#21stSFF magazine

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Sarajevo Film Festival/ 14-22/ August / 2015

#festival_in_brief

Competition programme - feature and short film presents a diversity of cinematic creation in Southeast Europe and Southern Caucasus. It brings powerful films with a strong director’s viewpoint, and either discovers new talents, or confirms young but already established filmmakers with new and fresh ideas. Red carpet event is especially created to honour the creativity of regional artists on whom the Festival’s prestige depends.

Competition programme - documentary film presents and promotes the best and most recent documentary production of Southeast Europe. Beside the official award, films from this programme are competing for The Human Rights Award.

In Focus is a showcase of exceptional regional films which have already made considerable success at the prestigious film festivals worldwide.

Open air offers art-house films with a wide audience

taboos in film and society alike, and attracted great attention of both the audiences and the media. Among others, guests authors were Mike Leigh, Stephen Frears, Peter Mullan, Gaspar Noé, Béla Tarr, Tod Haynes, Ulrich Seidl, Bruno Dumont, Lucrecia Martel, Cristi Puiu....

and instills a love for films to our future generations.

Teenarena Programme, dedicated to young people between the ages of 13 and 18, screens a variety of carefully selected European films dealing with topics relevant for teenagers.

Kinoscope is the program that comprises 20 films,

Specials is a selection of films which deserve special

both narrative and documentary, from around the globe, excluding the Southeastern European territories.

The focus is on distinctive titles marked out for their mise-en-scene and takes in great auteurs as well as first and second filmmakers.

attention due to current events or “carte blanche” programmes curated by the programmers of the world film festivals.

European Shorts presents some of the most talented emerging filmmakers, alongside REGIONAL SHORTS for the Best European Film Nomination Award.

The editorial line of EUROPEAN SHORTS remain close to the beaten path established by previous New Currents section, presenting filmmakers taking on various creative challenges while exploring the potential of the short film form.

appeal. An unforgettable experience of watching films under the stars on the biggest screen in the region. All films are attended by guest(s), presenting their films, and followed by Q&A’s within sidebar programme Coffee With...

Laško Summer Nights consists of the best,

Tribute to… is dedicated to the authors whose

Children’s programme and Teenarena aids

uncompromising creative outlooks brought down many

mostly European feature and documentary films based on a music topics and pop culture. The audience enjoys screenings in the atmosphere of a night picnic under the starry sky.

the education of the Festival`s youngest audiences

CineLink and Industry days August 18-22, 2015 The business of film is the focus of the second half of the Sarajevo Film Festival and putting the Southeast Europe’s film industry in the international focus is what its all about. This is when, for over a decade now, the international film industry hits the town for four days of meetings, conferences, showcases and extensive networking.

CineLink Co-Production Market presents the most promising regional feature projects in a development and financing stage. The selection has traditionally been focused on Southeast Europe but is since a few years also open for projects from the Caucasus region.

In addition, guest projects are presented in partnership with the Doha Film Institute, Mexican IMCINE and The Arab Fund for Arts & Culture.

CineLink Work in Progress continuously showcases future success stories on the festival circuit. Limited number of brand new exciting titles in post-production stage is shown to specially invited international decision-makers. This section is also open to projects from Central Asia and the North African and Middle Eastern countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea.

Docu Rough Cut Boutique, done in partnership with the Balkan Documentary Centre, helps the completion and launch of 5 new regional documentaries to the international market every year.

Industry Terrace and Avant-premiers Trailers events bring together regional distributors and exhibitors and international sales agents, as well as producers and service offering business.

Regional Forum is the major annual conference for the film industry in the region, tackling all key issues and setting up future policy trends.

Minimarket activities focus on promotion and business with short films at the Festival.

CineLink offers awards funds totalling more than 150.000 Euros in cash and services and boosts an impressive track record with previous projects going on to major international recognition - If I Want to Whistle

I Whistle by Florin Serban (Jury Grand Prix Silver Bear and Alfred Bauer Prize, Berlinale 2010), Harmony Lessons by Emir Baigazin (Silver Bear, Berlinale 2013), Mold by Ali AydÄąn (Lion of the Future, Venice 2012), White Shadow by Noaz Deshe (Lion of the Future, Venice 2013), The Lamb by KutluÄ&#x; Ataman (CICAE Art Cinema Award, Berlin Panorama 2014), A Blast by Syllas Tzoumerkas (Locarno Competition 2014), just to name a few more recent films.

