18/07/2017 - The selection includes seven films, three of which will world-premiere at the gathering

The Sarajevo Film Festival has announced the line-up of its Feature Competition. The selection includes three world premieres: Daybreak [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Gentian Koçi
film profile], the first feature filmby Albanian director Gentian Koçi, Grain [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Semih Kaplanoğlu
film profile] by Turkey's Semih Kaplanoğlu (the winner of the Berlinale's Golden Bear with Honey [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Semih Kaplanoglu
film profile] in 2010) and Meda or the Not So Bright Side of Things [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Emanuel Pârvu
film profile], the feature debut by Romania's Emanuel Pârvu.

Other films in the line-up are Stephan Komandarev's Un Certain Regard title Directions [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Stephan Komandarev
film profile] (Bulgaria/Germany/Macedonia), Rezo Gigineshvili's Berlinale Panorama Special entry Hostages [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Irakli Kvirikadze
interview: Rezo Gigineishvili
film profile] (Georgia/Russia/Poland), Elina Psykou's Tribeca-screened Son of Sofia [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Elina Psykou
film profile] (Greece/France/Bulgaria) and Georgian director Ana Urushadze's first feature, Scary Mother [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ana Urushadze
film profile], which will bow in Locarno's Filmmakers of the Present section before heading to Sarajevo. 

In the selection's non-competition segment of Gala Screenings, Sarajevo audiences will get the chance to see the animated feature Birds Like Us [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Bosnian filmmakers Faruk Šabanović and Amela Ćuhara, which features the voices of Alicia Vikander, Jeremy Irons and Jim Broadbent; and Men Don't Cry [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Alen Drljević
film profile] by Alen Drljević, which world-premiered at the recent Karlovy Vary Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize. 

Here is the full list of Sarajevo Feature Competition titles:

Competition

Daybreak [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Gentian Koçi
film profile] – Gentian Koçi (Albania/Greece)
Grain [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Semih Kaplanoğlu
film profile] – Semih Kaplanoğlu (Turkey/Germany/France/Sweden/Qatar) 
Meda or the Not So Bright Side of Things [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Emanuel Pârvu
film profile] – Emanuel Pârvu (Romania) 
Directions [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Stephan Komandarev
film profile] – Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria/Germany/Macedonia) 
Hostages [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Irakli Kvirikadze
interview: Rezo Gigineishvili
film profile] – Rezo Gigineishvili (Georgia/Russia/Poland)
Scary Mother [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ana Urushadze
film profile] – Ana Urushadze (Georgia) 
Son of Sofia [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Elina Psykou
film profile] – Elina Psykou (Greece/France/Bulgaria)

Out of competition – Gala Screenings 

Birds Like Us [+see also:
trailer
film profile] – Faruk Šabanović, Amela Ćuhara (Bosnia and Herzegovina/UK/Turkey/USA)
Men Don’t Cry [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Alen Drljević
film profile] - Alen Drljević (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Slovenia/Croatia/Germany)