European Film Academy CEO Matthijs Wouter Knol, Croatian director Igor Bezinović, North Macedonian actor Sara Klimoska, and Greek filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari, have all joined Emily Watson on the feature competition jury of the Sarajevo Film Festival, taking place from August 14-21.
Bezinović is best known for his 2025 documentary Fiume o Morte! which won the top prize at Rotterdam; while Tsangari’s most recent film Harvest premiered in Competition at Venice in 2024.
The jury will decide on the Heart of Sarajevo awards, with the winners announced at the closing night ceremony on August 21.
Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa presided over last year’s competition jury, which awarded the top prize to Stefan Dordevic’s docudrama Wind, Talk To Me.
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