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21 articles available in total starting from 27/01/2026. Last article published on 28/08/2026.

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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

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

Lucas Paleocrassas • Director of Bugboy

Interview: Lucas Paleocrassas • Director of Bugboy

“My hope was that the film would make us look at these insects and at people like Yorgos with a little more curiosity and empathy”

The Greek director shares his approach to his latest documentary, a topically unexpected coming-of-age tale entwined with a father-son relationship  

25/08 | Sarajevo 2026 | Documentary Competition

Review: Don’t Ask Me If I Killed

Review: Don’t Ask Me If I Killed

Helena Maksyom’s Ukrainian frontline documentary shows us the labours of war through her eyes and her filmic diary as a civilian-turned-soldier  

25/08 | Sarajevo 2026 | Documentary Competition

Review: When I Get Out

Review: When I Get Out

Metod Pevec’s newest documentary follows a set of male prisoners as they take part in a psychodramatic workshop aimed at rehabilitation  

24/08 | Sarajevo 2026 | Documentary Competition

Everytime crowned with the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Narrative Feature Film

Everytime crowned with the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Narrative Feature Film

Sandra Wollner’s movie has also nabbed the CICAE Award, while Kosara Mitić’s 17 received three separate prizes from the juries, including the Cineuropa Award  

24/08 | Sarajevo 2026 | Awards

Review: The Forbidden Aunt

Review: The Forbidden Aunt

In her directorial debut, actress Bojana Novaković deals with the quirkiness and the underlying trauma within her family  

21/08 | Sarajevo 2026 | Documentary Competition

Milcho Manchevski • Director of Good People

Interview: Milcho Manchevski • Director of Good People

“We decided to keep the film extremely ascetic, austere and minimalist in order to put the survivors and the heroes centre stage”

The Macedonian director discloses how his documentary portrays the experiences of survivors of the Kočani nightclub disaster without resorting to artistic recreation  

21/08 | Sarajevo 2026 | Documentary Competition

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