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SARAJEVO 2021

Sarajevo announces its competition titles

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- A total of 48 films will be competing for the Heart of Sarajevo Awards in the feature, documentary, short and student competitions, and 18 of these will have their world premieres at Sarajevo

Sarajevo announces its competition titles
Things Worth Weeping For by Cristina Grosan, having its world premiere in the Feature Film Competition

UPDATE (26 July): Women Do Cry [+see also:
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by Vesela Kazakova and Mina Mileva has been added to the Feature Film Competition.

The 27th Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF, 13-20 August) has announced the full line-ups of its four competition programmes. A total of 48 titles, out of 683 submissions, will be vying for the Heart of Sarajevo Awards in the Feature Film, Documentary Film, Short Film and Student Film sections. This includes 18 world, three international, one European, 24 regional and one national premieres.

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In the Feature Film Competition, Elma Tataragić has picked a total of nine titles to compete for the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film, which comes with a prize of €16,000. The selection includes two world premieres, both by debutant directors: The Elegy of Laurel [+see also:
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 by Dušan Kasalica (Montenegro/Serbia) (read the news) and Things Worth Weeping For [+see also:
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 by Cristina Grosan (Hungary), while the rest of the selected films will enjoy their regional premieres in Sarajevo. The jury of the Feature Film Competition is headed by actress Jasna Đuričić and comprises director and screenwriter Mike Cahill, director and screenwriter Lili Horvát, the artistic director of Viennale Eva Sangiorgi and the executive director of the Austrian Film Commission Martin Schweighofer.

In the Documentary Film section, Rada Šešić has picked 16 titles to compete for the awards, and half of them are set to have their world premieres at Sarajevo, including the features: Disturbed Earth [+see also:
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by Kumjana Novakova and Guillermo Carreras-Candi (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Spain/North Macedonia), Divas [+see also:
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by Máté Kőrösi (Hungary), and ŽŽŽ (Journal About Želimir Žilnik) [+see also:
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by Janko Baljak (Serbia), while Sunny [+see also:
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by Keti Machavariani (Georgia) will have its European premiere in Sarajevo.

Here is the full list of titles selected for the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival:

Feature Film Competition

Bebia, à mon seul désir [+see also:
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- Juja Dobrachkous (Georgia/UK)
Celts [+see also:
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interview: Milica Tomovic
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- Milica Tomović (Serbia)
The Elegy of Laurel [+see also:
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interview: Dušan Kasalica
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- Dušan Kasalica (Montenegro/Serbia)
Great Freedom [+see also:
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interview: Sebastian Meise
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- Sebastian Meise (Austria/Germany)
The Hill Where Lionesses Roar [+see also:
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interview: Luana Bajrami
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- Luàna Bajrami (Kosovo/France)
Looking For Venera [+see also:
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interview: Norika Sefa
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- Norika Sefa (Kosovo)
Moon, 66 Questions [+see also:
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interview: Jacqueline Lentzou
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- Jacqueline Lentzou (Greece/France)
Murina [+see also:
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interview: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
interview: Gracija Filipovic
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- Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović (Croatia/Brazil/USA/Slovenia)
Things Worth Weeping For [+see also:
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- Cristina Grosan (Hungary)
Women Do Cry [+see also:
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interview: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
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- Vesela Kazakova and Mina Mileva (Bulgaria/France)

Documentary Film Competition

Bosnian Broadway - Jasmina Beširević (Croatia) (medium-length film)
Disturbed Earth [+see also:
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- Kumjana Novakova, Guillermo Carreras-Candi (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Spain/North Macedonia)
Divas [+see also:
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- Máté Kőrösi (Hungary)
Every Sunday - Keti Papadema (Cyprus) (short film)
Factory To The Workers [+see also:
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interview: Srdjan Kovačević
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- Srđan Kovačević (Croatia)
Horizon - Tanja Deman (Croatia) (short film)
Landscapes of Resistance [+see also:
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interview: Marta Popivoda
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- Marta Popivoda (Serbia/France/Germany)
Les Enfants Terribles [+see also:
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- Ahmet Necdet Çupur (Turkey/France/Germany)
Looking For Horses [+see also:
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- Stefan Pavlović (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Netherlands/France)
Recipe For Hate - Filip Čolović (Serbia)
Reconciliation [+see also:
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 - Marija Zidar (Slovenia/Serbia/Montenegro/Kosovo)
The Same Dream - Vlad Petri (Romania) (short film)
Soldat Ahmet [+see also:
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- Jannis Lenz (Austria)
Sunny [+see also:
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- Keti Machavariani (Georgia)
When We Were Them - Danis Tanović, Damir Šagolj (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (short film)
ŽŽŽ (Journal About Želimir Žilnik) [+see also:
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- Janko Baljak (Serbia)

Short Film Competition

Brutalia, Days of Labour - Manolis Mavris (Belgium/Greece)
Displaced - Samir Karahoda (Kosovo)
Everything Ahead - Mate Ugrin (Croatia/France)
From The Balcony - Aris Kaplanidis (Greece)
Heartbreath - Azer Guliev (Azerbaijan)
Intercom 15 - Andrei Epure (Romania)
North Pole - Marija Apchevska (North Macedonia/Serbia)
Penalty Shot - Rok Biček (Croatia/Slovenia/Austria)
Solo Mode - Tamara Kotevska (North Macedonia/Turkey/USA)
Steakhouse - Špela Čadež (Slovenia/Germany/France)

Student Film Competition

Apartment X - Marius Papară (Romania)
Barley - Andrija Mugoša (Montenegro)
Dusk - Bálint Bíró (Hungary/Belgium/Portugal)
Eating Soil - Laura Weissenberger (Austria)
Fonica M-120 - Oliver Rudolf (Hungary)
Love Stories on the Move - Carina-Gabriela Dașoveanu (Romania)
Otava - Lana Bregar (Slovenia)
Reduction - Réka Anna Szakály (Hungary)
Summer Planning - Alexandru Mironescu (Romania)
Wait For Me [+see also:
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 - Damir Markovina (Croatia)
When Night Lost - Asteris Tziolas (Greece)
When The Morning Dawns - Karmen Obrdalj (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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