A total of 47 films will compete for the Heart of Sarajevo awards at the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival in the four competition sections – feature, documentary, short and student film.
The winner of the short film competition is eligible to compete for Oscar® Award and becomes a nominee for the candidacy for the European Film Awards 2021.
The 27th Sarajevo Film Festival runs August 13-20, 2021, and opens on Friday, August 13, with a ceremony at the National Theatre in Sarajevo hosted by Dino Bajrović, a young actor from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sarajevo Film Festival 2021 Competition Lineup
COMPETITION PROGRAM – FEATURE FILM 2021
THE ELEGY OF LAUREL / ELEGIJA LOVORA, Dušan Kasalica (Montenegro, Serbia, 2021, 93 min.) – World premiere
THINGS WORTH WEEPING FOR / A LEGJOBB DOLGOKON BŐGNI KELL, Cristina Grosan (Hungary, 2021, 84 min) – World premiere
BEBIA, À MON SEUL DÉSIR, Juja Dobrachkous (Georgia, United Kingdom, 2020, 113 min.) – Regional premiere
CELTS / KELTI, Milica Tomović (Serbia, 2021, 106 min.) – Regional premiere
GREAT FREEDOM / GROSSE FREIHEIT, Sebastian Meise (Austria, Germany, 2021, 116 min.) – Regional premiere
LOOKING FOR VENERA / NË KËRKIM TË VENERËS, Norika Sefa (Kosovo, 2020, 111 min.) – Regional premiere
MOON, 66 QUESTIONS / SELENE 66 QUESTIONS, Jacqueline Lentzou (Greece, France, 2021, 108 min.) – Regional premiere
MURINA, Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović (Croatia, Brazil, United States, Slovenia, 2021, 92 min.) – Regional premiere
THE HILL WHERE LIONESSES ROAR / LA COLLINE OÙ RUGISSENT LES LIONESS, Luàna Bajrami (Kosovo, France, 2021, 83 min.) – Regional premiere
COMPETITION PROGRAM – DOCUMENTARY FILM 2021
BOSNIAN BROADWAY / BOSANSKI BRODVEJ, Jasmina Beširević (Croatia, 2021, 30 min.) – World premiere
DISTURBED EARTH, Kumjana Novakova, Guillermo Carreras-Candi (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain, North Macedonia, 2021, 71 min.) – World premiere
DIVAS / DÍVÁK, Máté Kőrösi (Hungary, 2021, 80 min.) – World premiere
EVERY SUNDAY, Keti Papadema (Cyprus, 2020, 24 min.) – World premiere
HORIZON / HORIZONT, Tanja Deman (Croatia, 2021, 25 min.) – World premiere
THE SAME DREAM / ACELAȘI VIS, Vlad Petri (Romania, 2021, 29 min.) – World premiere
WHEN WE WERE THEM, Danis Tanović, Damir Šagolj (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2021, 15 min.) – World premiere
ŽŽŽ (JOURNAL ABOUT ŽELIMIR ŽILNIK) / ŽŽŽ (ŽURNAL O ŽELIMIRU ŽILNIKU), Janko Baljak (Serbia, 2021, 90 min.) – World premiere
SUNNY/ MZIURI, Keti Machavariani (Georgia, 2021, 67 min.) – European premiere
FACTORY TO THE WORKERS / TVORNICE RADNICIMA, Srđan Kovačević (Croatia, 2021, 105 min.) – Regional premiere
LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES / YARAMAZ ÇOCUKLAR, Ahmet Necdet Çupur (Turkey, France, Germany, 2021, 93 min.) – Regional premiere
LOOKING FOR HORSES, Stefan Pavlović (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Netherlands, France, 2021, 88 min.) – Regional premiere
RECIPE FOR HATE/ POTREBA ZA MRŽNJOM, Filip Čolović (Serbia, 2020, 81 min.) – Regional premiere
RECONCILIATION / ODPUŠČANJE, Marija Zidar (Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, 2021, 82 min.) – Regional premiere
SOLDAT AHMET, Jannis Lenz (Austria, 2021, 76 min.) – Regional premiere
LANDSCAPES OF RESISTANCE / PEJZAŽI OTPORA, Marta Popivoda (Serbia, France, Germany, 2021, 95 min.) – B&H premiere
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – SHORT FILM 2021
Oscar® qualifying Award
SARAJEVO SHORT FILM NOMINEE FOR THE CANDIDACY FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2021
EVERYTHING AHEAD / SVE ŠTO DOLAZI, Mate Ugrin (Croatia, France, 2021, 24 min.) – World premiere
FROM THE BALCONY, Aris Kaplanidis (Greece, 2020, 13 min.) – World premiere
HEARTBREATH / TENGNEFES, Azer Guliev (Azerbaijan, 2021, 15 min.) – World premiere
SOLO MODE, Tamara Kotevska (North Macedonia, Turkey, United States, 2021, 30 min.) – World premiere
BRUTALIA, DAYS OF LABOUR, Manolis Mavris (Belgium, Greece, 2021, 26 min.) – Regional premiere
DISPLACED / PA VEND, Samir Karahoda (Kosovo, 2021, 15 min.) – Regional premiere
INTERCOM 15 / INTERFON 15, Andrei Epure (Romania, 2021, 22 min.) – Regional premiere
NORTH POLE / SEVEREN POL, Marija Apchevska (North Macedonia, Serbia, 2021, 15 min.) – Regional premiere
PENALTY SHOT / KAZENSKI STREL, Rok Biček (Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, 2021, 15 min.) – Regional premiere
STEAKHOUSE, Špela Čadež (Slovenia, Germany, France, 2021, 10 min.) – Regional premiere
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – STUDENT FILM 2021
BARLEY / JEČAM ŽELA, Andrija Mugoša (Montenegro, 2021, 18 min.) – World premiere
SUMMER PLANNING / PLANURI DE VACANTA, Alexandru Mironescu (Romania, 2021, 26 min.) – World premiere
WHEN NIGHT LOST / OTAN ECHASE I NICHTA, Asteris Tziolas (Greece, 2021, 17 min.) – World premiere
WHEN THE MORNING DAWNS / KAD JUTRO SVANE, Karmen Obrdalj (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2021, 23 min.) – World premiere
APARTMENT X / APARTAMENTUL X, Marius Papară (Romania, 2020, 14 min.) – International premiere
OTAVA, Lana Bregar (Slovenia, 2021, 15 min.) – International premiere
WAIT FOR ME / ČEKAJ ME, Damir Markovina (Croatia, 2020, 42 min.) – International premiere
DUSK / FÉLHOMÁLY, Bálint Bíró (Hungary, Belgium, Portugal, 2020, 21 min.) – Regional premiere
EATING SOIL / ERDE ESSEN, Laura Weissenberger (Austria, 2021, 26 min.) – Regional premiere
FONICA M-120, Oliver Rudolf (Hungary, 2020, 24 min.) – Regional premiere
LOVE STORIES ON THE MOVE / PRIN ORAȘ CIRCULĂ SCURTE POVEȘTI DE DRAGOSTE, Carina-Gabriela Dașoveanu (Romania, 2021, 21 min.) – Regional premiere
REDUCTION, Réka Anna Szakály (Hungary, 2021, 11 min.) – Regional premiere