Talents Sarajevo The programme is launched in 2007 in collaboration with Berlin International Film Festival and Berlinale Talents. Over the past eight years it has become the hub for meeting and training aspiring film professionals from Southeast Europe and Southern Caucasus. The 2015 edition will welcome 70 emerging actors, directors, DoPs, film critics, producers and screenwriters for an intensive week of master classes, debates, networking and training opportunities. Participants will meet their peers, exchange views with seasoned film professionals, take part in the lab-based environment, enter filmmaking collaborations with fellow participants and enjoy the programme of the 21st Sarajevo Film Festival.

The 9th edition of Talents Sarajevo will take place from August 15-20, 2015.

Operation Kino, in partnership with Mediterranean, Split, Sofia, Vilnius and Transilvania Film Festivals, supported by Creative Europe´s MEDIA Scheme for

Audience development, aims at accessing wider audiences, promoting art house works theatrically as well as bringing a part of the Sarajevo Film Festival programme and atmosphere to audiences across the country throughout the whole year. The project also assists the development of the next generation of talent, clearly focusing on the education of audiences and better understanding of film. Punk Cinema, its section for young audiences, will in the upcoming season include a selection of short films by young unestablished filmmakers, who will not only promote their films on the big screen, but also their local communities. For further information check www.operacijakino.ba or contact us at operationkino@sff.ba.

#20thSFF_ in_numbers 19 programmes / 246 films from 60 countries / 9 venues / 600 staff members and 400 volunteers / more than 230,000 Euros in prizes to films and projects / more than 3,000 accredited guests / more than 850 accredited media representatives from 35 countries / over 100,000 visitors at all the programmes More about all aplications and submissions deadlines at www.sff.ba

#sarajevo_city_of_film_fund

Sarajevo City of Film Fund to announce first call for applications during Berlinale In conjunction with its 20th anniversary, Sarajevo Film Festival launched a new co-production fund aimed at bringing the region’s talent to the global arena.

Mirsad Purivatra, Director of Sarajevo Film Festival: “Since we started out during the siege of Sarajevo, we have spent the past 20 years developing a major international film festival, but also helping rebuild the film industry in our region. Through our co-production market CineLink we have assisted in taking the regional industry into the new European co-production landscape and building partnerships with the rest of Europe. Now with this in place, it’s time to take the next step. With our region full of talent that’s constantly being recognised internationally, and with Doha Film Institute, Mexican IMCINE, the Indian NFDC and other global partners already coming to Sarajevo, this is the next logical step.

We’re excited to see what the next 20 years will bring.”

The fund is open for feature film projects from former Yugoslav countries and the wider region that wish to coproduce with and have potential to raise funding in new markets outside the Eurimages/Creative Europe ter-

ritories, as well as project from these territories seeking a partner in Southeast Europe. The Middle East, North Africa, the Americas, India and East Asia are intended as the primary geographical focus.

The fund is looking to support production of up to 8 feature films, for which it has already secured a budget of 400 000 Euro for the 2015-2016 period. It features a Coproduction Scheme with up to 60.000 Euro support per project in a form of a soft loan, and a P&A Scheme with up to 60.000 Euro support per project in a form of a soft loan.

The main partners and funders are the European Commission’s Co-Production Funds support scheme in the framework of the Creative Europe MEDIA programme, and ATLANTIC Grupa, a major Croatian multinational consumer goods production and distribution company.

Jovan Marjanović, Sarajevo Film Festival: “These two partnerships reflect our aim to ensure a mix of private and public funding. Film and culture are proven vectors of social and economic cohesion and development, and we see the objectives of this scheme also from that

perspective. We strongly believe that the business sector has an important role in maintaining a competitive cultural sector.”

Sarajevo Film Festival administers the Fund and the first call for applications will be announced at the Funds presentation during Berlinale. The fund builds on the structure and experiences from Sarajevo City of Film, the festival’s production support scheme that ran from 2008 to 2013, investing a total of 350 000 Euro in cash and services. Through its 25 short films involving 300 film workers from 12 different countries in Southeast Europe, a vast talent pool with an international perspective and tangible experience of co-production has been created.

In 2013, the scheme was stirred towards support to feature films; including Bridges of Sarajevo, featuring contributions from European directors such as Ursula Meier, J.L. Godard, Aida Begić, Sergei Loznitsa, and Cristi Puiu, which premiered in Official Selection in Cannes last year.

