FESTIVALS Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo continues spotlighting best of south-eastern Europe
The 14th Sarajevo Film Festival (August 12-20) once again supports and promotes regional cinema and filmmakers with its strong competition line-up.
The ten titles vying for the Heart of Sarajevo awards are: Răzvan Rădulescu and Melissa de Raaf’s First of All, Felicia [+see also:
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film profile] and Roland Varnik’s Transmission (all international premieres); along with 2009 Un Certain Regard winner Dogtooth [+see also:
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The In Focus programme, created to promote more established films in and around Bosnia, features acclaimed titles such as Radu Muntean’s Boogie [+see also:
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film profile], Thanos Anastopoulos’ Corrections, Aida Begić’s Snow [+see also:
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The industry section CineLink, which comprises a year-long project development programme that culminates in a festival market, features 19 projects. Among them, Everybody in Our Family by Radu Jude (The Happiest Girl in the World [+see also:
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The competitions Short Films Fiction and Short Films Animation feature a total of 18 titles.
This year’s main competition jury, presided over by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, includes Hugh Hudson, Marija Škaričić, Michael Weber and Deborah Young.
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