Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa and Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle are among the members of the Competition Programme – Feature Film jury for the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival (August 15-22).
Loznitsa is president of the five-person jury, which also includes filmmaker Ena Sendijarevic, actor Dragan Micanovic and filmmaker Emanuel Parvu.
The jury will present the Heart of Sarajevo awards in the competition programme on Friday, August 22. Awards at last year’s festival included best feature film, director, actress and actor.
Loznitsa received an honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 2022 festival. His latest film Two Prosecutors debuted in Competition at Cannes in May.
Sendijarevic’s debut feature Take Me Somewhere Nice won the best film prize at Sarajevo 2019; while second feature Sweet Dreams was the Netherlands’ entry for the 2024 Oscars.
Parvu’s Three Kilometers To The End Of The World won best film at Sarajevo last year.
Sarajevo Film Festival will open on August 15 with the world premiere of Bosnian film The Pavilion by Dino Mustafic.
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