#festival_friends’_best_wishes Darren Aronofsky

I have so many memories from Sarajevo, where to start? The first time I came was with Requiem for A Dream. I remember a city crawling back to life. There was sadness but so much hope. I spent a day and night with Mike Leigh and Steve Buscemi exploring the city and later drinking till dawn. I also remember not recognizing Bono, because who would expect meeting him at a cafe in Sarajevo. When I returned with Mickey and The Wrestler we were honored in presenting the film for thousands of fans on the outdoor screen. It was great to witness all the love Mickey got on his return.

I want to wish SFF 20 more years at least of peace and artistic discovery.

Agnès B. 1996. I lived in a woman’s home above the Obala gallery. At her home there was no single bowl which did not contain any water. I knew that you could be killed for water in Sarajevo... I felt my heart wrench at such a metaphor... She also gave us duvets and eiderdowns to go to see movies in the theater which was just built...

My wish for the festival is that it always keeps its human and artistic quality and be always the meeting place between all these beautiful countries of the South of Europe!

Bono

One of the greatest memories, not just of Sarajevo, but of anywhere I have been, is the concert that the city hosted with U2 in 1997. Everyone turned out to help, stage hands appeared from nowhere, our trucks were applauded as they went through the various towns. I’m told the concert symbolized the end of war for a lot of people in the city. Trains were put on for the show from places where such travel had been forbidden for a while, from Mostar and from Maglaj. Our song ‘One’ felt like it had been written for the occasion.

The celebration of difference, not sameness, was at the very heart of Sarajevo and the very heart of what our band is about. “We are one but we’re not the same.” I remember the despair I felt having lost my voice, only to realise not only did the crowd not notice… they were covering for me. Singing louder than the largest PA system we could put together. Standing backstage during the encore we heard wild applause. Imagining this was for us, we returned to the stage to discover the crowd was applauding each other. Even the blue hats in the stand were getting saluted and applauded, which, considering the previous tensions, was healing and pure joy to my eyes and ears. I won’t even mention the performance of Miss Sarajevo. It WAS written for that occasion.

The festival, as well as being great, is great fun. The key to understanding the city and its people is the sense of humour – sometimes black and blue, but always a belly laugh. Laughter to me is the evidence of freedom. Even in the worst of times, Sarajevo never lost that. The art of filmmaking is of course about vision and visionaries. Filmmakers are correct when they describe a truly great film as an impossible act, but they are all humbled when they come to

Sarajevo, as they are reminded what is really impossible… making a great country out of the rubble and grievous circumstances forced upon Bosnia – Herzegovina. This is a country for which my wife Ali and I were given a passport by President Izetbegović, it is still the greatest honour we have ever received and the reason why I feel nauseous about the fact that I’m going to miss the Festival’s 20th birthday. Presently I’m down the song mine working on a U2 album, I hope when you next see me I will have some gems to bring to light. If I don’t, then don’t fail to remind me what I’ve missed.

Alfonso Cuaron

A Little Princess was screened during the first edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival and took place while the city was still under siege, a few months before the Dayton Peace Agreement. The Festival was an example of the resilience and resistance of the city and a lesson on how culture forges civilisation and defines humanity.

I traveled with the print of the film inside a UN armoured truck through a deeply scared country and arrived to a besieged city that refused to let adversity dictate their existence and where sense of humor was always on display. Pjer Zalica gave me shelter in his apartment and always took care to make sure I was ok, laughing every time that I jumped out of bed when gunshots were heard. Everyone I met, although living through great shortages, was ready to share whatever they had and when winter came early, I was given a jacket to keep warm, even though I was probably the person who needed it least The film was screened to an audience of 900 children and though there was a shortage of seats, many sat on each others laps, following the lessons of solidarity that they had learned during the last four years of siege. The screening was a cathartic one for many of them. I remember that during a scene of a bomb exploding during the WW1, a little girl screamed, “No more shelling!” At the end, tears were flooding the theatre. This screening of A Little Princess was the first film experience for many of these children and has been the most relevant moment in my film career and one of the most important experiences of my life.

Michael Fassbender

A brilliant experience thanks to the people, the incredible hospitality and kindness and the wonderful culture.

A very happy birthday and the hope that many more people will get the chance to experience the spirit and warmth of this great festival for many more years to come.

