Sarajevo announces competition

by Vladan Petkovic

14/06/2012 - Currently the largest and most important film event and industry platform in the South-Eastern Europe, the Sarajevo Film Festival marks its tenth year with an official competition. This year it includes nine films in the feature programme with one world premiere, and ten films in the short film selection, out of which two will have their world premieres at the festival.

The non-competitive In Focus sidebar traditionally presents regional films which achieved considerable success at films festivals worldwide or at their local markets.

FEATURE FILM COMPETITION
Crossing Boundaries, Director: Florian Flicker (Austria) – World premiere
Present Tense, Belmin Söylemez (Turkey) – International premiere
Redemption Street, Miroslav Terzić (Serbia) – IP
Beyond the Hill, Emin Alper (Turkey/Greece) – Regional premiere
Children of Sarajevo, Aida Begić (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Germany/France/Turkey) – RP
Everybody in Our Family, Radu Jude (Romania) – RP
Voice of My Father, Orhan Eskiköy, Zeynel Doğan (Turkey/Germany/France) – RP
What Is Love, Ruth Mader (Austria) – RP
The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears, Teona Strugar Mitevska (Macedonia/Germany/ Slovenia/Belgium)

SHORT FILM COMPETITION
All of That, Branislav Milatović (Montenegro) – WP
The Paraffin Prince, Pavel G. Vesnakov (Bulgaria) – WP
180/100, Nandor Lorincz, Balint Nagy (Hungary) – IP
Boys, Where Are You, Jelena Gavrilovic’s (Serbia) – IP
Daddy Rulz, Radu Potcoava (Romania) - IP
One Song, Catalina Molina (Austria) - IP
The Son Of Satan, Marko Djeska’s (Croatia) – IP
The First Lady Of Dubrava, Barbara Vekaric (Croatia) - RP
Horizon, Paul Negoescu (Romania) - RP
The Return, Blerta Zeqiri’s (Kosovo)

IN FOCUS
Just the Wind [trailer, film focus], Benedek Fliegauf (Hungary/Germany/France)
Alps [trailer], Yorgos Lanthimos (Greece)
Beyond the Hills [trailer, film focus], Cristian Mungiu (Romania)
Clip [trailer, film focus], Maja Miloš (Serbia)
Hungary 2011, András Jeles, Ágnes Kocsis, Ferenc Török, Simon Szabó, Márta Mészáros, Péter Forgács, László Siroki, György Pálfi, Bence Fliegauf, András Salamon, Miklós Jancsó (Hungary)
Love [trailer, film focus], Michael Haneke (France/Germany/Austria)
Summer Book, Seyfi Teoman (Turkey) - In Focus - Hommage: Seyfi Teoman