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362 articles available in total starting from 29/02/2020. Last article published on 01/09/2026.

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Igor Jelinović • Director of Honey Bunny

Interview: Igor Jelinović • Director of Honey Bunny

“Family is the most precious thing until something more profitable comes along”

The Croatian filmmaker discusses turning a real family dispute into his feature debut and exploring the conflicting perspectives at the heart of the story  

01/09 | /Croatia/Serbia

Dragana Jurišić • Director of The Balkan Cowboy

Interview: Dragana Jurišić • Director of The Balkan Cowboy

"By using elements of naivety and kitsch from the western genre, I wanted to make a mainstream film that would reach a wide audience"

We caught up with the Croatian director to talk about her film, which takes her to Bijeljina in search of Hari Džekson, a local amateur filmmaker who made his own westerns with the people around him  

28/08 | Sarajevo 2026 | Documentary Competition

Martin Genovski • Director of Bear With Me

Interview: Martin Genovski • Director of Bear With Me

"What I learnt during the process of making this film is that we shouldn't judge a book by its cover"

The Bulgarian director explores human-animal friendship and the fading world of traditional circuses, approaching its problematic legacy from his own position as an animal-rights activist  

28/08 | Sarajevo 2026 | Documentary Competition

Feels Like Home and Everybody to Kenmure Street come out on top at the Rab Film Festival

Feels Like Home and Everybody to Kenmure Street come out on top at the Rab Film Festival

Gábor Holtai’s genre-bending feature has taken home the Best Feature Film Award, while Felipe Bustos Sierra’s Glasgow-set film topped the documentary competition  

28/08 | Festivals | Awards | Croatia

Bojana Novaković • Director of The Forbidden Aunt

Interview: Bojana Novaković • Director of The Forbidden Aunt

"This is a film about sexual violence in the Balkans - and it’s funny"

The Serbian-Australian actor and filmmaker discusses the complicated legacy of female strength and the role of humour when dealing with trauma  

26/08 | Sarajevo 2026 | Documentary Competition

Helena Maksyom • Director of Don't Ask Me if I Killed

Interview: Helena Maksyom • Director of Don't Ask Me if I Killed

"I realised that I could be killed at any moment, and I wanted my friends to have some kind of memory of me"

The Ukrainian filmmaker shares her experience of war trauma and what she thinks it takes to remain at least a little sane in an extreme reality  

26/08 | Sarajevo 2026 | Documentary Competition

The winners of the CineLink Industry Days

Interview: The winners of the CineLink Industry Days

"CineLink is a pivotal programme in the region, but also across Europe"

We caught up with some of the winners of the CineLink Industry Days awards at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival to hear about their projects and what the awards mean for their next steps  

26/08 | Sarajevo 2026 | CineLink Industry Days

Zvonimir Jurić • Director of Small Things

Interview: Zvonimir Jurić • Director of Small Things

"I like characters who have a radical form of empathy and who think about the bigger picture"

The Croatian helmer breaks down his intimate drama film, a chamber piece set over one winter weekend on a Croatian island  

25/08 | Sarajevo 2026 | Competition

Urša Menart • Director of Everything That's Wrong with You

Interview: Urša Menart • Director of Everything That's Wrong with You

"I wanted to explore how much we are willing to do just to have someone and to relate to someone"

We caught up with the Slovenian director to talk about her film, which stars Anuša Kodelja and Klara Kuk as two young women, each weird in her own way  

25/08 | Sarajevo 2026 | Competition

Nader Saeivar • Director of Hijamat

Interview: Nader Saeivar • Director of Hijamat

“I wasn’t interested in judging, I wanted to observe how mechanisms continue to shape people’s lives”

The filmmaker discusses his latest film, centred on a traditional Muslim family and community whose world is shaken when they discover that one of their young members is gay  

16/07 | Karlovy Vary 2026 | Competition

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