Terry George

My most enduring, of many great memories, of the Sarajevo festival was the open air screening of Hotel Rwanda in 2005. The atmosphere, the rapt attention, and the incredible response afterwards was overwhelming. In all of my film career I have never felt that sort of bond between an audience and a film. That night Hotel Rwanda could easily have been renamed Hotel Sarajevo. Thank you for that magical moment.

My birthday wish for the Sarajevo Film Festival is that it continue to enrich the cinema world with it’s unique blend of hospitality, professionalism and quality. Congratulations to one of the world’s best film festivals.

Danny Glover

Congratulations to The Sarajevo Film Festival upon it’s remarkable 20th Anniversary. I have fond memories of my time spent at the Festival in 2013. The honor I received along with my visit to the Sarajevo Talent Campus are among my most cherished. I was moved tremendously by the heroic story of the film festival – how even during moments of conflict, the festival maintained its vigilance of bringing the fantastic work of filmmakers to the people of Sarajevo under siege. As the Festival looks towards the future and its next 20 years, I wish the organizers, the Festival goers the best of luck for continued success and influence among not only the Sarajevo film audience but the movie industry world wide.

Javier Godino

I went to Sarajevo to present “The secret in their eyes” with the director Juan Jose Campanella and the producers Mariela Besuievski and Gerardo Herrero. It was quite an experience, I had never been to Bosnia before and it was an unforgettable visit culturally, historically and symbolically: I could feel the strong will of the Sarajevo people, their belief in a better world and their love of Cinema.

I wish your festival the best for this year and always.

And I hope I will be back soon with another great film.

Thank you!

Angelina Jolie

Brad and I, .... as soon as we left we said, “That was the best festival we’ve ever been to”.

And it’s not, it’s not JUST about film, it’s about what film means and it’s about sharing, so… It’s the best festival.

Dieter Kosslick

I have the warmest and heartfelt ones – and not only from 2010, when I was very proud to receive the Honorary Heart. Why? Because I remember like yesterday, when I was in Sarajevo for the first time - that was in 2007 for the first Talent Campus – and I lost back then my heart to Sarajevo, its culture, to the marvelous people, the filmmakers and artists here and of course to the festival. When I saw Jasmila Zbanic’s GRBAVICA for the first time and then some weeks later when she received our Golden Bear for her debut in 2006 I was very touched. In 2013 then Danis Tanovic came with his fantastic Epizoda u zivotu beraca zeljeza and left with many bears…

A deep friendship grew not only between me and Sarajevo, but also between the whole Berlinale and your festival team and your programme. We are all happy to work on so many different levels together with Sarajevo – there is even a vibrant part of the Sarajevo festival we’ve raised together: the wonderful Talents Sarajevo.

As I saw over almost a decade, how successful and vivid Sarajevo developed, I’m sure your future is bright and the sky is the limit. Hvala Sarajevo for all your achievements - especially concerning the young generation of filmmakers from the region - and all the best for the next 20 years!

Happy birthday, keep doing this just as long as you still like it, feel free to experiment some ten more years – there’s plenty of time to get married and have children later on.

John Malkovich

The most powerful memory is from the premiere of my first film, 12.08 East of Bucharest, which opened the 2006 edition. Going up on the stage at the end, in front of all the people in the audience, was a unique experience. I didn’t think is possible that one of my films can be seen by 3000 people at the same time.

The important part is that they also enjoyed the film.

I took part in the festival three times and every time I was surprised by the spirit of the city. Nowhere else have I seen so many young people, so much effervescence. May you always stay young! Happy birthday!.

it’s a while ago now, sarajevo. i remember the kindness of the people, mostly. i met a very charming and funny mike leigh there. i remember mirsad and his constant humor and optimism. a city slowly coming out of some years of strain and loss. what would i wish for the festival? a happier world?

Marco Müller

The first and lasting impression (during the war and beyond): that of the cosmopolitan and pacifist city par excellence. A city where a richly textured life has never been lost. Because the people of Sarajevo (of all religions and ethnic communities) retained their humanity under fire and are still fighting for it.

The SFF has been a key player in building Sarajevo’s permanent renewal. It will stay on as a very necessary platform (not just in the region: within all East-West horizons) for the cross-pollination of contemporary film-cultures. The kind of intense passion for world cinema that is experienced here is the best testimony that cinema is still (regardless of commercial distribution’s bottleneck) a powerful unifying factor.

