A total of 49 films will compete for the Heart of Sarajevo awards at the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival, with two gala and one special screening during the festival, which is taking place between August 11 and 18 this year.

The Festival’s four competition sections – for feature, documentary, short and student film – will include 22 world, 2 international, 22 regional and 3 national premieres.

This year, the Sarajevo Film Festival Programmers team led by Creative Director Izeta Gradjevic has seen 935 films submitted for the Festival, including 200 feature fiction films, 235 documentary, 500 short and student titles.

Elma Tataragic, programmer of the Competition Programme – Feature Film will present 11 titles. The selection in the competition programme features two world premieres, one international and five regional premieres. The programme includes two gala and one special screening.

Rada Sesic, programmer of the Competition Programme – Documentary Film picked 20 titles. The selection features nine world premieres, one international, seven regional premieres and three BiH premieres.

Ten titles selected by Elma Tataragic will be screened in the Competition Programme – Short Film. The selection features seven world and three regional premieres.

Asja Krsmanovic, programmer of the Competition Programme – Student Film picked 11 titles. The selection features four world premieres and seven regional premieres.

The Sarajevo Film Festival competition programme is open for films and filmmakers from Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo*, North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Türkiye and Ukraine.

The full list of the films is available on the Festival's official website.