The Ondemand.sff.ba will be the central site for all the films, programmes, and contents of the 26th Sarajevo Film Festival, not only for the viewers in Bosnia and Herzegovina but also for regional and global film lovers, the Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) said Monday..
With this platform, Sarajevo Film Festival said they are providing a site for film authors to present their work, and for the festival audience to watch the best regional and global productions. By registering on ondemand.sff.ba the audience will have the opportunity to watch the latest films from domestic, regional and global production on your devices. With the festival’s online platform, they can have a special film experience with their company and at the location of their own choosing, the SFF said in a statement.
Programmes and accompanying contents
According to the organizers, all the Sarajevo Film Festival programmes are available on the ondemand.sff.ba. Competition Programme – Feature Film, Competition Programme – Documentary Film, Competition Programme – Shorts, Competition Programme – Student Film, Open Air programme, and Avant Premieres will offer a series of global and international premieres. Viewers will be able to watch a selection of the best regional films from the last year within the In Focus programme. The Tribute To programme brings films of this year’s recipient of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo, Mexican director Michel Franco.
The SFF said they will also present many recent global cinematic works within the festival’s sections of Kinoscope, Summer Screen, Human Rights Day, SFF Partner Presents, Dealing with the Past, Children’s Programme, TeenArena, and Bosnian films from the last year will be included in the BH Film programme.
The festival audience will also be able to watch accompanying contents, including Masterclass discussions with five renowned film authors: this year’s winner of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award Mads Mikkelsen, Michel Hazanavicius, Bérénice Bejo, Michel Franco, and Rithy Panh. The Masterclass discussion programme is delivered in cooperation with the reputable film magazine Variety from Los Angeles, and it will be available across the world through the Variety Streaming Room.
The audience will also be able to watch discussions on trends in the contemporary film industry with the most significant film professionals from all over the world on ondemand.sff.ba, as a part of the CineLink Talks programme, delivered in cooperation with the Documentary Campus and renowned film magazine Screen International.
The statement satates that Ondemand.sff.ba was developed in cooperation with the Shift72 stream service, a leading company for demand festivals, and Festival Scope, online platform for film professionals.
They noted that this is a VOD (video on demand) type of platform, offering a subscription for the entire programme available for 7 days, and a possibility to select individual titles, film packages, and accompanying contents.
The platform contents are available in different territories:
1. Films available for watching in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
2. Films available for watching in Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and North Macedonia;
3. Films available for watching across the world.
Packages and contents availability are conditioned only by VOD broadcast rights for the territories for which Sarajevo Film Festival was able to provide the broadcasting rights.
Films available for watching in the specified territories are classified in packages, and, before purchasing, the audience will be able to check which films are available in your territory. It is possible to purchase or rent all the films available in your territory by purchasing the package, and it is also possible to rent individual films to watch. After the purchase, and on the date specified for each film, the film will be available for watching. After you first start watching, you have 48 hours to finish watching the film. The film can be paused, watched from the beginning or continued from where you paused it.
The festival will begin with the world premiere of ‘Focus, Grandma’, a film directed by Pjer Zalica on August 14.