Cristian Mungiu

The first time I came to Sarajevo I managed to get lost.

I don’t know how I did that. Later on, I learned my way around quite well – last time I was even able to give directions to tourists. The festival was wrapped in a sort of mythical fame - that it had started during the war, with the film prints brought through tunnels and so (later on technology and video streaming kidnapped any chance of such heroism) It felt friendly – and I liked the idea that the votes for the most popular films were written every day on a board with chalk – like the recommendations of the chef from the today’s menu. I cherish glimpses from different screenings: once for children in the Olympic court – with kids clapping and tapping in the metal benches with their feet; another screening in a special American army truck designed to become a film for soldiers in areas of conflict; and another screening in the big open air courtyard with very many people laughing under their blankets. The first time I was there with a short film – this must have been in 2001 or so – and my film was screened before the film of this fellow I knew. He was there with a feature. There must have been some 50 people in the audience. They stayed for the short but they start to leave during the feature. It was very heavy. At the end, there were some 8 people left. My fellow director scanned through the audience and concluded: ‘see, it’s difficult to bring them in, but once inside, they like it.” After the screening we walked up hill to see the town from the top. We ate mulberries on the way. Once up, we looked down and my colleague said: ‘wow’. I believe I nodded.

Corneliu Porumboiu

Cristi Puiu

Bits and pieces of fragments of flavors, and glances, and gestures, and textures, and noises.

The indistinguishable resonance of a beating heart.

Just love.

Charlotte Rampling

While in Sarajevo in 2011 at the Festival, I was swept up in a feeling of commitment, of solidarity, of shared human experience from so many people. This is Sarajevo, this is the Festival, this is the trophy of Miro and his team who for 20 years have brought us the beauty, the history, the experience of our lives through moving pictures. The warmth of the human spirit, the camaraderie, the glorious courage, the defiant pride, these are the jewels in the Festival’s crown.

Happy 20th birthday dear Sarajevo Film Festival with all my love

Vanessa Redgrave

I first came to Sarajevo with Harvey Keitel & UNICEF in 1993. That summer I flew to Ancona with Daniel DayLewis, Jeremy Irons & Jim Sheridan with authorised permits to fly UNPROFOR, with videos & flak jackets, for the film festival held in basements in Sarajevo. We were prohibited by authorities in Geneva. We sent on our videos with a journalist from Texas! There were plenty of seats! After Dayton , I flew in with “MISSION IMPOSSIBLE “for a special screening. Before then ,& after, I came back to Sarajevo.

I hope that next August for the 21st Sarajevo Film Festival I can bring “FOXCATCHER”, a brilliant new film starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum & Mark Ruffalo.

Miss You All.

Carlos Reygadas

Only good ones. Great food, people and city. 2002 was very special for me. My first film and a small familiar festival then...

Eternal life without loosing the spirit.

Phil Alden Robinson I will never forget how Sarajevans cherished and nurtured the arts during the terrible days of the siege.

They offered the world daily proof that poetry, theatre, painting, music, sculpture and the cinema are absolutely necessary for human survival. The Sarajevo Film Festival - born during those dark but vital times, celebrating great talent in south-east Europe, attended by film-lovers from all over the world, and capped off with music until the wee hours of the morning - is a beautiful reminder of all that. Long may it continue to inspire us all.

Manfred Schmidt

Thinking about the Sarajevo Filmfestival images are coming up. Some thousand peoples from the city, watching a movie open air. Laughing, crying... Newest and best films from the Balkan and the South.

High quality arthouse cinema from all over the world.

Famous Stars. Discovering new talents in the Cinelink Coproduction Market. Meeting friends, dedicated to European Cinema. Friendship and Business. But the deepest impression comes from the unbelievable energy and kindness of the Sarajevo peoples, creating a unique atmosphere, you only will find here. That’s the Sarajevo Spirit. That’s my Festival.

Stellan Skarsgård

Except for having had a terrific time meeting a lot of great people the memory that stays with me was the beautiful feeling of being in this multicultural city as an island of toleration surrounded by primitive tribalism and brutal sectarianism.

I wish you a great and fun 20th festival and hope you don’t grow too much in the future so you can keep your most important assets alive; Your spirit and generosity!

Todd Solondz

“The friendliest, warmest, and coolest festival in the world.”

