[ Film Festivals ]

In its 11th edition, the SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL - from 19th to 27th August 2005 - will present films from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia and UNMI Kosovo.
This year, the Sarajevo Film Festival included Hungary in its zone of interest and in this way rounded up the region eligible for the official Competition Programme.

The first Festival was held in October 1995. At that time, the siege of Sarajevo was still going on, and projections were very low. However, a surprising 15.000 people came to see the films, of which there were 37 from 15 different countries. The Festival grew at a remarkable pace, attracting tens of thousands of people a year.

FEATURES:

COMPETITION PROGRAMME - FEATURE FILMS

AWAKENING FROM THE DEAD, MILO? RADIVOJEVIĆ, Serbia & Montenegro
DALLAS AMONG US, ROBERT ADRIAN PEJO, Hungary/Germany/Austria
LABOUR EQUALS FREEDOM, DAMJAN KOZOLE, Slovenia
JOHANNA, KORNÉL MUNDRUCZÓ, Hungary
SOUTH BY SOUTHEAST, MILUTIN PETROVIĆ, Serbia & Montenegro
THE KUKUM, ISA QOSJA, UNMI Kosovo
SORRY FOR KUNG FU, OGNJEN SVILIČIĆ, Croatia
RYNA, RUXANDRA ZENIDA, Romania/Switzerland
WHAT IS A MAN WITHOUT A MUSTACHE?, HRVOJE HRIBAR, Croatia
WELL TEMPERED CORPSES, BENJAMIN FILIPOVIĆ, Slovenia/Bosnia & Herzegovina/France/Italy
LADY ZEE, GEORGI DJULGEROV, Bulgaria

COMPETITION SHORT FILMS

BEFORE DAWN, BÁLINT KENYERES, Hungary
BEFORE LIFE, AFTER DEATH, DRAGOMIR SHOLEV, Bulgaria
FAMILY, SORIN DAMIAN, Romania
BITTER PRUNES, DORIAN AHMETI, Albania
MY MOTHER, SVETLA TSOTSORKOVA, Bulgaria
NAME THIS FILM AFTER ME, MLADEN ĐUKIĆ, Bosnia & Herzegovina
REMAIN UPRIGHT!!, KRISTIJAN RISTESKI, Macedonia
PAYCHECK, ALEN DRLJEVIĆ, Bosnia and Herzegovina
FRAME FOR THE PICTURE OF MY HOMELAND, ELMIR JUKIĆ, Bosnia & Herzegovina
RAT FILE, MINA ĐUKIĆ, Serbia & Montenegro

REGIONAL OFF (presenting the best of the annual Regional production)

REGIONAL DOCUMENTARIES

NEW CURRENTS (works by authors who break the rules of film as a medium and who test the limits of viewing)

NEW CURRENTS SHORTS

Tribute to ALEXANDER PAYNE

I highly recommend having a look at the detailed Sarajevo Film Festival Programme!