THE BALKAN COWBOY is a deeply personal, emotional and investigative journey into the past. By reconstructing someone else’s life, it also becomes a way of reflecting on your own. A film was screned at Competition Programme – Documentary Film.
At 32. Sarajevo Film Festival documentary lovers and animal lovers alike will have the chance to see the world premiere of BEAR WITH ME, the first feature-length documentary by Bulgarian filmmaker Martin Genovski. The film tells the moving story of Maxy, a wild animal trainer who spent much of her life working in circuses. It explores the extraordinary bond between her and her furry companions.
After living in Croatia, Bosnia, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, the director set out - armed with humor and self-irony - on a search for the roots of her own non-belonging. A film FRAGMENTS OF BELONGING will be screened at Competition Programme – Documentary Film.
Following the award ceremony, Michael Winterbottom's 1997 film WELCOME TO SARAJEVO, in which Harrelson plays one of the leading roles, will be screened.
Woody Harrelson, who will be awarded the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival in recognition of his exceptional contribution to the art of cinema and his exceptional acting career, has arrived in Sarajevo.
Following its world premiere in the "Un Certain Regard" section of the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the award of the same name, the film EVERYTIME by Austrian director Sandra Wollner will have its regional premiere tonight as part of the Competition Programme – Narrative Feature Film at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival. On this occasion, a press conference with the film crew was held today at the National Theatre.
Equipped with cameras, microphones, curiosity and knowledge, a director and a psychotherapist headed to prison. For eighteen months, every Thursday they spent time with those convicted of serious crimes – murderers, smugglers, drug dealers, robbers... The film WHEN I GET OUT will be screened at Competition Programme – Documentary Film
To find a subject for her film, director Raisa Răzmeriță did not have to look far: in her own native village she already knew a woman, Elena, beneath whose cheerful and infectious energy lay a much deeper story. The film ELECTING MS SANTA will be screened at Competition Programme – Documentary Film.
Kosara Mitić’s debut feature delivers a poignant portrait of adolescence through the story of a school trip, confronting us with a collective failure of society. The crew of 17 emphasizes the urgent need to address sexual education and the systemic neglect of of youth across the region.
In a film EVERYTIME by Sandra Wollner, which will be screened in Competition Programme – Narrative Feature Film, a grieving mother embarks on a long-postponed vacation in the aftermath of a tragedy, exploring the unexpected relationships that emerge from shared grief.