Emily Watson

I have the dearest memories of Sarajevo, without doubt my favourite film festival. At its heart lies the wonderful, personal, passionate hospitality of its staff - from it’s inspirational director to the students who drove us around - an incredibly impressive bunch of young people - engaged and passionate about their city, it’s history and it’s relationship to film. We felt celebrated as storytellers, not as commercial product or celebrities. I remember long feast laden tables under the stars as we argued long into the night with directors and actors. Heaven.

It was the perfect place to honour and remember Katrin, my friend and colleague, a storyteller whose love of film had a purity and integrity that seems in short supply. Long live SFF. My love and congratulations to you all.

#awards Competition Programme - Feature, Short, Documentary Film present films from the Southeast Europe and Southern Caucasus, where the featured films are competing for the official Festival awards: Competition Programme - Feature Film Heart of Sarajevo Award for the best feature film Special Jury Award Heart of Sarajevo Award for the best actress Heart of Sarajevo for the best actor

Competition Programme - Short Film Heart of Sarajevo Award for the best short film 2 Special Jury Mentions Competition Programme - Documentary Film Heart of Sarajevo Award for the best documentary film Special Jury Prize Special Jury Mention Human Rights Award

HONORARY HEART OF SARAJEVO Also, since 2005, the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo has been awarded to individuals who have contributed to the development of the Sarajevo Film Festival, regional film, and the extraordinary contributions to the art of film.

KATRIN CARTLIDGE FOUNDATION AWARD Motivated by Katrin’s inspiring presence, the Foundation’s mission is to give new voices, new perspectives and visions a chance to be seen and heard. For the last ten years the Foundation has appointed a curator, selected from Katrin’s eclectic and extensive friends and colleagues, who in turn chooses a recipient for the annual bursary. The recipient is a new cinematic voice whose work,

in some way, embodies Katrin’s integrity of spirit and commitment to independent film. We are grateful for the generosity and vision of our curators to date; The actors Charlotte Rampling, Emily Watson, Jeremy Irons, Stellan Skarsgard and Danny Glover, directors Mike Leigh, Simon McBurney, Danis Tanović and Ken Loach, as well as John Lyons, Annie Nocenti and photographer Juergen Teller.

SARAJEVO SHORT FILM NOMINEE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS The winner also receives a nomination for the European Film Academy (EFA) Best Film Award.

#Heart_of_ Sarajevo_ for_Best_ Film 2014 / SONG OF MY MOTHER by Erol Mintaş

2013 / IN BLOOM by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß

2012 / Everybody in Our Family by Radu Jude

2011 / Breathing by Karl Ma

#Heart Sarajev for_Be Short_ 2006 / Fraulein by Andrea Štaka

2005 / LADY ZEE by Georgi Djulgerov

2004 / MILA FROM MARS by Zornitsa Sophia

2003 / FUSE by Pjer Žalica

2010 / YELLOW MOON by Zvonimir Jurić

2009 / PARTY by Dalibor Matanić

2008 / TOLERANTIA by Ivan Ramadan

2007 / THE WAVES by Adrian Sitaru

2012 / TURN OFF THE LIGHTS by Ivana Mladenović

2011 / A CELL PHONE MOVIE by Nedžad Begović

2010 / SHIVACKITE by Biljana Garvanlieva

2009 / THE CAVIAR CONNECTION by Dragan Nikolić

2008 / CORRIDOR NO. 8 by B

2014 / Gael García Bernal, Actor

2014 / Agnès B., Designer and Filmmaker

2014 / Danis Tanović, Director

2013 / Roberto Olla, Executive Council of Europe support fun

2010 / Dieter Kosslick, Director of Berlin International Film Festival

2009 / Manfred Schmidt, Executive Director of the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH

2008 / Cat Villiers, Producer

2007 / Steve Buscemi, Actor

2006 / GOOD LUCK NEDIM

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2011 / Emil Tedeschi, President and CEO of Atlantic Grupa

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2010 / TILVA ROŠ by Nikola Ležaić

2009 / ORDINARY PEOPLE by Vladimir Perišić

2008 / BUICK RIVIERA by Goran Rušinović

2007 / A MAN’S FEAR OF GOD by Ozer Kiziltan

2014 / THE CHICKEN by Una Gunjak

2013 / SHADOW OF A CLOUD by Radu Jude

2012 / RETURN by Blerta Zeqiri

2011 / MEZANIN by Dalibor Matanić

2014 / NAKED ISLAND by Tiha K. Gudac

2013 / SICKFUCKPEOPLE by Juri Rechinsky

2011 / Angelina Jolie, Director and Actress

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#Heart_of_ Sarajevo_ for Best_ Documentary_ Film 2005 / BEFORE DAWN by Balint Kenyeres

