Sarajevo Film Festival sets competition lineup – Deadline

The Sarajevo Film Festival has unveiled its competition line-up for this year’s festival, starring Marie Kreutzer Bodice and the documentary “Liturgy Of Anti-Tank Obstacles” by Ukrainian filmmaker Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk selected in the feature and documentary categories respectively.

A total of 51 films will compete for the festival’s coveted Heart Of Sarajevo awards in four competition sections: feature films, documentaries, short films and student films. The selection includes 20 world premieres, eight international premieres, one European premiere, 21 regional premieres and a Bosnia and Herzegovina premiere.

Additional titles featured in the main competition program this year include Aida Begić A balladthat of Dominik Mencej Riders and Ukrainian-Turkish production Klondike. In the documentary section, Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, whose film Pamfir played in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at Cannes earlier this year, will see its Liturgy of anti-tank obstacles doc has its world premiere in the section.

The program was open to films and filmmakers from Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine.

28^e edition of the Sarajavo Film Festival will take place from August 12 to 16.

Here is the full list:

COMPETITION PROGRAM – FEATURE FILM 2022

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST FEATURE FILM – Prize in the amount of €16,000, co-sponsored by the Sarajevo Canton Tourism Association

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DIRECTOR – Prize in the amount of €10,000, sponsored by the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTRESS – Prize in the amount of €2,500

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTOR – Prize amounting to €2,500

1. A BALLAD / BALLADAida Begić (Bosna and Herzegovina, 2022, 120 min.) – World premiere
2. MEN OF DEEDS / OAMENI DE TREABĂ, Paul Negoescu (Romania, Bulgaria, 2022, 105 min.) – World Premiere
3. RIDERS / JEZDECADominik Mencej (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2022, 110 min.) – World premiere
4. SIX WEEKS / HAT HATNoémi Veronika Szakonyi (Hungary, 2022, 95 min.) – World Premiere
5. BODICEMarie Kreutzer (Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, France, 2022, 113 min.) – Regional Premiere
6. KLONDIKEMaryna Er Gorbach (Ukraine, Turkey, 2022, 100 min.) – Regional Premiere
7. SAFE PLACE / SIGURNO MJESTOJuraj Lerotić (Croatia, 2022, 105 min.) – Regional Premiere
8. SERVIAM – I WILL SERVE / SERVIAM – ICH WILL DIENENRuth Mader (Austria, 2022, 106 min.) – Regional Premiere

COMPETITION PROGRAM – DOCUMENTARY FILM 2022

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM – Prize in the amount of €4,000, sponsored by the Swiss government

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM – Prize amounting to €2,000

HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE – Prize in the amount of €3,000, sponsored by the Kingdom of the Netherlands

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE – Reward of €2,500

1. DIARY OF A CHRIST’S WIFE / TSCHODENNYK NARECHENOI CHRISTAMarta Smerechynska (Ukraine, 2021, 90 min.) – World Premiere
2. LIGHTS OF SARAJEVO / SVJETLA SARAJEVASrđan Perkić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2022, 68 min.) – World premiere
3. LITURGY OF ANTI-TANK OBSTACLESDmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (Ukraine, USA, 2022, 12 min.) – World premiere
4. A VISIT TO FORTUNA / FORTUNA VENDÉGEIMátyás Kálmán (Hungary, Croatia, 2022, 74 min.) – World Premiere
5. IN THE SHADE OF THE PLATANE / ÇINAR AĞACININ KÖLGƏSINDƏAynur Elgunesh (Azerbaijan, 2022, 18 min.) – World Premiere
6. THE CHALICE. OF SONS AND DAUGHTER / O TAHTAI. SAVENDAR TAI SEIANDARCătălina Tesăr, Dana Bunescu (Romania, 2022, 83 min.) – World Premiere
7. THE FILM FACTORY / TVORNICA FILMOVASilvestar Kolbas (Croatia, 2022, 15 min.) – World Premiere
8. TOO CLOSEBotond Püsök (Romania, Hungary, 2022, 85 min.) – World Premiere
9. BABAJANJAAnte Zlatko Stolica (Croatia, 2022, 14 min.) – International Premiere
10. RETREATAnabela Angelovska (North Macedonia, Germany, 2022, 30 min.) – International Premiere
11. WE, … COMPOSITION / WIR, … COMPOSITIONVisar Jusufi (Kosovo, Germany, 2022, 15 min.) – International Premiere
12. BIGGER THAN TRAUMA / VEĆE OD TRAUMEVedrana Pribačić (Croatia, 2022, 91 min.) – European Premiere
13. ANOTHER SPRING / JOŠ JEDNO PROLEĆE, Mladen Kovačević (Serbia, France, Qatar, 2022, 90 min.) – Regional Premiere
14. A PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL / EDNA PROVINTSIALNA BOLNITSAIlian Metev, Ivan Chertov, Zlatina Teneva (Bulgaria, Germany, 2022, 107 min.) – Rregional premiere
15. ATONAL GLOW / ATONALURI GABRZKINEBAAlexander Koridze (Georgia, 2022, 67 min.) – Regional Premiere
16. BEAUTY OF THE BEASTAnna Eszter Nemes (Hungary, Serbia, 2022, 47 min.) – Regional Premiere
17. FRAGILE MEMORYIgor Ivanjko (Ukraine, 2022, 85 min.) – Regional Premiere
18. LIVING TOGETHER / ZUSAMMENLEBENThomas Fürhapter (Austria, 2022, 90 min.) – Regional Premiere
19. MICROBIOMEStavros Petropoulos (Greece, 2021, 27 min.) – Regional Premiere
20. NO PLACE FOR YOU IN OUR CITY / NIAMASH MIASTO V NASHIA GRADNikolay Stefanov (Bulgaria, 2022, 81 min.) – Regional Premiere
21. RIBS / REBRAFarah Hasanbegović (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Belgium, Portugal, 2022, 9 min.) – Regional Premiere
22. REVOLUTION MUSEUM / MUZEJ REVOLUCIJESrđan Keča (Serbia, Croatia, Czech Republic, 2021, 91 min.) – Premiere B&H

