Sarajevo Film Festival
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
GAZA: Another journalist killed… but this time in the spotlight of the Cannes Film Festival.
Facing War
NATO: If this opening film at CPH:DOX was screened 30 years ago, we would have bought this narrative. But now, we have alternative media, independent authors, investigative journalists, Wikileaks and solidarity communities outside the military media research community.
Sarajevo Film Festival and Council of Europe introduce new Youth Perspectives Award
The Sarajevo Film Festival, in collaboration with the Council of Europe, has announced the inauguration of the Special Youth Perspectives Award, a new annual distinction set to debut at the 31st edition of the festival in August 2025. With a monetary value of €7,500, the award is designed to foreground cinematic narratives that critically engage…
Verzió Film Festival showcases Hungarian documentary talent amidst production challenges
The 21st Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival will once again highlight Hungarian filmmakers with its Hungarian Competition program, presenting six films that have received international recognition. Despite the challenges faced by the domestic documentary industry, these films offer personal and socially relevant stories, exploring themes from addiction recovery to unconventional family structures. The…
Tata
TRAUMA: An intimate story of family trauma and exploitation, tackling patriarchal structures and the complex life of migrant labourers.
Report: Sarajevo Film Festival 2024
SARAJEVO FF: Amongst its 200+ film programme, the festival marked its 30th year with a rather healthy lineup of documentaries and non-fiction activities, screenings, and talks.
The Sky Above Zenica
ENVIRONMENT: A Bosnian town grapples with pollution, health crises, and conflicting interests, as citizens demand accountability from a massive steel plant.
The war remains
UKRAINE: Collateral damage far from the frontlines of Ukraine's long struggle in the east with separatists and now Russian armed forces is seen in Lesia Diak's moving focus on a family torn apart by war.
Docu Talent From the East Awards 2024, Emerging Producers 2025 announced
The Sarajevo Film Festival‘s CineLink Industry Days spotlighted eight exceptional documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe, culminating in the Docu Talent from the East Awards 2024. This year’s standout, Baltic UXO, a Lithuanian-German-Latvian co-production, directed by Agnė Dovydaitytė and Alexander Belinski, emerged victorious. The film’s potential to influence contemporary dialogues on environmentalism, militarism, and opaque…