Sarajevo Film Festival

04. May 2026.

Adriatic Film & TV Awards: Submissions Open for the 2026 AFA Awards

Eligible for submission are rights holders of feature and documentary films, as well as high-end television series (including drama series and sitcoms)

16. April 2026.

Submit your film for CineLink Work in Progress 2026

We invite filmmakers from Southeast Europe, Ukraine, North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia to submit their fiction and documentary projects by May 15, 2026

26. February 2026.

Film Submissions for the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival Programmes

The 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival will take place from August 14 to 21, 2026.

Submit Your Film

06. January 2026.

In Memoriam Béla Tarr (1955–2026)

Tarr was also a great friend of the Sarajevo Film Festival: in 2006, the Festival dedicated its “Tribute to” programme to him. He was the recipient of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 19th Sarajevo Film Festival (2013), and in 2014 he served as President of the Jury

18. December 2025.

Open Call for Applications – Female Filmmakers Support Programme

The programme, titled Female Filmmakers Support Programme (FFSP), aims to support and empower women in film from the six Southeast European countries in which UNIQA operates

28. October 2025.

AFA Awards Honour the Best of Adriatic Film and Television 

Winners were selected by a professional jury comprising over 550 members of the Film and TV Academy of the Adriatic Region

24. September 2025.

Nominations Announced for the Adriatic Film Awards 2025

The nominations have been announced for this year’s Adria Film and TV Awards, which will take place on October 25 in Porto Montenegro. These awards build on the tradition of the Heart of Sarajevo Awards for TV series, expanding them with a new concept that also includes film achievements.

22. August 2025.

UniCredit Audience Award of the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival to the films “DJ Ahmet” and “The Track”

After eight days of the Festival, the audience selected the best achievements. The UniCredit Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival went to “DJ Ahmet” directed by Georgi M. Unkovski.

22. August 2025.

Dmytro Hreshko: Here Were Situations When the Military Advised Us Not to Wear Press Badges

Taking its name from Divija, the Slavic goddess of nature, this documentary stands apart from all others about the war in Ukraine - the director turns his lens to nature, to the beautiful living world that silently endures the devastation of war and, with quiet defiance, slowly restores itself.

22. August 2025.

Damjan Kozole: The essence of OHO is the idea that this civilization is useless

The avant-garde art collective OHO, founded in 1965 and active until 1971, is one of the most fascinating phenomena not only on the art scene in Slovenia and the former Yugoslavia but also across Central and Eastern Europe. In OHO Film, director Damjan Kozole ensures that it does not fade into obscurity, showing how the perspectives of this unique group remain relevant and applicable to contemporary times

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