HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
The Right to Call a Place Home
Each year, the Sarajevo Film Festival presents numerous films that, in different ways, engage with questions of human rights. The Human Rights Day programme, however, is built around a single film that invites audiences to continue the conversation beyond the screening itself, together with filmmakers and experts. Each year, this conversation also reflects the ways in which our understanding of human rights continues to evolve. For a long time, environmental protection and human rights were often treated as separate fields of public concern. Cinema, however, increasingly reminds us that they are deeply intertwined. Behind debates about pollution, natural resources or the green transition lie questions of public health, democratic participation, economic justice and, ultimately, the right of communities to decide the future of the places they call home. This is not the first time the Sarajevo Film Festival has turned its attention to these questions. Only two years ago, at its 30th edition, Human Rights Day featured THE SKY ABOVE ZENICA by Nanna Frank Møller and Zlatko Pranjić, a documentary filmed over seven years in one of Europe’s most polluted industrial cities. The film followed the citizens of Zenica as they demanded that environmental regulations be enforced and that public health no longer be treated as collateral damage. What emerged was a portrait of environmental activism in which ecological concerns proved inseparable from questions of social justice, political accountability and fundamental human rights. This year’s Human Rights Day selection, ALL WE HAVE IS US, broadens that perspective from a lo-
cal struggle to a global one. Co-directed by Aline Juárez and Juan Francisco Donoso, the documentary connects people living thousands of kilometres apart – in Chile’s Atacama Desert and Serbia’s Jadar Valley – through their shared struggle for the right to decide the future of the places they call home. As every Human Rights Day selection, ALL WE HAVE IS US is intended not only to be seen, but also discussed. Following the screening, the Festival will host a conversation with the film’s codirectors, Aline Juárez and Juan Francisco Donoso, Serbian actress and activist Bojana Novaković, and environmental activists from the region, extending the film’s questions into a broader discussion on environmental justice, civic participation and the future of the communities most directly affected by these struggles. As well as being a film about resistance, ALL WE HAVE IS US is also a reminder that filmmaking itself can become an act of resistance. Juárez and Donoso create space for voices that rarely find their way into global debates on progress and the green transition. Through the intimate stories of its protagonists, the film asks a universal question: who has the right to decide the future of the places we call home? Because of both its cinematic achievement and the way it intertwines environmental and civic resistance, we believe that ALL WE HAVE IS US will be among the documentary highlights of this year’s Festival. Nebojša Jovanović
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The Human Rights Day Screening: All We Have Is Us
ALINE JUÁREZ and JUAN FRANCISCO DONOSO: As filmmakers who migrated from the Global South to Europe, we live inside a painful paradox: we walk down quiet European streets, powered by “green” energy, knowing exactly what is being destroyed back home to sustain them. This film was born out of the need to confront that contradiction. ALL WE HAVE IS US is a film that captures the defense of life so that it is not mined away. We sat to listen in Leyla’s radio booth, walked with Bojana through the streets of her mother’s village, listened to the hum of Vladan’s bees, and saw the desert through the eyes of Ramón. We chose to look at these territories not as “sacrifice zones,” but as living, breathing homes; places where traditional dances, daily routines, moments of laughter, and the silence of nature are, in themselves, acts of resilience. For five years, we filmed dignity driving the narrative. For us, this film is also part of what we understand as life: a mosaic of survival that poses a question we can no longer ignore: whose home must be destroyed so that others can feel sustainable? ALINE JUARÉZ, Director & DoP Aline Juárez is the co-director and cinematographer of the film. Her work focuses on migrant communities, the diaspora, and the relationship between body, territory, and memory, weaving bridges between Latin America and Europe. She studied a Master’s degree in Directing at the Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Cinematography at filmArche e.V. and Cultural Studies at the HumboldtUniversität zu Berlin. As a screenwriter, she was recognized with the Best Screenplay award at the Usina de Guiones del Instituto Cervantes, and as an editorial photographer, she has collaborated with publications like Der Freitag, Neues Deutschland, and Lateinamerika Nachrichten. JUAN FRANCISCO DONOSO, Director & Producer Juan Francisco Donoso is the co-director and producer of the film. He sees himself as a coalition builder and network weaver based who specialize in the intersection of social movements and film productions, focusing on land defenders and issues related to water and energy. Part of his work are impact campaigns, public relations, and community outreach for projects that envision post-capitalist realities. His work has been featured in Deutsche Welle, Süddeutsche Zeitung, El País Spain and CNN Chile, amongst others.
