The Sarajevo Film Festival has revealed its full lineup for the 32nd edition of the festival, with a total of 51 films set to screen across its four competition selections – narrative feature film, feature and short documentary film, narrative short film and student short film.
The lineup will screen 21 world premieres, six international premieres, one European premiere and 23 regional premiers. One film screening out of competition will have its Bosnian-Herzegovinian premiere.
This year, the selection team led by Izeta Građević, Creative Director of the Sarajevo Film Festival, has seen 1,215 films: 210 narrative features, 305 documentaries, and 700 narrative short and student short films.
Here’s the full lineup.
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Competition Programme – Narrative Feature Film 2026Awards:
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM
Award in the amount of €16,000
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Award in the amount of €10,000, sponsored by the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with UNESCO
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTRESS
Award in the amount of €2,500, sponsored by L’Oréal Paris
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTOR
Award in the amount of €2,500
Films in the program:
EVERYTHING THAT’S WRONG WITH YOU / VSE, KAR JE NAROBE S TABO, Urša Menart
(Slovenia, Germany, Serbia, 2026, 97 min.) – World Premiere
SMALL THINGS / MALE STVARI, Zvonimir Jurić
(Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, 2026, 80 min.) – International Premiere
SKATEBOARDING IS NOT FOR GIRLS / SKEJTANJETO NE E ZA DEVOJCHINJA, Dina Duma
(North Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, 2026, 82 min.) – European Premiere
17, Kosara Mitić
(North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, 2026, 105 min.) – Regional Premiere
DUA, Blerta Basholli
(Kosovo*, Switzerland, France, 2026, 101 min.) – Regional Premiere
EVERYTIME, Sandra Wollner
(Austria, Germany, 2026, 121 min.) – Regional Premiere
SHAME AND MONEY, Visar Morina
(Germany, Kosovo*, Slovenia, Albania, North Macedonia, Belgium, 2026, 129 min.) – Regional Premiere
SUPPORTING ROLE / MEOREKHARISKHOVANI ROLI, Ana Urushadze
(Georgia, Estonia, Türkiye, 2026, 139 min.) – Regional Premiere
YOU DON’T BELONG HERE / NU E LOCUL TĂU AICI, Florin Șerban
(Romania, 2026, 154 min.) – Regional Premiere
Competition Programme – Documentary Film 2026
Awards:
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM – AN OSCAR® QUALIFYING FILM
Award in the amount of €4,000, sponsored by the Government of Switzerland
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM
Award in the amount of €2,000
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Award in the amount of €2,500
Films in program:
BEAR WITH ME, Martin Genovski
(Bulgaria, 2026, 84 min.) – World Premiere
GOOD PEOPLE / DOBRI LUGJE, Milcho Manchevski
(North Macedonia, 2026, 86 min.) – World Premiere
THE BALKAN COWBOY, Dragana Jurišić
(Croatia, Ireland, 2026, 93 min.) – World Premiere
THE FORBIDDEN AUNT / ZABRANJENA TETKA, Bojana Novaković
(Serbia, Australia, 2026, 82 min.) – World Premiere
WE SHALL LIVE TOGETHER / ŽIVJEĆEMO ZAJEDNO, Damir Markovina
(Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026, 75 min.) – World Premiere
DON’T ASK ME IF I KILLED, Helena Maksyom
(Romania, Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine, 2026, 103 min.) – International Premiere
FRAGMENTS OF BELONGING / TRAGOVI PRIPADANJA, Tatjana Božić
(Croatia, Netherlands, Germany, 2026, 80 min.) – International Premiere
WHEN I GET OUT / KO PRIDEM VEN, Metod Pevec
(Slovenia, 2026, 106 min.) – International Premiere
32 METERS, Morteza Atabaki
(Türkiye, Iran, Qatar, 2025, 83 min.) – Regional Premiere
BUGBOY, Lucas Paleocrassas
(Greece, France, Denmark, 2026, 87 min.) – Regional Premiere
ELECTING MS SANTA, Raisa Răzmeriță
(Moldova, Romania, 2025, 95 min.) – Regional Premiere