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2007 / INTERROGATION by Namik Kabil

2006 / FACING THE DAY by Ivona Juka

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2013 / Béla Tarr, Director

2012 / Branko Lustig, Producer

2011 / Jafar Panahi, Director

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2006 / Gavrilo Grahovac, Former Minister of Culture and Sport of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovinar

2006 / Mike Leigh, Director

2005 / Marco Müller, Director of Rome Film Festival

#tribute_to_programme 2014 Michael Winterbottom 2013 Cristi Puiu 2012 Todd Solondz 2011 Lucrecia Martel 2010 Bruno Dumont 2009 Jia Zhang-ke 2008 Todd Haynes 2007 Ulrich Seidl 2006 Abel Ferrara and BĂŠla Tarr 2005 Alexander Payne 2004 DuĹĄan Makavejev and Gaspar Noe 2003 Peter Mullan 2002 Stephen Frears 2001 Mike Leigh 2000 Steve Buscemi

Director Cristi Puiu at Career interview, Sarajevo Film Festival 2013

#highlights

1. Michael Fassbender at the Open Air Cinema 2. Mirsad Purivatra and Simon McBurney at the Open Air Cinema 3. Laško Summer Nights Cinema

Previous Sarajevo Film Festival’s guests: Victoria Abril, Fatih Akin, Gillian Anderson, Darren Aronofsky, Armand Assante, Olivier Assayas, Agnes b., Bérénice Bejo, Pablo Berger, Gael García Bernal, Susanne Bier, Enki Bilal, Adrian Biniez, Juliette Binoche, Carol Bouquet, Ewen Bremner, Steve Buscemi, Juan José Campanella, Eric Cantona, Leos Carax, Katrin Cartlidge, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Anton Corbijn, Daniel Craig, Alfonso Cuarón, Willem Dafoe, Claire Denis, Gérard Depardieu, Bruno Dumont, Michael Fassbender, Abel Ferrara, Ari Folman, Kerry Fox, Stephen Frears, Morgan Freeman, Jean-Michel Frodon, Cary Fukunaga, Terry George, Danny Glover, Javier Godino, David Gordon Green, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Todd Haynes, Michel Hazanavicius, Emile Hirsch, Hugh Hudson, Jeremy Irons, Angelina Jolie, Gemma Jones, Semih Kaplanoğlu, Charlie Kaufman, Dieter Kosslick, Nadine Labaki, Alexandra Maria Lara, Mike Leigh, Sebastian Lelio, Claude Lelouch, Melissa Leo, Gwei Lun-Mei, Branko Lustig, John Malkovich, Lesley Manville, Joshua Marston, Lucrecia Martel, Simon McBurney, Anthony Minghella, Lukas Moodysson, Michael Moore, Nanni Moretti, Marco Mueller, Peter Mullan, Kornél Mundruczó, Cristian Mungiu, James Nesbitt, Gaspar Noé, Nick Nolte, Michele Ohayon, Jafari Panahi, Álvaro Pastor, Pawel Pawlikovski, Alexander Payne, Brad Pitt, Corneliu Porumboiu, Cristi Puiu, Charlotte Rampling, Vanessa Redgrave, Carlos Reygadas, Sam Rilley, Phil Alden Robinson, Mickey Rourke, Manfred Schmidt, Ulrich Seidl, Brad Silbering, Stellan Skarsgård, Todd Solondz, Kevin Spacey, Danis Tanović, Bela Tarr, Emil Tedeschi, Juergen Teller, Cat Villiers, Bono Vox, Emily Watson, Wim Wenders, Michael Winterbottom, Diao Yinan, Jia Zhang-ke...

1. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the Red Carpet 2. Morgan Freeman at the Red Carpet 3. Annie Leibovitz at the Red Carpet 4. Kevin Spacey with fans at the Red Carpet

1. Mirsad Purivatra and Gael García Bernal, Open Air Cinema 2. Lun Mei Gwei with Yi’nan Diao at the Open Air Cinema 3. Welcome Drink at Festival Square 4. Wim Wenders at the Open Air Cinema 5. Gillian Anderson with fans at the Red Carpet 6. Open Air Cinema

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