The Sarajevo Film Festival has unveiled its Competition Programme for Documentary Films, curated by #Rada Šešić#. This year’s lineup features 21 films, with 19 competing for awards and two showcased out of competition. The selection includes a mix of world, international, European, regional, and Bosnian and Herzegovinian premieres, promising a diverse and enriching cinematic experience.
Competition Programme – Documentary Film 2024
The jury for this year’s competition includes #Mandy Chang#, Founder and Creative Director of Undeniable, Fremantle’s label, USA; #Marek Hovorka#, Founder and Director of Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic; and #Wang Xiaoshuai#, a director, writer, and producer from China. The awards include the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary Film, with a prize of €4,000 sponsored by the Government of Switzerland; the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Short Documentary Film, which comes with a €2,000 prize; the Human Rights Award, carrying a €3,000 prize sponsored by the Kingdom of the Netherlands; and the Special Jury Prize, which includes a €2,500 award.
Films in Competition:
- Biang biang express / Miàn miàn jù dào, Nikola Stojanović (Serbia, China, 2024, 10 min.) – World premiere
- Dad’s lullaby / Tatova kolyskova, Lesia Diak (Ukraine, Romania, Croatia, 2024, 78 min.) – World premiere
- Your life without me / Az életed nélkül, Anna Rubi (Hungary, Sweden, 2024, 72 min.) – World premiere
- Heterotopia / Heterotopija, Nikola Nikolić (Serbia, 2024, 7 min.) – International premiere
- Loxy, Dimitris Zahos, Thanasis Kafetzis (Greece, 2024, 87 min.) – International premiere
- Our children / Naša djeca, Silvestar Kolbas (Croatia, 2024, 92 min.) – International premiere
- The seagull / Galeb, David Lušičić (Croatia, 2024, 29 min.) – International premiere
- What we ask of a statue is that it doesn’t move / Afto pou zitame apo ena agalma ine na min kinite, Daphné Hérétakis (Greece, France, 2024, 31 min.) – International premiere
- Re:visited Jasenovac, Admir Rahmanović (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden, 2023, 12 min.) – European premiere
- Alice on & off, Isabela Tent (Romania, 2024, 86 min.) – Regional premiere
- A picture to remember / Foto na pam’yat, Olga Chernykh (Ukraine, France, Germany, 2023, 72 min.) – Regional premiere
- Between delicate and violent / Zarafet ve şiddet arasında, Şirin Bahar Demirel (Turkey, Netherlands, 2023, 15 min.) – Regional premiere
- Cent’anni, Maja Prelog (Slovenia, Italy, Poland, Serbia, Austria, 2024, 87 min.) – Regional premiere
- Fragments of ice / Fragmenty lyodu, Maria Stoianova (Ukraine, Norway, 2024, 95 min.) – Regional premiere
- … ned, tassot, yossot …, Brigitte Weich (Austria, 2023, 99 min.) – Regional premiere
- Pain / Bol, Ivan Faktor (Croatia, 2024, 22 min.) – Regional premiere
- Pavilion 6 / Paviljon 6, Goran Dević (Croatia, 2024, 69 min.) – Regional premiere
- At the door of the house who will come knocking / Ko će pokucati na vrata mog doma, Maja Novaković (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, 2024, 85 min.) – B&H premiere
- Like a sick yellow / Si e verdhë e sëmur, Norika Sefa (Kosovo, 2024, 23 min.) – B&H premiere
Films Out of Competition:
- Praslovan, Slobodan Maksimović (Slovenia, Croatia, 2024, 112 min.) – World premiere
- Bekim Fehmiu, Valmir Tertini (Albania, 2023, 66 min.) – B&H premiere