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All We Have Is Us
Chile, 2026, Colour, 79 min, Aymara, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish Director: Aline Juárez, Juan Francisco Donoso
As mining giant Rio Tinto pushes lithium extraction globally, Chilean and Serbian communities forge an unexpected transcontinental alliance, uniting deserts and valleys to defend their land, livelihoods, and democracy from corporate expansion. ALL WE HAVE IS US connects two distant yet deeply intertwined territories: the Atacama Desert in Chile and the Jadar Valley in Serbia, both threatened by lithium mining projects led by Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest mining company. Over five years, the film closely chronicles Leyla, an Aymara journalist and land defender, and Bojana, a Serbian actress fighting to protect her mother’s village. Through protests, high-stakes public events, and intimate everyday moments, we witness the raw personal stakes of environmental struggle. As their paths cross, they weave a transcontinental network of solidarity with local farmers, activists, and artists. These organic relationships become their deepest source of strength, sustaining them through systemic pressure, displacement risks, exhaustion, and uncertainty. Blending character-driven storytelling with public media discourse, the film strips away the polished corporate facade of the green economy. At its heart, ALL WE HAVE IS US is a powerful examination of belonging, resistance, and the urgent question of what “progress” really means, who gets to decide, and at what cost.
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Human Rights Across the Festival
Every edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival contains a small festival of human rights films within it. While Human Rights Day each year places one film at the centre of that conversation, questions of human rights resonate across the Festival’s entire programme. The following pages present a selection of films in this year’s edition that engage with these issues most directly. The list is by no means exhaustive – rather, it serves as an invitation to look more closely, as questions of dignity, equality and freedom often emerge in places where we might not expect them. The screening schedule presented here includes only the first public screening of each film. Many of these titles will be shown more than once during the Festival, so please refer to the Festival’s main programme for the full list of screenings.
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17 North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, 2026, Colour, 105 min, Macedonian Director: Kosara Mitić Screenplay: Kosara Mitić, Ognjen Sviličić
Seventeen-year-old Sara is hiding a secret during a school trip. When the excursion spirals out of control and Sara witnesses her friend Lina being sexually assaulted, the two girls try to break the cycle of casual violence. This seals an everlasting bond between them.
32 Meters Türkiye, Iran, Qatar, 2025, Colour, 83 min, Turkish Director: Morteza Atabaki Screenplay: Morteza Atabaki
In a small patriarchal village, Halime and her friend Gönül bring women together through an unexpected initiative — organizing a women-only shooting competition that quietly challenges longstanding norms. What begins as a simple idea gradually creates a space for connection, courage, and collective presence.
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A Hero Iran, France, 2021, Colour, 127 min, Persian Director: Asghar Farhadi Screenplay: Asghar Farhadi
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don’t go as planned...
A Separation Iran, 2011, Colour, 123 min, Persian Director: Asghar Farhadi Screenplay: Asghar Farhadi
When his wife leaves him, Nader hires a young woman to take care of his suffering father. But he doesn’t know his new maid is not only pregnant, but also working without the permission of her unstable husband. Soon, Nader finds himself entangled in a web of lies, manipulation and public confrontation.
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A. Wants Out (On Neutrality) Austria, 2026, Colour, 18 min, German, English Director: Zorah Berghammer Screenplay: Zorah Berghammer
A., a young man from Vienna, has decided to join the military. He says goodbye to his studies, his family, his job, and his girlfriend. He shaves his head. The people around him react with incomprehension and tell stories about the army and war, sharing their ideas and opinions on the subjects.
