Film submissions for the 26th Sarajevo Film Festival programmes are now open!

Sarajevo Film Festival is an international film festival with a focus on Regional cinema as stated below, as its specific aim lies in promoting and aiding the development of regional cinema and authors. Its goal is to act as the main meeting point where international and regional cinema converges in a spirit of cooperation and cultural exchange through the presentation of the finest and most recent achievements in world cinema. Sarajevo Film Festival dedicates its Competition Programme solely to regional film, showing regional, European, international and world premieres of films from South-east Europe and Caucasus regions.

The 26th Sarajevo Film Festival will take place in Sarajevo from 14th to 21st August 2020. Online film and drama series submissions for the following programmes are now open:

- Competition Programme - Feature Film

- Competition Programme - Documentary Film

- Competition Programme - Short Film

- Competition Programme - Student Film

- European Shorts

- Children's Programme

- TeenArena

- BH Film Programme

- Avant Premiere - specialized for drama series

All entries for programmes European Shorts, Children's Programme and TeenArena, unless otherwise specified, must be submitted to the Festival for selection by May 9th, 2020; for programmes Competition Programme - Feature Film, Competition Programme - Documentary Film, Competition Programme - Short Film, Competition Programme - Student Film, BH Film Programme and Avant Premiere, unless otherwise specified, must be submitted to the Festival for selection by May 23th, 2020.

More information, rules and regulations, along with an online entry form, can be found on the official Sarajevo Film Festival website: https://www.sff.ba/.