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Film / Drama Series Submissions for the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival Programmes

Submission deadline: 25th of May, 2025. The 31st Sarajevo Film Festival will take place from August 15 to 22, 2025.

Submit Your Film

Online submissions for films and drama series for the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival, taking place from August 15 to 22, 2025, are now open.

Film authors and producers can submit their films / drama series for the following programmes:

- Competition Programme - Feature Film

- Competition Programme - Documentary Film

- Competition Programme - Short Film

- Competition Programme - Student Film

- In Focus

- Avant Premiere Series - specialized for regional drama series

- Open Air

- Kinoscope

- Summer Screen

- European Shorts

- Children’s Programme

- TeenArena

- Dealing with the Past

- BH Film Programme


All entries for the following programmes: Competition Programme – Feature Film, Competition Programme – Documentary Film, Competition Programme – Short Film, Competition Programme – Student Film, In Focus, Avant Premiere Series, Open Air, Kinoscope, Summer Screen, European Shorts, Children’s Programme, TeenArena, Dealing with the Past and BH Film, must be submitted to the Festival for selection by May 25, 2025, unless otherwise specified.


The submission fees, unless otherwise specified on the film submission page, are as follows:

Competition Programme – Feature Film – FREE to submit!

Competition Programme – Documentary Film – FREE to submit!

Competition Programme – Short Film – FREE to submit!

Competition Programme – Student Film – FREE to submit!

BH Film – FREE to submit!

All other programmes open for submission:

- Feature length film and Middle-length film (60 minutes in length or more; 31 to 59 minutes in length) – 80 BAM or 40 EUR

- Short film (up to 30 minutes in length, including closing credits) – 40 BAM or 20 EUR

Please find rules and regulations and online entry form HERE.

The 31st Sarajevo Film Festival will take place from August 15 to 22, 2025.