51 films will compete for the Heart of Sarajevo awards at the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival taking place from August 12th to 19th, 2022. The Festival’s four competition sections – for feature, documentary, short and student film – will feature 21 world, 7 international, 1 European, 21 regional and 1 B&H premiere.
COMPETITION PROGRAM – FEATURE FILM 2022
1. A BALLAD / BALADA, Aida Begić (Bosna and Herzegovina, 2022, 120 min.) – World premiere
2. MEN OF DEEDS / OAMENI DE TREABĂ, Paul Negoescu (Romania, Bulgaria, 2022, 105 min.) – World premiere
3. RIDERS / JEZDECA, Dominik Mencej (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2022, 110 min.) – World premiere
4. SIX WEEKS / HAT HÉT, Noémi Veronika Szakonyi (Hungary, 2022, 95 min.) – World premiere
5. CORSAGE, Marie Kreutzer (Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, France, 2022, 113 min.) – Regional premiere
6. KLONDIKE, Maryna Er Gorbach (Ukraine, Türkiye, 2022, 100 min.) – Regional premiere
7. SAFE PLACE / SIGURNO MJESTO, Juraj Lerotić (Croatia, 2022, 105 min.) – Regional premiere
8. SERVIAM – I WILL SERVE / SERVIAM – ICH WILL DIENEN, Ruth Mader (Austria, 2022, 106 min.) – Regional premiere
COMPETITION PROGRAM – DOCUMENTARY FILM 2022
1. DIARY OF A BRIDE OF CHRIST / TSCHODENNYK NARECHENOI CHRISTA, Marta Smerechynska (Ukraine, 2021, 90 min.) – World premiere
2. LIGHTS OF SARAJEVO / SVJETLA SARAJEVA, Srđan Perkić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2022, 68 min.) – World premiere
3. LITURGY OF ANTI-TANK OBSTACLES, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (Ukraine, USA, 2022, 12 min.) – World premiere
4. PAYING A VISIT TO FORTUNA / FORTUNA VENDÉGEI, Mátyás Kálmán (Hungary, Croatia, 2022, 74 min.) – World premiere
5. SHADOWED BY THE PLANE TREE / ÇINAR AĞACININ KÖLGƏSINDƏ, Aynur Elgunesh (Azerbaijan, 2022, 18 min.) – World premiere
6. THE CHALICE. OF SONS AND DAUGHTERS / O TAHTAI. SAVENDAR TAI SEIANDAR, Cătălina Tesăr, Dana Bunescu (Romania, 2022, 83 min.) – World premiere
7. THE FILM FACTORY / TVORNICA FILMOVA, Silvestar Kolbas (Croatia, 2022, 15 min.) – World premiere
8. TOO CLOSE, Botond Püsök (Romania, Hungary, 2022, 85 min.) – World premiere
9. BABAJANJA, Ante Zlatko Stolica (Croatia, 2022, 14 min.) – International premiere
10. RETREAT, Anabela Angelovska (North Macedonia, Germany, 2022, 30 min.) – International premiere
11. WE, … COMPOSITION / WIR, … KOMPOSITION, Visar Jusufi (Kosovo, Germany, 2022, 15 min.) – International premiere
12. BIGGER THAN TRAUMA / VEĆE OD TRAUME, Vedrana Pribačić (Croatia, 2022, 91 min.) – European premiere
13. ANOTHER SPRING / JOŠ JEDNO PROLEĆE, Mladen Kovačević (Serbia, France, Qatar, 2022, 90 min.) – Regional premiere
14. A PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL / EDNA PROVINTSIALNA BOLNITSA, Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov, Zlatina Teneva (Bulgaria, Germany, 2022, 107 min.) – Regional premiere
15. ATONAL GLOW / ATONALURI GABRZKINEBA, Alexander Koridze (Georgia, 2022, 67 min.) – Regional premiere
16. BEAUTY OF THE BEAST, Anna Eszter Nemes (Hungary, Serbia, 2022, 47 min.) – Regional premiere
17. FRAGILE MEMORY, Igor Ivanjko (Ukraine, 2022, 85 min.) – Regional premiere
18. LIVING TOGETHER / ZUSAMMENLEBEN, Thomas Fürhapter (Austria, 2022, 90 min.) – Regional premiere
19. MICROBIOME, Stavros Petropoulos (Greece, 2021, 27 min.) – Regional premiere
20. NO PLACE FOR YOU IN OUR TOWN / NIAMASH MIASTO V NASHIA GRAD, Nikolay Stefanov (Bulgaria, 2022, 81 min.) – Regional premiere
21. RIBS / REBRA, Farah Hasanbegović (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Belgium, Portugal, 2022, 9 min.) – Regional premiere
22. MUSEUM OF THE REVOLUTION / MUZEJ REVOLUCIJE, Srđan Keča (Serbia, Croatia, Czech Republic, 2021, 91 min.) – B&H premiere
COMPETITION PROGRAM – SHORT FILM 2022
1. IT’S NOT COLD FOR MOSQUITOES / NIJE ZIMA ZA KOMARCE, Josip Lukić, Klara Šovagović (Croatia, 2022, 29 min.) – World premiere
2. MY NIKOLA / MOJ NIKOLA, Martina Marasović (Croatia, 2022, 22 min.) – World premiere
3. RAINBOY / KIŠNI DJEČAK, Sandra Marić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2022, 4 min.) – World premiere
4. THE OTHER END OF THE STREET / AZ UTCA MÁSIK VÉGE, Kálmán Nagy (Austria, Hungary, 2022, 22 min.) – World premiere
5. WATER BALLOONS / ČEKAJ ME OVDE, Aleksa Borković (Serbia, 2022, 13 min.) – World premiere
6. HOLLYWOOD, Leni Gruber, Alex Reinberg (Austria, 2022, 29 min.) – International premiere
7. MON AMI, Carina Dasoveanu (Romania, 2022, 30 min.) – International premiere
8. MY SISTER AND I / EU ȘI SORA MEA, Theodor Ioniță (Romania, 2022, 17 min.) – International premiere
9. CRAZE / HAJSZÁLREPEDÉS, Bianka Szelestey (Hungary, 2021, 22 min.) – Regional premiere
10. RESTING FOG / NYUGVÓ KÖD, Nikolett Fábián (Hungary, 2022, 5 min.) – Regional premiere
11. THE ANALOGY OF SPACE / ANALOHIYA PROSTORU, Oleksandr Hoisan (Ukraine, 2022, 12 min.) – Regional premiere