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Sarajevo 2025 / Documentary Competition

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11 articles available in total starting from 21/02/2025. Last article published on 29/08/2025.

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Yegor Troyanovsky • Director of Cuba & Alaska

Interview: Yegor Troyanovsky • Director of Cuba & Alaska

"My film is a portrait of friendship during wartime"

The Ukrainian director reflects on the challenges of filming in an active war zone and the urgent need to preserve human connection through cinema  

29/08 | Sarajevo 2025 | Documentary Competition

Dalija Dozet • Director of My Dad’s Lessons

Interview: Dalija Dozet • Director of My Dad’s Lessons

"My idea was to explore what is left behind in the hundred hours of footage my father obsessively filmed"

The Croatian director discusses her film, an intimate dialogue across time, as she uses the archive to reflect on memory, loss, and everything left unsaid  

29/08 | Sarajevo 2025 | Documentary Competition

Katalin Bársony • Director of I Saw a 'Suno'

Interview: Katalin Bársony • Director of I Saw a 'Suno'

"The viewpoint of Romani refugee Nasmi and his journey could potentially sensitise people and enable them to feel with us"

Through vérité scenes and quiet moments, the director crafts an intimate portrait of displacement, identity and the hope of reunion  

27/08 | Sarajevo 2025 | Documentary Competition

Review: 9-Month Contract

Review: 9-Month Contract

Ketevan Vashagashvili’s film about one woman’s experience in the Georgian commercial surrogacy market is a unique new instalment in the oeuvre of body-politics documentaries  

25/08 | Sarajevo 2025 | Documentary Competition

Review: Cuba & Alaska

Review: Cuba & Alaska

Yegor Troyanovsky’s film follows two female combat medics whose spirit and zest for life make it stand out among the numerous documentaries set on Ukraine's frontlines  

22/08 | Sarajevo 2025 | Documentary Competition

Review: Bosnian Knight

Review: Bosnian Knight

Tarik Hodžić’s documentary about the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina is enlightening but gets bogged down by an overly sanitised visual style  

22/08 | Sarajevo 2025 | Documentary Competition

Review: I Saw a 'Suno'

Review: I Saw a 'Suno'

Katalin Bársony’s documentary, filmed over 15 years, is a rich and emotional picture that explores issues of displacement, identity and injustice  

20/08 | Sarajevo 2025 | Documentary Competition

Review: In Hell with Ivo

Review: In Hell with Ivo

Kristina Nikolova’s artist portrait is a rare example of a protagonist taking over the film and the director letting them do so  

20/08 | Sarajevo 2025 | Documentary Competition

Review: Third World

Review: Third World

With his documentary, Arsen Oremović tries to capture the energies of two artists and their band while they made their seminal Yugoslav rock album  

19/08 | Sarajevo 2025 | Documentary Competition

Fifty films to compete for awards at the Sarajevo Film Festival

Fifty films to compete for awards at the Sarajevo Film Festival

The selection includes the new works by Ivana Mladenović, Hana Jušić and Srdjan Vuletić  

23/07 | Sarajevo 2025

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