COMPETITION PROGRAM – SHORT FILM 2022

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT FILM – Oscar® Qualification – Prize in the amount of €2,500

SHORT FILM CANDIDATE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY

1. AFFRIATEAnna Gyimesi (Hungary, 2022, 26 min.) – World Premiere
2. IT’S QUIET HERE. / POKY TUT TYKHO., Novruz Hikmet, Olena Podolianko (Ukraine, 2022, 12 min.) – World premiere
3. MY NEIGHBOR WOLF / BANIJANebojša Slijepčević (Croatia, Serbia, 2022, 17 min.) – World Premiere
4. TOGETHER, ALONE / BIRLIKTE, YALNIZ, Kasım Ördek (Türkiye, France, 2022, Color, 20 min) – World premiere
5. ALBA VULVADorka Vermes (Hungary, 2022, 16 min.) – International Premiere
6. AMOKBalázs Turai (Hungary, Romania, 2022, 15 min.) – Regional Premiere
7. MONEY AND HAPPINESSAna Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak Jr. (Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, 2022, 10 min.) – Regional Premiere
8. ON THE THRONE OF XERXES / STON THRONO TOU XERXIEvi Kalogiropoulou (Greece, 2022, 15 min.) – Regional Premiere
9. IT’S LIKE SUMMER’S END / TAKO SE JE KONČALO POLETJE, Matjaž Ivanišin (Slovenia, Hungary, Italy, 2022, 13 min.) – Regional Premiere
10. 5 PM SEASIDEValentin Stejskal (Greece, Austria, 2022, 26 min.) – Regional Premiere

COMPETITION PROGRAM – STUDENT FILM 2022

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST STUDENT FILM – Prize in the amount of €1,000 sponsored by the Regional Cooperation Council

1. IT’S NOT COLD FOR MOSQUITOES / NIJE ZIMA ZA KOMARCEJosip Lukić, Klara Šovagović (Croatia, 2022, 29 min.) – World Premiere
2. MY NIKOLA / MOJ NIKOLAMartina Marasović (Croatia, 2022, 22 min.) – World Premiere
3. RAINBOY / KIŠNI DJECAKSandra Marić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2022, 4 min.) – World Premiere
4. WATER BALLOONS / ČEKAJ ME OVDEAleksa Borković (Serbia, 2022, 13 min.) – World Premiere
5. HOLLYWOODLeni Gruber, Alex Reinberg (Austria, 2022, 29 min.) – International Premiere
6. MY FRIENDCarina Dasoveanu (Romania, 2022, 30 min.) – International premiere
7. MY SISTER AND ME / EU ȘI SORA MEATheodor Ioniță (Romania, 2022, 17 min.) – International Premiere
8. ACROSS THE STREET / AZ UTCA MÁSIK VÉGEKálmán Nagy (Austria, Hungary, 2022, 22 min.) – International Premiere
9. CRAZE / HAJSZÁLREPEDÉSBianka Szelestey (Hungary, 2021, 22 min.) – Regional Premiere
10. FOG AT REST / NYUGVÓ KÖDNikolett Fábián (Hungary, 2022, 5 min.) – Regional Premiere
11. THE ANALOGY OF SPACE / ANALOHIYA PROSTORUOleksandr Hoisan (Ukraine, 2022, 12 min.) – Regional Premiere