Sarajevo Film Festival

15. April 2019.

CineLink reveals first projects selected for Co-Production Market and CineLink Drama

Eight feature film projects in early development and five drama series projects have been announced as part of this year’s CineLink line-up.

03. April 2019.

Talents Sarajevo Call for Entries 2019

New call for entries for aspiring film professionals from Southeast Europe and Southern Caucasus to participate in Talents Sarajevo, held within the framework of the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival, is now open.

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20. March 2019.

The 9th Docu Rough Cut Boutique announces selected projects for 2019

For the first time Docu Rough Cut Boutique will be organized into three modules and we are proud to announce a project selection for this edition.

06. March 2019.

Shooting has begun in Sarajevo of short films backed by the SEE Factory project

Shooting of five short films that will open the 2019 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des réalisateurs) at Cannes has begun in Sarajevo.

06. March 2019.

CineLink Drama 2019

With the CineLink Drama call we are looking for new series currently being developed to take part in the CineLink 4-day-long project development workshop in April 2019, and present them at CineLink Industry Days in August.

26. February 2019.

Five short films made in Sarajevo to open the 2019 edition of the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight

The Southeast Europe Factory, the latest edition of La Factory project by DW and Directors’ Fortnight, is joining forces with the Sarajevo Film Festival, Film Center Serbia, Macedonian Film Agency, Film Center Slovenia and Film Center Montenegro to produce five 10 minute short films by ten emerging directors.

18. February 2019.

Film Submissions for the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival Programmes

Online film submissions for the programmes of the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival, which will be held from 16th to 23rd August 2019, are now open.

11. February 2019.

25th Sarajevo Film Festival to present Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award, pay tribute to Pawel Pawlikowski

During the 25th anniversary edition, the Sarajevo Film Festival will pay tribute to director Pawel Pawlikowski and honour him for his outstanding contribution to the art of film and his lasting friendship with the city of Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The acclaimed director will be presented with the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award and honoured with a retrospective of his works - including documentaries he made for the BBC and his most recent feature films such as Ida and Cold War - in the Festival’s Tribute to programme. Pawlikowski will be returning to the Sarajevo Film Festival for the third time. In 2010 he presented Ida to the Festival audience and in 2018 Cold War opened the 24th edition of the Festival.

29. October 2018.

Call for proposals for the DOCU ROUGH CUT BOUTIQUE

03. October 2018.

"A Good Day's Work" in Competition of the 40th CINEMED

A GOOD DAY’S WORK, produced by the Sarajevo-based Obala Art Center, will head to France shortly after screening in the main competition program of the Busan Film Festival in South Korea. The film will be screened on October 21st and 24th, in the competition programme of the 40th CINEMED - Montpellier Festival of Mediterranean Cinema, running October 19-27.

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