FOR LIFE / ÖMÜR BOYU, Ahmet Seven
(Türkiye, 2026, 89 min.) – Regional Premiere
TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN / PLANINA, Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić
(Serbia, France, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, 2026, 105 min.) – Regional Premiere
Competition Programme – Documentary Shorts:
BRO RAM / RAM BHAI, Branko Schmidt
(Croatia, 2026, 14 min.) – World Premiere
FAHRUDIN, Alen Drljević
(Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026, 20 min.) – World Premiere
OF LIGHT GHOSTS / VON LICHTERGEISTERN, Isabella Fellinger
(Austria, 2026, 27 min.) – World Premiere
THE CAPTAIN AND THE CASPIAN SEA / KAPITAN VƏ XƏZƏR DƏNİZİ, Turkan Huseyin
(Azerbaijan, 2026, 30 min.) – World Premiere
DEAR ORCHID, Hana Selena Sokolović
(Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Netherlands, 2026, 18 min.) – International Premiere
ASPARAGUS BEAR / MEDO U ŠPAROGAMA, Ivan Grgur
(Croatia, 2025, 18 min.) – Regional Premiere
HOLY DEFIANCE / TIHA MISA, Karla Jelić
(Croatia, 2026, 15 min.) – Regional Premiere
THE FERRY FLOWS / PAROM PLYVE, Zhora Papoian
(Ukraine, United Kingdom, 2026, 18 min.) – Regional Premiere
Out of Competition:
YUGO GOES TO AMERICA / YUGO IDE U AMERIKU, Filip Grujić, Aleksa Borković
(Serbia, Croatia, 2026, 87 min.) – National Premiere
Competition Programme – Narrative Short Film 2026
Awards:
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM – AN OSCAR® QUALIFYING FILM
Award in the amount of €2,500
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY NARRATIVE SHORT FILM CANDIDATE
Films in the programme:
DITCH / MIRHÓ, Marianna Vas
(Hungary, 2026, 24 min.) – World Premiere
HIDDEN IN FRAME / DAMALULI, Anna Sarukhanova
(Georgia, United Kingdom, 2026, 16 min.) – World Premiere
MAMAMA, Danica Dakić
(Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026, 8 min.) – World Premiere
PATCH / ZAKRPA, Luka Galešić
(Croatia, 2026, 13 min.) – World Premiere
PORKATAL, Sis Gürdal
(Türkiye, France, United Kingdom, 2026, 16 min.) – World Premiere
ADGWA-ATA, Zsuzsanna Krief
(Hungary, France, 2026, 15 min.) – Regional Premiere
COSMONAUTS / KOZMONAVTI, Leo Černic
(Slovenia, Italy, 2026, 14 min.) – Regional Premiere
GO OUTSIDE AND HUG A TREE, Irina Alexiu
(Romania, 2026, 14 min.) – Regional Premiere
MOTHERHOOD, Anca Damian
(Romania, Belgium, France, 2026, 18 min.) – Regional Premiere
NOBODY SAID ANYTHING / NIKO NIŠTA NIJE REKAO, Tamara Todorović
(Serbia, France, Slovenia, Croatia, 2026, 15 min.) – Regional Premiere
Competition Programme – Student Short Film 2026
Award:
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
Award in the amount of €1,000, sponsored by the Regional Cooperation Council
Films in the programme:
HYENA / HYÄNE, Fanny Rösch
(Austria, 2026, 23 min.) – World Premiere
NEIGHBOUR / KOMŠIJA, Dan Grabnar
(Serbia, 2026, 17 min.) – World Premiere
SISTERS / SESTRE, Sara Ećimović
(Serbia, 2026, 21 min.) – World Premiere
THE GO-BETWEEN / POSREDNIK, Emir Solaković
(Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026, 7 min.) – World Premiere
UNWELLNESS, Réka Pinczés
(Hungary, 2026, 21 min.) – World Premiere
WATER WALLS / FÜSTFAL, Bianka Szelestey
(Hungary, 2026, 34 min.) – World Premiere
THE FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS, BUT WHY NOT LEND IT TO THE SPECIALISTS? / VIITORUL ȚI-L FACI CU MÂNA TA, DAR DE CE SĂ NU Îl LAȘI PE MÂNA UNOR SPECIALIȘTI?, Alexandra Schinteie
(Romania, 2026, 18 min.) – International Premiere
A. WANTS OUT (ON NEUTRALITY) / A. WILL RAUS (ÜBER NEUTRALITÄT), Zorah Berghammer
(Austria, 2026, 18 min.) – Regional Premiere
BONEFUZZ, Márk László
(Hungary, 2026, 10 min.) – Regional Premiere
OVER THE THRESHOLD / PREKO PRAGA, Tara Gajović
(Serbia, 2026, 15 min.) – Regional Premiere
RABBIT DON’T RUN / HASENFUSS, Maximilian Conway, Elisabeth Jakob
(Austria, 2026, 30 min.) – Regional Premiere
The 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival runs August 14-21, 2026.
