 films according to the choice of the programmer Rada Šešić. In Sarajevo, 8 films will have global, 1 European, 6 regional and 1 Bosnian-Herzegovinian premieres.

27. July 2021.

In Focus Programme of the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival

The 27th Sarajevo Film Festival’s In Focus programme brings the best achievements of regional cinematography from the past and this year. It is a selection of strong achievements of both already established artists and debutants that gained success at prestigious film festivals around the world or in the domestic market.

26. July 2021.

WOMEN DO CRY completes the Competition Programme - Feature Film selection of the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival

Bulgarian film Women Do Cry by Vesela Kazakova and Mina Mileva was added to the Competition Programme – Feature Film of the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival, completing the selection that now includes 10 feature films.

23. July 2021.

Dino Bajrović Hosting 27th Sarajevo Film Festival Opening Ceremony

The 27th Sarajevo Film Festival will be opened on Friday, 13 August, with a ceremony at the National Theatre in Sarajevo. The honour of hosting this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival was granted to a young actor from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dino Bajrović.

22. July 2021.

27th Sarajevo Film Festival: 48 films to compete for Heart of Sarajevo awards

A total of 48 films will compete for the Heart of Sarajevo awards at the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival. The Festival’s four competition sections – for feature, documentary, short and student film – will feature 18 world, 3 international, 1 european, 25 regional and 1 B&H premieres.

19. July 2021.

New Main Festival Sponsor presented: UniCredit Bank

Ahead of the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival, which will take place from 13 to 20 August, a press conference was held at the Meeting Point cinema in Sarajevo, where jury members of the Competition Programme – Feature Film were announced, and the new main sponsor of the Festival: UniCredit Bank was presented.

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