Sarajevo Film Festival Unveils Full Competition Lineup

The Sarajevo Film Festival has revealed its full lineup for the 32nd edition of the festival, with a total of 51 films set to screen across its four competition selections – narrative feature film, feature and short documentary film, narrative short film and student short film. The lineup will screen 21 world premieres, six international premieres, one European premiere and 23 regional premiers. One film screening out of competition will have its Bosnian-Herzegovinian premiere. This year, the selection team led by Izeta Građević, Creative Director of the Sarajevo Film Festival, has seen 1,215 films: 210 narrative features, 305 documentaries, and 700 narrative short and student short films. Here’s the full lineup. Watch on Deadline Competition Programme – Narrative Feature Film 2026Awards: HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM Award in the amount of €16,000 HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DIRECTOR Award in the amount of €10,000, sponsored by the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with UNESCO HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTRESS Award in the amount of €2,500, sponsored by L’Oréal Paris HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTOR Award in the amount of €2,500 Films in the program: EVERYTHING THAT’S WRONG WITH YOU / VSE, KAR JE NAROBE S TABO, Urša Menart (Slovenia, Germany, Serbia, 2026, 97 min.) – World PremiereSMALL THINGS / MALE STVARI, Zvonimir Jurić (Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, 2026, 80 min.) – International PremiereSKATEBOARDING IS NOT FOR GIRLS / SKEJTANJETO NE E ZA DEVOJCHINJA, Dina Duma (North Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, 2026, 82 min.) – European Premiere17, Kosara Mitić (North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, 2026, 105 min.) – Regional PremiereDUA, Blerta Basholli (Kosovo*, Switzerland, France, 2026, 101 min.) – Regional PremiereEVERYTIME, Sandra Wollner (Austria, Germany, 2026, 121 min.) – Regional PremiereSHAME AND MONEY, Visar Morina (Germany, Kosovo*, Slovenia, Albania, North Macedonia, Belgium, 2026, 129 min.) – Regional PremiereSUPPORTING ROLE / MEOREKHARISKHOVANI ROLI, Ana Urushadze (Georgia, Estonia, Türkiye, 2026, 139 min.) – Regional PremiereYOU DON’T BELONG HERE / NU E LOCUL TĂU AICI, Florin Șerban (Romania, 2026, 154 min.) – Regional Premiere Competition Programme – Documentary Film 2026 Awards: HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM – AN OSCAR® QUALIFYING FILM Award in the amount of €4,000, sponsored by the Government of Switzerland HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM Award in the amount of €2,000 SPECIAL JURY PRIZE Award in the amount of €2,500 Films in program: BEAR WITH ME, Martin Genovski (Bulgaria, 2026, 84 min.) – World PremiereGOOD PEOPLE / DOBRI LUGJE, Milcho Manchevski (North Macedonia, 2026, 86 min.) – World PremiereTHE BALKAN COWBOY, Dragana Jurišić (Croatia, Ireland, 2026, 93 min.) – World PremiereTHE FORBIDDEN AUNT / ZABRANJENA TETKA, Bojana Novaković (Serbia, Australia, 2026, 82 min.) – World PremiereWE SHALL LIVE TOGETHER / ŽIVJEĆEMO ZAJEDNO, Damir Markovina (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026, 75 min.) – World PremiereDON’T ASK ME IF I KILLED, Helena Maksyom (Romania, Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine, 2026, 103 min.) – International PremiereFRAGMENTS OF BELONGING / TRAGOVI PRIPADANJA, Tatjana Božić (Croatia, Netherlands, Germany, 2026, 80 min.) – International PremiereWHEN I GET OUT / KO PRIDEM VEN, Metod Pevec (Slovenia, 2026, 106 min.) – International Premiere32 METERS, Morteza Atabaki (Türkiye, Iran, Qatar, 2025, 83 min.) – Regional PremiereBUGBOY, Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece, France, Denmark, 2026, 87 min.) – Regional PremiereELECTING MS SANTA, Raisa Răzmeriță (Moldova, Romania, 