• 246 FILMS FROM 60 COUNTRIES • 9 VENUES • 600 EMPLOYEES • 400 VOLUNTEERS • 3.000 ACCREDITED GUESTS FROM 61 COUNTRIES • OVER 850 ACCREDITED MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES FROM 35 COUNTRIES • OVER 100.000 VISITORS AT ALL THE PROGRAMMES
The Sarajevo Film Festival is an international film festival with a special focus on the region of South East Europe.
The focus on regional cinematography through the Competition selections for feature, short and documentary film, as well as a focus on the film industry (CineLink), an educational platform for young filmmakers (Talents Sarajevo), and the presence of the international film industry, filmmakers and media representatives, together with over 100 000 visitors, confirms SFF’s status as the leading film festival in the region, recognized by film professionals and the wider public alike.
In an emerging territory of over 140 million inhabitants, the Sarajevo Film Festival serves as a common platform for the film industry in the entire region, setting standards for the organization of film festivals, as well as for the promotion and presentation of film in South East Europe. Furthermore, the Sarajevo Film Festival shines an international spotlight on films, talent and future film projects from South East Europe.
The Festival began with screenings of BRIDGES OF SARAJEVO (Aida Begić, Leonardo di Costanzo, Jean-Luc Godard, Kamen Kalev, Isild Le Besco, Sergei Loznitsa, Vincenzo Marra, Ursula Meier, Vladimir Perišić, Cristi Puiu, Marc Recha, Angela Schanelec, Teresa Villaverde) at the National Theatre; LOVE’S A BITCH (Alejandro González Iñárritu) at the HT Eronet Open Air Cinema and OF HORSES AND MEN (Benedikt Erlingsson) at Meeting Point Cinema.
Festival closed with screenings of MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT (Woody Allen) at KSC Skenderija.
During the nine days of the 20th Sarajevo Film Festival, numerous eminent filmmakers presented their work to the public.
The 21st Sarajevo Film Festival will take place from the 14th to the 22nd of August 2015.
20th SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL IN NUMBERS
• 246 FILMS FROM 60 COUNTRIES
• 9 VENUES
• 600 EMPLOYEES
• 400 VOLUNTEERS
• OVER 3.000 ACCREDITED GUESTS FROM 61 COUNTRIES
• OVER 850 ACCREDITED MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES FROM 35 COUNTRIES
• OVER 100.000 VISITORS AT ALL THE PROGRAMMES
