53 films will compete for the Heart of Sarajevo awards at the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival, to be held from August 16 to 23 under the patronage of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).. The Festival’s four competition sections – for feature, documentary, short and student film – will feature 23 world, 4 international, 24 regional and 2 Bosnian-Herzegovinian premieres. 25th Sarajevo Film Festival
FEATURE FILM 2019
A TALE OF THREE SISTERS / KIZ KARDEŞLER, Emin Alper (Turkey, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, 2019, 108 min.) – Regional premiere
AND THEN WE DANCED, Levan Akin (Georgia, Sweden, France, 2019, 105 min.) – Regional premiere
CAT IN THE WALL / KOTKA V STENATA, Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova (Bulgaria, United Kingdom, France, 2019, 92 min.) – Regional premiere
HEIDI, Cătălin Mitulescu (Romania, 2019, 96 min.) – World premiere
MO, Radu Dragomir (Romania, 2019, 77 min.) – International premiere
OPEN DOOR / DERË E HAPUR, Florenc Papas (Albania, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, 2019, 78 min.) – World premiere
ROUNDS / V KRAG, Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria, Serbia, 2019, 106 min.) – World premiere
THE SON / SIN, Ines Tanović (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, Montenegro, 2019, 106 min.) – World premiere
TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE, Ena Sendijarević (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Netherlands, 2018, 91 min.) – Regional premiere
DOCUMENTARY FILM 2019
A SMALL DOCUMENTARY ABOUT 3 LETTERS / MALI DOKUMENTARNI FILM O 3 PISMA, Goran Bregović (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, France, 2019, 30 min.) – World premiere
DAUGHTER OF CAMORRA / FIGLIA DI CAMORRA, Siniša Gačić (Slovenia, Italy, 2019, 80 min.) – World premiere
HONEYLAND / МЕДЕНА ЗЕМЈА, Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska (North Macedonia, 2019, 85 min.) – Bosnian premiere
HOW FAR THE STARS / CSILLAGFÉNY TÁVOLSÁG, Katalin Barsony (Hungary, USA, 2019, 68 min.) – World premiere
IF ONLY DREAMS CAME TRUE / DA JE MENI ONO ŠTO MI NIJE, Višnja Skorin (Croatia, 2019, 55 min.) – World premiere
IN BETWEEN / NË MES, Samir Karahoda (Kosovo, 2019, 13 min.) – Bosnian premiere
PALACE FOR THE PEOPLE / DVORCITE NA NARODA, Boris Missirkov, Georgi Bogdanov (Bulgaria, Romania, Germany, 2018, 79 min.) – Regional premiere
QUEEN LEAR / KRALİÇE LEAR, Pelin Esmer (Turkey, 2019, 84 min.) – World premiere
STACK OF MATERIAL / GOMILA MATERIJALA, Sajra Subašić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018, 7 min.) – World premiere
THE EUPHORIA OF BEING / A LÉTEZÉS EUFÓRIÁJA, Réka Szabó (Hungary, 2019, 83 min.) – Regional premiere
THE GOLDEN GIRL / FATA DE AUR, Denisa Morariu-Tamas, Adrian Robe (Romunia, 2019, 95 min.) – World premiere
THE SOVIET GARDEN / GRĂDINA SOVIETICĂ, Dragoș Turea (Moldova, Romania, 2019, 76 min.) – World premiere
THEN COMES THE EVENING / A SAD SE SPUŠTA VEČE, Maja Novaković (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2019, 28 min.) – Regional premiere