2025, 95 min.) – Regional PremiereFOR LIFE / ÖMÜR BOYU, Ahmet Seven (Türkiye, 2026, 89 min.) – Regional PremiereTO HOLD A MOUNTAIN / PLANINA, Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić (Serbia, France, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, 2026, 105 min.) – Regional PremiereCompetition Programme – Documentary Shorts:BRO RAM / RAM BHAI, Branko Schmidt (Croatia, 2026, 14 min.) – World PremiereFAHRUDIN, Alen Drljević (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026, 20 min.) – World PremiereOF LIGHT GHOSTS / VON LICHTERGEISTERN, Isabella Fellinger (Austria, 2026, 27 min.) – World PremiereTHE CAPTAIN AND THE CASPIAN SEA / KAPITAN VƏ XƏZƏR DƏNİZİ, Turkan Huseyin (Azerbaijan, 2026, 30 min.) – World PremiereDEAR ORCHID, Hana Selena Sokolović (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Netherlands, 2026, 18 min.) – International PremiereASPARAGUS BEAR / MEDO U ŠPAROGAMA, Ivan Grgur (Croatia, 2025, 18 min.) – Regional PremiereHOLY DEFIANCE / TIHA MISA, Karla Jelić (Croatia, 2026, 15 min.) – Regional PremiereTHE FERRY FLOWS / PAROM PLYVE, Zhora Papoian (Ukraine, United Kingdom, 2026, 18 min.) – Regional PremiereOut of Competition:YUGO GOES TO AMERICA / YUGO IDE U AMERIKU, Filip Grujić, Aleksa Borković(Serbia, Croatia, 2026, 87 min.) – National Premiere Competition Programme – Narrative Short Film 2026 Awards: HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM – AN OSCAR® QUALIFYING FILM Award in the amount of €2,500 EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY NARRATIVE SHORT FILM CANDIDATE Films in the programme: DITCH / MIRHÓ, Marianna Vas (Hungary, 2026, 24 min.) – World PremiereHIDDEN IN FRAME / DAMALULI, Anna Sarukhanova (Georgia, United Kingdom, 2026, 16 min.) – World PremiereMAMAMA, Danica Dakić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026, 8 min.) – World PremierePATCH / ZAKRPA, Luka Galešić (Croatia, 2026, 13 min.) – World PremierePORKATAL, Sis Gürdal (Türkiye, France, United Kingdom, 2026, 16 min.) – World PremiereADGWA-ATA, Zsuzsanna Krief (Hungary, France, 2026, 15 min.) – Regional PremiereCOSMONAUTS / KOZMONAVTI, Leo Černic (Slovenia, Italy, 2026, 14 min.) – Regional PremiereGO OUTSIDE AND HUG A TREE, Irina Alexiu (Romania, 2026, 14 min.) – Regional PremiereMOTHERHOOD, Anca Damian (Romania, Belgium, France, 2026, 18 min.) – Regional PremiereNOBODY SAID ANYTHING / NIKO NIŠTA NIJE REKAO, Tamara Todorović (Serbia, France, Slovenia, Croatia, 2026, 15 min.) – Regional Premiere Competition Programme – Student Short Film 2026 Award: HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM Award in the amount of €1,000, sponsored by the Regional Cooperation Council Films in the programme: HYENA / HYÄNE, Fanny Rösch (Austria, 2026, 23 min.) – World PremiereNEIGHBOUR / KOMŠIJA, Dan Grabnar (Serbia, 2026, 17 min.) – World PremiereSISTERS / SESTRE, Sara Ećimović (Serbia, 2026, 21 min.) – World PremiereTHE GO-BETWEEN / POSREDNIK, Emir Solaković (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026, 7 min.) – World PremiereUNWELLNESS, Réka Pinczés (Hungary, 2026, 21 min.) – World PremiereWATER WALLS / FÜSTFAL, Bianka Szelestey (Hungary, 2026, 34 min.) – World PremiereTHE FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS, BUT WHY NOT LEND IT TO THE SPECIALISTS? / VIITORUL ȚI-L FACI CU MÂNA TA, DAR DE CE SĂ NU Îl LAȘI PE MÂNA UNOR SPECIALIȘTI?, Alexandra Schinteie (Romania, 2026, 18 min.) – International PremiereA. WANTS OUT (ON NEUTRALITY) / A. WILL RAUS (ÜBER NEUTRALITÄT), Zorah Berghammer (Austria, 2026, 18 min.) – Regional PremiereBONEFUZZ, Márk László (Hungary, 2026, 10 min.) – Regional PremiereOVER THE THRESHOLD / PREKO PRAGA, Tara Gajović (Serbia, 2026, 15 min.) – Regional PremiereRABBIT DON’T RUN / HASENFUSS, Maximilian Conway, Elisabeth Jakob (Austria, 2026, 30 min.) – Regional Premiere The 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival runs August 14-21, 2026.