The 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival presents the Kinoscope and Kinoscope Surreal programmes, which once again bring a selection of films marked by distinctive auteur visions, bold cinematic language, and stories that push the boundaries of the familiar.
„Kinoscope is a snapshot of film productions shown at the most prestigious festivals of the year, but not only. It is also home to the most challenging or cinematically daring features. We try to create a balance between very accomplished features praised by the press and the industry and features that might have been a bit overlooked or which might need another space to really shine,“ said the programme selectors, Alessandro Raja and Mathilde Henrot.
As guests of 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival, arriving in Sarajevo are: actress Yana Radeva and producer Rita Kudrina (film The Dreamed Adventure), director of the film In a Whisper Leyla Bouzid, director of photography for the film Filipiñana Xenia Patricia, director of the film Object a Ann Oren, director of the film Congo BoyRafik Fariala, actress from the film Heysel 85 Violeta Braeckman, director of the film Manhunt Wayne Wapeemukwa, and director of the film Silent FriendIldikó Enyedi.
Kinoscope presents 12 narrative art-house films from around the world that explore new forms of storytelling and make space for stories that rarely find a place in regular theatrical distribution.
Kinoscope Surreal presents six genre films that explore darker and unsettling cinematic worlds, boldly pushing the boundaries of the fantastic. The programme features horror, body horror and queer genre films, aimed at audiences who enjoy unconventional, provocative and visually daring works.
Kinoscope
BLUE HERON, Sophy Romvari
An idyllic summer on Vancouver Island turns into a chilling nightmare when a family is forced into difficult decisions by their eldest son’s increasingly dangerous behavior.
CONGO BOY, Rafiki Fariala
A seventeen-year-old musician in war-torn Bangui must fight to keep his family and dreams afloat after both of his parents are thrown into prison.
COWARD, Lukas Dhont
Amidst the brutality of the First World War, two soldiers find an unexpected escape from the horrors of the front lines through theater.
FILIPIÑANA, Rafael Manuel
An innocent infatuation turns into a dark psychological trap as a young woman uncovers a sinister, shared history connecting her to a powerful doctor.
FLIES / MOSCAS, Fernando Eimbcke
A woman’s controlled isolation shatters when a new tenant secretly moves his son into her flat, sparking an unlikely bond that changes her life.
HEYSEL 85, Teodora Ana Mihai
As Brussels’ Heysel Stadium turns into a deadly tragedy, the mayor’s daughter and an Italian journalist are trapped in a moral hell, torn between duty, family loyalty, and the devastating truth.
IN A WHISPER / À VOIX BASSE, Leyla Bouzid
Returning to Tunisia for a funeral, a woman must navigate hidden love, deep family secrets, and the mystery of her uncle’s sudden death.
LA GRADIVA, Marine Atlan
A high-school trip to the ruins of Pompeii turns into a dark psychological descent as a group of students are consumed, one by one, by unstoppable desire and anger.
MANHUNT, Wayne Wapeemukwa
A desperate escape from dead-end lives turns into a violent northern road trip as two young men hunt for meaning, only to lose themselves in loneliness and aggression.
OBJET a, Ann Oren
The perfect world of two visionary surgeons bound by bizarre obsessions shatters when enigmatic outsider arrives, triggering dangerous desires that destroy their fragile balance
SILENT FRIEND / STILLE FREUNDIN, Ildikó Enyedi
A majestic ginkgo tree stands as a century-long silent witness, weaving the lives of three distinct souls into a poetic exploration of nature’s mysterious power and our deep longing to belong.
THE DREAMED ADVENTURE / DAS GETRÄUMTE ABENTEUER, Valeska Grisebach
An archaeologist’s quiet border-town excavation turns into a dangerous investigation when she is pulled into a shadowy criminal network that forces her to confront her own past.
Kinoscope Surreal
NIGHTBORN / YÖN LAPSI, Hanna Bergholm
Isolated in a dark Finnish forest, a new mother descends into a chilling psychological horror when she suspects a deeply disturbing truth about her newborn child.
LEVITICUS, Adrian Chiarella
Trapped in an isolated Australian town ruled by religious fanaticism, two queer teenagers must outrun a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire the most.
NEVER AFTER DARK, Dave Boyle
Unearthing a dark secret in an isolated country house, a wandering medium confronts a grotesque apparition and a chilling realization: her greatest enemy is not among the dead.
SACCHARINE, Natalie Erika James
A medical student’s obsession with a mysterious weight-loss pill triggers a shocking body transformation—and a terrifying haunting.
TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, Jane Schoenbrun
A terrifying new nightmare rises from the depths of the lake, turning the movie set of a classic slasher reboot into a real-life horror story.
SPECIES / SANGUINE, Marion Le Corroller
The extreme stress of a competitive emergency room internship takes a terrifying turn when a young medical intern’s own body begins to undergo a series of disturbing and unexplainable changes.
The 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival will take place from 14 to 21 August 2026.
