CineLink - Avant Premiere Series 2022 to Present New Series Directed by Danis Tanović, Aida Begić and Sonja Prosenc

SARAJEVO: Six drama series from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina will take part in the Avant Premiere Series programme within the CineLink – the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival…
02-08-2022

CineLink Work in Progress 2022 Announces Selected Projects

SARAJEVO: Ten feature films and two long documentaries including projects from Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Montenegro, Croatia, Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina will be showcased at the CineLink Work in…
01-08-2022

FESTIVALS: Sarajevo Film Festival 2022 Announces Competition Programmes

SARAJEVO: Eight titles will compete for the Heart of Sarajevo award in the Competition Programme - Feature Film 2022 of the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival.
22-07-2022

First Edition of CineLink Producers’ Lab Announces Participants

SARAJEVO: Nineteen young producers from 12 countries have been selected for the first edition of the CineLink Producers' Lab, which will be held 12 - 15 August 2022 within the…
21-07-2022

Paul Joseph Schrader to Receive Honourary Heart of Sarajevo Award

SARAJEVO: American screenwriter, director and film critic Paul Joseph Schrader will be presented with the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award at the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival (12-19 August 2022).
14-07-2022

GRANTS: Ministry of Culture of Kanton Sarajevo Announces Grants

SARAJEVO: The Ministry of Culture of Kanton Sarajevo has allocated grants for the production of long and short films, as well as the development of TV series, for the second…
08-07-2022

Cinema Parallels 2022 Ready to Kick-off in Banja Luka

BANJA LUKA: The third edition of Cinema Parallels will take place in Banja Luka, Srpska Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 7 to 9 July 2022. The theme of the edition…
04-07-2022

GRANTS: Film Fund Sarajevo Doubles Production Funds

SARAJEVO: Film Fund Sarajevo will allot 1,155,519 EUR / 2.26 m KM in 2022, which is a 100% increase compared to the 594,066 EUR / 1,161,893 KM allocated in 2021.
21-06-2022

FESTIVALS: Sarajevo FF Announces Selection for 2nd edition of TV Series and Expands Awards Categories

SARAJEVO: Seventeen series from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Slovenia have been selected for the second edition of the TV series Awards at the 28th…
17-06-2022

Cinelink Industry Days Co-Production Market and Drama Announces Selected Projects

SARAJEVO: Nine projects were selected for the CineLink Co-production Market and seven for the CineLink Drama at the upcoming edition of CineLink Industry Days within the Sarajevo Film Festival (12-19…
12-06-2022

FNE at Sarajevo FF 2022: Festival Jury of 28th Sarajevo Film Festival Unveiled

SARAJEVO: The 28th Sarajevo Film Festival, which takes place from 12 to 19 August 2022, has announced the jury for its main competition will be headed by Austrian director and…
26-05-2022

BOX OFFICE: Bosnia and Herzegovina Sees Rise of Interest in Domestic Films for Second Consecutive Year

SARAJEVO: Danis Tanović’s Not So Friendly Neighbourhood Affair / Deset u pola (Obala Art Centre, 2021) scored 35,341 admissions in 2021, following the success of Jasmila Žbanić’s Quo Vadis, Aida?,…
05-05-2022

Talents Sarajevo 2022 Launches Call for Applications

SARAJEVO: The call is open for the 16th edition of Talents Sarajevo, founded in collaboration with Berlin International Film Festival and Berlinale Talents. Talents Sarajevo will be held under the …
29-04-2022

Jovan Marjanović Replaces Mirsad Purivatra As Director of Sarajevo Film Festival

SARAJEVO: Mirsad Purivatra, the founder of the Sarajevo Film Festival, is leaving the SFF Director’s position after 27 years to take on the role of President of the Obala Art…
15-02-2022

BOX OFFICE: Danis Tanović's Not So Friendly Neighbourhood Affair Tops Box Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina

SARAJEVO: The latest comedy directed by Oscar winner Danis Tanović, Not So Friendly Neighbourhood Affair, which premiered at the opening of the Sarajevo Film Festival, followed by a week of…
07-12-2021

BOX OFFICE: Serbian South Wind 2 – Speed Up Tops Box Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina

SARAJEVO: South Wind 2 – Speed Up / Južni vetar 2 – Ubrzanje directed by Miloš Avramović topped the 11 – 14 November 2021 weekend chart in Bosnia and Herzegovina,…
22-11-2021

FNE Oscar Watch 2022: The White Fortress to Represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in Oscar Race

SARAJEVO: Igor Drljača’s third feature film The White Fortress / Tabija has been selected as Bosnia and Herzegovina’s candidate for the 94th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award…
26-10-2021

FNE Podcast: Amra Bakšić Čamo - Head of CineLink Sarajevo

SARAJEVO: FNE spoke to Amra Bakšić Čamo, the Head of CineLink, the industry section of the Sarajevo Film Festival, about the 2021 edition after the pandemic forced the last minute…
20-10-2021

BOX OFFICE: Serbian Toma Rocks Bosnian BO in Its Opening Week

SARAJEVO: The biopic Toma directed by famous Serbian actor/director/producer Dragan Bjelogrlić broke the 2021 record in Bosnia and Herzegovina with 40,877 admissions and 112,900 EUR / 220,815 BAM gross in…
04-10-2021

FNE Podcast: Jovan Marjanović, Co-director - Sarajevo Film Festival

SARAJEVO: FNE spoke to Jovan Marjanović, Co-director of Sarajevo Film Festival, about the festival’s return to its on site operations after being forced to cancel the 2020 on site edition…
28-09-2021