Asparagus Bear Croatia, 2025, Colour, 18 min, Croatian Director: Ivan Grgur Screenplay: Ivan Grgur
The unusual appearance of a bear in a small town sparks a conflict, dividing the community into skeptics and those who believe the bear truly exists.
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Bear With Me Bulgaria, 2026, Colour and B&W, 84 min, Bulgarian, English, German, Italian, Dutch Director: Martin Genovski Screenplay: Mihail Veshim, Martin Genovski
Eighty-year-old Maxy, a retired German Jewish circus trainer, lives with her only surviving bear, the fortythree-year-old Natasha, in a parking lot near Amsterdam. But a condition applies to this arrangement: Maxy can stay here only while Natasha is alive. The story of one of the last circus trainers of wild animals in Europe and her incredible bond with a bear, told through a time capsule using stunning archives and a contemporary perspective.
Bro Ram Croatia, 2026, Colour, 14 min, Hindi, English, Croatian Director: Branko Schmidt Screenplay: Branko Schmidt
While the success of the Croatian economy is highly dependent on immigrant workers, brutal attacks on people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, or the colour of their skin are still a regular occurrence in the country. By telling the story of Ram, a Nepalese delivery worker in Zagreb, BRO RAM lifts the curtain on inhumane living and working conditions faced by immigrant workers.
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Chronicles From the Siege Algeria, France, Palestine, 2026, Colour, 98 min, Arabic Director: Abdallah Alkhatib Screenplay: Abdallah Alkhatib
When their city is placed under siege, the lives of a group of ordinary people are turned upside down, forcing each of them to confront impossible choices in pursuit of survival in a war zone. Bodies and minds are equally under attack; ordinary people are forced to reckon with starvation, inadequate medical treatment, snipers, and bomb blasts as they continue to live their lives, seeking friendship, love, intimacy, and the pleasure of smoking a cigarette. At one point, a small group of cinephiles who are sheltering in their neighbourhood video store are confronted with the moral conundrum of whether or not to burn the movies they have rented – and that they cherish – to keep warm. The psychological impact of the siege is boldly expressed in writing on the door of one of the characters’s homes: “I don’t see my life outside the confines of the siege. And I don’t see an end to the siege outside of the confines of my life.”
Congo Boy Central African Republic, France, Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, 2026, Colour, 95 min, Lingala, Swahili, French Director: Rafiki Fariala Screenplay: Rafiki Fariala, Tommy Baron, Boris Lojkine
Bangui, Central African Republic. Seventeen-year-old Robert dreams of a career in music, but civil war is tearing the country apart. When both his parents are thrown into prison, he is left to look after his four younger siblings on his own, juggling daily life, odd jobs, school exams, and concert stages, determined to follow his dream.
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Dear Orchid Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Netherlands, 2026, Colour, 18 min, Bosnian, English Director: Hana Selena Sokolović Screenplay: Selma Parisi, Hana Selena Sokolović
Guided by her eldest sister’s childhood diary, which was written during the Siege of Sarajevo, the director retraces the refugee experience of her two sisters. DEAR ORCHID examines how memories are preserved, inherited, and shaped by landscapes, absences, and sisterhood.
Don’t Ask Me If I Killed Romania, Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine, 2026, Colour, 102 min, Ukrainian, English, Russian Director: Helena Maksyom Screenplay: Helena Maksyom
When the Russian invasion shatters her world, Ukrainian filmmaker Helena Maksyom lays down her camera only to pick up a rifle — and then takes up both. Across a thousand days at war, she films the moral unravelling of ordinary people forced to kill, and the fragile fight to keep a soul intact when violence becomes a part of daily life.
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Dua Kosovo, Switzerland, France, 2026, Colour, 101 min, Albanian, Serbian Director: Blerta Basholli Screenplay: Blerta Basholli, Nicole Borgeat
Pristina, Kosovo, late 1990s. As war looms and ethnic tensions escalate, thirteen-year-old Dua struggles to find her place among her peers and within her changing body. After an incident shakes her community, she becomes a target herself and bonds with a fearless girl who draws her towards an unexpected form of resistance. Between the daily violence and the growing threat of exile, there is little room for quiet awakenings.
