All Sarajevo articles
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NewsSerbian feature ‘Wind, Talk To Me’ wins top award at Sarajevo
Winners express solidarity with Serbian student protestors.
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Reviews‘9-Month Contract’ review: Powerful documentary explores Georgia’s exploitative surrogacy industry
Director Ketevan Vashagashvili sensitively follows a single mother through her third surrogate pregnancy
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Reviews‘Phantoms Of July’ review: Past and present collide in breezy absurdist German comedy drama
Julian Radlmaier’s latest plays Sarajevo after premiering in Locarno
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Reviews’North South Man Woman’ review: North Korean women seek South Korean husbands in illuminating documentary
Morten Traavik and Sun Kim’s clear-eyed film follows the highs and lows of love across the cultural divide
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NewsSarajevo’s CineLink reveals 2025 industry winners with €250,000 of prizes
‘Places Half Empty’, ‘Stone Over Stone’, ‘Pogana’ all take prizes.
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NewsWillem Dafoe talks Martin Scorsese, Robert Eggers, Kathryn Bigelow collaborations
Dafoe discussed being crucified and buried in his sold-out Sarajevo masterclass.
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NewsAI “tsunami” poses threat to creators’ rights, say copyright experts
“AI content will flood the commercial market and will suck out a lot of money.”
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NewsIlya Khrzhanovsky updates on ‘DAU’ films, talks Gaza conflict, Mubi funding criticism
“I love Israel, but what is happening on the West Bank and in Gaza is terrible.”
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NewsFestival directors discuss imperative to show “uncomfortable films”
“Part of our role is to find and back voices that sometimes make people uncomfortable,” said Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle.
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Reviews‘God Will Not Help’ review: Croatian filmmaker Hana Jusic’s intense second feature revels in its mysteries
This slow-burn drama stars Manuela Martelli as an enigmatic stranger
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NewsFilmmakers can learn from Christian content success, notes Sarajevo panel
“We may not like that kind of film but they are making money.”
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FeaturesHana Jušić, director of Sarajevo title ‘God Will Not Help’, reveals her literary and musical inspirations
The Croatian director drew from the mood of both ’Wuthering Heights’ and ’The French Lieutenant’s Woman’.
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NewsRay Winstone calls for UK industry to make more culturally British films
“The French do it, the Germans do it – that’s the way it should be, that’s where good filmmakers come from.”
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FeaturesFive emerging filmmakers from southeast Europe to watch
All are presenting interesting projects at Sarajevo’s CineLink Industry Days.
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Reviews‘White Snail’ review: Delicate Belarusian debut narrative feature focuses on two lonely souls
Filmmakers Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter work with non-professional cast in a story about a model and a morgue worker
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NewsJi.hlava awards Docu Talents projects in Sarajevo, selects 18 Emerging Producers
One producer is from Ethiopia, guest country of the programme.
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NewsPaolo Sorrentino addresses “genocide” in Gaza: “No film can prevent these things”
Sorrentino says he prefers Disney films to violent films; talks working with cinematographers.
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Features‘Fantasy’ director Kukla details casting transgender lead role in Sarajevo title
Kukla’s debut feature is an adaptation of her short film ‘Sisters’.
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News‘Fantasy’: first trailer for Kukla’s Locarno, Sarajevo gender exploration title
EXCLUSIVE: Totem Films is handling international sales on the film.
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FeaturesWhy Sarajevo’s industry strand is facing up to the AI conundrum
Festival has several panels on AI as the Balkan industry fights for a seat at the table in discussions.