Sarajevo Film Festival

03. August 2026.

Online Ticket Pre-Sale Is Open

Online tickets can be purchased through our website, and the Sarajevo Film Festival mobile app.

03. August 2026.

Introducing the Open Air Premiere Programme of the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival

The Open Air Premiere programme showcases the region's most eagerly anticipated new films.

03. August 2026.

Introducing the Open Air Programme of the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival

The Open Air programme of the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival features eight award-winning titles.

03. August 2026.

Woody Harrelson Receives Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival

At the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival, Michael Winterbottom's 1997 film Welcome to Sarajevo, which premiered at Cannes and was also screened at the 3rd Sarajevo Film Festival later that year, will be shown.

02. August 2026.

Emir Hadžihafizbegović to Receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival

For more than three decades, the Sarajevo Film Festival has fostered and championed the film culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the wider region.

01. August 2026.

25 Years After Its Premiere, Academy Award®-Winning No Man’s Land by Danis Tanović Returns in a Restored Version to Close the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival

This presents a unique opportunity for audiences to rediscover a landmark of Bosnian and Herzegovinian cinema on the big screen.

31. July 2026.

Online Ticket Pre-Sale Begins on Monday

Get a 20% discount on online ticket purchases (via Festival website and mobile app) with Mastercard. The offer is valid for all Mastercard cardholders.

29. July 2026.

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: World Premiere of the Film “All We Have Is Us”

Because All We Have Is Us is not just a film about resistance. It reminds us that film art itself can be an act of resistance: Juárez and Donoso open up space for voices that are often not heard in global discussions about development and the green transition.

27. July 2026.

Diego Luna to Receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival

“It's been many years since I've wanted to go to Sarajevo, so many colleagues have spoken beautifully about the festival and their personal experience there. I feel honored with the recognition of my work,” stated Luna.

23. July 2026.

32nd Sarajevo Film Festival: 51 films in competition for the Heart of Sarajevo awards

A total of 51 films are in competition for the Heart of Sarajevo awards in the Competition Programmes of the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival, while one film will be screened out of competition.

23. July 2026.

Paweł Pawlikowski’s Fatherland to Open the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival

"My films, especially the last three which are steeped in history, have a very good home there. I'm very happy to be back and very thrilled that it's the opening film of the festival”, said Pawlikowski.

17. July 2026.

32nd Sarajevo Film Festival: Honorary Heart of Sarajevo and “Tribute To” Programme for Asghar Farhadi

“It is difficult to overstate Asghar Farhadi’s significance to world cinema. His remarkable body of work reminds us that the most profound dramas are often concealed within everyday life. His films do not offer easy answers; instead, they invite us to look more closely, listen more carefully and engage with life’s complexities,” said Jovan Marjanović, Director of the Sarajevo Film Festival.

15. July 2026.

Open Call for Young People to Participate in the “Films for Future” Project at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival

Authors of the best films will be rewarded with valuable prizes, provided by the United Nations Development Programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

13. July 2026.

Kerim Čutuna, Host of the Opening Ceremony of the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival

"The Sarajevo Film Festival is the most important cultural event in the country, and hosting the Opening Ceremony, in the city that shaped me, in front of the people who love me, is one of the greatest professional recognitions I could receive." said Čutuna.

06. July 2026.

A New Sarajevo Film Festival Award: Prix Cineplexx

As the leading cinema chain in Southeast Europe, Cineplexx is a natural partner for an award that honours the audience’s choice while supporting the theatrical life of regional films beyond the Festival.

19. June 2026.

RULES for participation in the I LOVE FILM programme of the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival

19. June 2026.

Applications are Open for Participation in the I LOVE FILM Programme of the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival

Applications are open until July 20, 2026.

19. June 2026.

Seven Projects Selected for Support Through the Female Filmmakers Support Programme

The seven selected projects were officially announced at Slano Film Days 2026, in the presence of a professional audience of filmmakers, producers, and festival representatives.

18. June 2026.

Voting for the 2026 AFA Nominees Awards Begins

The winners of the AFA Awards will be announced at a gala ceremony to be held in October in Porto Montenegro in Tivat, Montenegro, which is the main partner of the event.

09. June 2026.

It's Time! Accreditation for the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival Is Open!

Festival days are a unique opportunity for establishing and strengthening contacts and unforgettable socializing with numerous film professionals and audiences.

11. May 2026.

Applications for Volunteering at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival Are Open

Join us, volunteer, learn, and have fun with us. Applications are open until June 20, 2026.

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04. May 2026.

Adriatic Film & TV Awards: Submissions Open for the 2026 AFA Awards

Eligible for submission are rights holders of feature and documentary films, as well as high-end television series (including drama series and sitcoms)

16. April 2026.

Submit your film for CineLink Work in Progress 2026

We invite filmmakers from Southeast Europe, Ukraine, North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia to submit their fiction and documentary projects by May 15, 2026

26. February 2026.

Film Submissions for the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival Programmes

The 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival will take place from August 14 to 21, 2026.

Submit Your Film

06. January 2026.

In Memoriam Béla Tarr (1955–2026)

Tarr was also a great friend of the Sarajevo Film Festival: in 2006, the Festival dedicated its “Tribute to” programme to him. He was the recipient of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 19th Sarajevo Film Festival (2013), and in 2014 he served as President of the Jury

18. December 2025.

Open Call for Applications – Female Filmmakers Support Programme

The programme, titled Female Filmmakers Support Programme (FFSP), aims to support and empower women in film from the six Southeast European countries in which UNIQA operates

28. October 2025.

AFA Awards Honour the Best of Adriatic Film and Television 

Winners were selected by a professional jury comprising over 550 members of the Film and TV Academy of the Adriatic Region

24. September 2025.

Nominations Announced for the Adriatic Film Awards 2025

The nominations have been announced for this year’s Adria Film and TV Awards, which will take place on October 25 in Porto Montenegro. These awards build on the tradition of the Heart of Sarajevo Awards for TV series, expanding them with a new concept that also includes film achievements.

22. August 2025.

UniCredit Audience Award of the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival to the films “DJ Ahmet” and “The Track”

After eight days of the Festival, the audience selected the best achievements. The UniCredit Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival went to “DJ Ahmet” directed by Georgi M. Unkovski.

22. August 2025.

Dmytro Hreshko: Here Were Situations When the Military Advised Us Not to Wear Press Badges

Taking its name from Divija, the Slavic goddess of nature, this documentary stands apart from all others about the war in Ukraine - the director turns his lens to nature, to the beautiful living world that silently endures the devastation of war and, with quiet defiance, slowly restores itself.

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