The 12th Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug18-26) has announced its competition programme andmain jury. Eightcompetition films will compete for the awards of best film, special jury award,best actor and best actress:

Das Fraulein, Switzerland/Germany/Bosnia andHerzegovina, dir: Andrea Staka

The Paper WillBe Blue (Hartia Va Fi Albastra), Romania, dir: RaduMuntean

Kythera, Hungary, dir: Peter Meszaros

Mum 'N'Dad (Mama I Tata), Bosnia and Herzgovina, di: Faruk Loncarevic

Nafaka, Bosnia andHerzegovina, dir: Jasmin Durakovic

The Melon Route (Put Lubenica), Croatia, dir: BrankoSchmidt

Seven And A Half (Sedam I Po), Serbia, dir: Miroslav Momcilovic

All For Free (Sve Dzaba), Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Serbia, dir: Antonio Nuic

Sarajevo's competition is open to for films from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Greece, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Turkey.

The competition jury consists of: film-maker Jasmila Zbanic, director of thisyear's Berlin winner Grbavica from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wouter Barendecht, founder of Fortissimo Film Sales from Holland, Jan Cvitkovic,Slovenian director, Kim Dong-Ho, director of the PusanInternational Film Festival, and Jerome Pillard,director of the Cannes Market.