YET ANOTHER DEPARTURE / JOŠ JEDAN ODLAZAK, Renata Poljak (Croatia, 2019, 11 min.) – International premiere
WHEN THE PERSIMMONS GREW / XURMALAR YETIŞƏN VAXT, Hilal Baydarov (Azerbaijan, Austria, 2019, 118 min.) – Regional premiere
WHEN TOMATOES MET WAGNER, Marianna Economou (Greece, 2019, 72 min.) – Regional premiere
SHORT FILM 2019
BLACK SUN / SIYAH GÜNEŞ, Arda Çiltepe (Turkey, Germany, 2019, 20 min.) – Regional premiere
MR. MARE / LIDÉRC ÚR, Luca Tóth (Hungary, France, 2019, 19 min.) – Regional premiere
NATURAL SELECTION / PRIRODNI ODABIR, Aleta Rajič (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, 2018, 10 min.) – World premiere
ONE OF MANY / EDNA, Vuk Mitevski (North Macedonia, Belgium, 2019, 11 min.) – Regional premiere
POSTCARDS FROM THE END OF THE WORLD, Konstantinos Antonopoulos (Greece, 2019, 23 min.) – World premiere
SALT, PEPPER TO TASTE / DUZ, ISTIOT ZÖVQƏ GÖRƏ, Teymur Hajiyev (Azerbaijan, 2019, 22 min.) – Regional premiere
SYMBIOSIS, Nadja Andrasev (Hungary, France, 2019, 13 min.) – World premiere
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKY, Vasilis Kekatos (Greece, France, 2019, 9 min.) – Regional premiere
THE LAST IMAGE OF FATHER / POSLEDNJA SLIKA O OCU, Stefan Đorđević (Serbia, Croatia, Greece, 2019, 20 min.) – Regional premiere
THE LAST TRIP TO THE SEASIDE / ULTIMUL DRUL SPRE MARE, Adi Voicu (Romania, 2019, 12 min.) – Regional premiere
THE PIT / JAMA, Alban Ukaj (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2019, 11 min.) – World premiere
THE VAN, Erenik Beqiri (Albania, France, 2019, 15 min.) – Regional premiere
TINA, Dubravka Turić (Croatia, 2019, 14 min.) – Regional premiere
12 K. MARX STREET / MARXIS KUCHA 12, Irine Jordania (Georgia, 2019, 15 min.) – World premiere
STUDENT FILM 2019
AS UP TO NOW / AHOGY EDDIG, Katalin Moldovai (Hungary, 2018, 24 min.) – Regional premiere
BROKEN THINGS, Panni Gyulai (Hungary, 2019, 10 min.) – Regional premiere
DAY RELEASE / FREIGANG, Martin Winter (Austria, 2019, 35 min.) – Regional premiere
ELEPHANT’S GRAVEYARD / GROBLJE SLONOVA, Filip Mojzeš (Croatia, 2019, 13 min.) – World premiere
FAVORITES / FAVORITEN, Martin Monk (Austria, Germany, 2019, 18 min.) – Regional premiere
GOD THE MOTHER / DUMNEZEU MAMA, Mihai Ghiță (Romania, 2019, 19 min.) – International premiere
HOW TO FLY A KITE? / CUM ÎNALȚI UN ZMEU?, Loránd Gábor (Romania, 2018, 27 min.) – Regional premiere
LIFE BETWEEEN THE EXIT SIGNS / ZUFALL & NOTWENDIGKEIT, Nicolas Pindeus (Austria, 2019, 18 min.) – International premiere
NIGHT SESSION / GAMIS SEANSI, Petre Tomadze (Georgia, 2019, 4 min.) – Regional premiere
SAD GIRL WEEKEND, Dimitris Tsakaleas, Lida Vartzioti (Greece, 2019, 15 min.) – World premiere
SHERBET / ŠERBET, Nikola Stojanović (Serbia, 2019, 19 min.) – World premiere
SIGH / OF, Vlad Bolgarin (Moldova, 2019, 15 min.) – Regional premiere
THE SHIFT / ŠIHTA, Damir Markovina (Croatia, 2019, 16 min.) – World premiere
WORLD, ON HOLD / DÜNYA TUTULUYOR, Ömer Deniz (Turkey, 2019, 21 min.) – World premiere