Electing Ms Santa Moldova, Romania, 2025, Colour, 95 min, Romanian Director: Raisa Răzmeriță Screenplay: Raisa Răzmeriță, Ion Gnatiuc
Politics in Moldova is no longer just a man’s game – at least, not in Elena’s village. By launching a bold bid for local office, the forty-two-year-old woman becomes the uncomfortable face of change. Her decision to run is more than just a political campaign: it is the story of a woman daring to dismantle patriarchal boundaries while her entire nation stands on the threshold of historic transformation, edging closer to the European Union.
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Fjord Romania, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, 2026, Colour, 146 min, English, Romanian, Norwegian, Swedish Director: Cristian Mungiu Screenplay: Cristian Mungiu
The Gheorghius, a devout Romanian Norwegian couple, resettle in a village set in a distant fjord, where they become close to their neighbours, the Halbergs. Their children bond despite their different education. When adolescent Elia shows up at school with some bruises on her body, the community asks itself if the traditional education the Gheorghiu children get from their parents could have anything to do with it.
For Life Türkiye, 2026, Colour, 89 min, Arabic Director: Ahmet Seven Screenplay: Ahmet Seven
Palestinian Hind Mashahra has spent more than twenty years in a marriage shaped by separation and longing. Her husband, Ramadan, is serving a life sentence in an Israeli prison, and their relationship survives through brief visits conducted behind glass barriers. Determined to become a mother, Hind embarks on a risky and deeply personal journey to smuggle her husband’s sperm out of prison for IVF treatment. As she navigates checkpoints, bureaucratic obstacles, medical procedures, and the relentless pressure of time, her story intersects with those of other women who face similar realities.
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Fragments of Belonging Croatia, Netherlands, Germany, 2026, Colour, 80 min, Croatian, Dutch, English, German Director: Tatjana Božić Screenplay: Tatjana Božić, Jacob Gesink
Tatjana is lonely. Born in Croatia, she lived in various locations around Europe before settling in Amsterdam. Fifteen years later, her teenage son is embarrassed by his strange mother, who speaks with a strong Slavic accent and suffers from a lack of Dutch restraint. But this is nothing new: Tatjana has always felt like an outsider everywhere she goes. Now, determined finally to find the Holy Grail of belonging, she is visiting friends and relatives scattered around Europe to ask them how.
Good People North Macedonia, 2026, Colour, 86 min, Macedonian Director: Milcho Manchevski Screenplay: Milcho Manchevski
An unflinching meditation on grief, survival, and the stubborn grace of human connection, GOOD PEOPLE traces with austere restraint the aftermath of a nightclub fire in North Macedonia that claimed sixtythree young lives, rendering its survivors and quiet heroes not as symbols but as people – aching, enduring, and profoundly real. What begins as a reckoning with catastrophe becomes, almost imperceptibly, a study in resilience, a testament to the fragile but persistent power of hope.
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Heysel 85 Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, 2026, Colour, 91 min, Dutch, English, Italian, French Director: Teodora Ana Mihai Screenplay: Lode Desmet, Isabelle Darras, Teodora Ana Mihai
When violence erupts before the 1985 European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus at Brussels’ Heysel Stadium, killing thirty-nine people, the mayor’s daughter and a journalist with Italian roots are drawn into the heart of the tragedy, caught between professional duty, family loyalty, and moral responsibility.
Hidden in Frame Georgia, United Kingdom, 2026, Colour, 16 min, Georgian Director: Anna Sarukhanova Screenplay: Thea Steimer Thorson, Anna Sarukhanova
As Georgia descends into political turmoil, Nata returns from abroad to her recently deceased grandmother’s flat in Tbilisi. Upon discovering someone has been living there, she begins to uncover family secrets.
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Holy Defiance Croatia, 2026, Colour, 15 min, Croatian Director: Karla Jelić Screenplay: Karla Jelić
On the first Saturday of every month, on the main squares of Croatian cities, hundreds of men kneel and pray together. In their prayers, they advocate for re-traditionalization, patriarchy, and the restriction of women’s freedoms. Multimedia artist Arijana Lekić Fridrih travels to a different city on each first Saturday and, during the prayer, performs her feminist piece, “Silent Mass.” The prayer participants have tried in various ways to prevent her performances.
Identity Croatia, 2026, Colour, 74 min, Bosnian, Croatian, English Director: Slađana Lučić Screenplay: Slađana Lučić
Ajna, Alen, and Lejla were born after their mothers were raped in the war. Ajna was kept by her mother, while Alen and Lejla were adopted. They grew up and lived differently and learned the truth about their origins in various ways, but they are bound by an inner feeling that is incomprehensible to all other people. Their stories intertwine through the fight for the legal status of war victims, very personal searches and public appearances, while the film explores identity and trauma, as well as the possibilities of community and belonging, through archives and an observational approach.
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In a Whisper France, Tunisia, 2026, Colour, 113 min, French, Arabic Director: Leyla Bouzid Screenplay: Leyla Bouzid
Lilia returns to Tunisia for her uncle’s funeral and reunites with a family that knows nothing about her life in Paris, especially not about the woman she loves. Determined to confront her family’s secrets as they gather and old friends resurface to reminisce, Lilia is reminded why she left Tunisia in the first place and sets out to unravel the mystery of her uncle’s sudden death.
Landscapes of Memory United States, Germany, 2026, Colour, 78 min, English, German, Arabic Director: Leah Galant Screenplay: Leah Galant, Elijah Stevens, Jeffrey Sterrenberg
When director Leah Galant left the United States for Berlin in 2021, she thought she was going on a traditional “third-generation return” to uncover her family’s Holocaust history. After she was detained while filming a pro-Palestine demonstration, however, and subsequently charged with antisemitism, she quickly realised that confronting inherited trauma meant grappling with the present, not just the past.
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Made in EU Bulgaria, Germany, Czech Republic, 2025, Colour, 102 min, Bulgarian Director: Stephan Komandarev Screenplay: Simeon Ventsislavov, Stephan Komandarev
Iva, who works in a clothing factory in rural Bulgaria, is battling a persistent, mysterious illness. When it is revealed that she has contracted the first case of COVID in her small town, the news spirals into an endless j’accuse – first from the factory owners eager to shift responsibility, then from her fellow co-workers, her son, and eventually the entire community, despite the fact that Iva hasn’t left her small town in years. With her public demonisation escalating as the first victims of the virus emerge, Iva is quickly turned into a social outcast.
Neighbour Serbia, 2026, Colour, 17 min, Serbian Director: Dan Grabnar Screenplay: Filip Rutić
As student protests sweep through a deeply divided Belgrade, a police officer recognises the young man he is beating during a violent clash. The encounter haunts him, growing into an obsession that forces him to confront the fragile line between professional duty and personal conviction.
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Only Beautiful Things to Look At Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, 2026, Colour, 88 min, Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, Romany Director: Ivan Ostrochovský Screenplay: Marek Leščák, Ivan Ostrochovský
Ingrid, an elegant doctor, works in a remote district hospital in the mid-1980s. Trapped in an exhausting marriage and a stagnant career, she devotes most of her time to her patients. She delivers babies and performs abortions. She also carries out sterilisations on Romani women — without them fully understanding the consequences. A new friendship with Agáta, a young and free-spirited orderly, compels Ingrid to see things in a different light. Will she begin to question the rules she has so far followed with indifference?
Porkatal Türkiye, France, United Kingdom, 2026, Colour, 16 min, Turkish Director: Sis Gürdal Screenplay: Sis Gürdal
On his sixth birthday, Engin is separated from his mother, with whom he has lived in prison since his birth. Taken in by his grandparents, the boy struggles to adapt to the harsh realities of life in their village while working out a plan to reunite with his mother.
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Promised Spaces France, Germany, Serbia, Cambodia, 2026, Colour, 78 min, Khmer Director: Ivan Marković Screenplay: Ivan Marković, Tanja Šljivar, Savunthara Seng, Thong Senghorng
Sleepless from the heat, Sokun leaves his crowded dormitory and joins a community of fellow construction workers living in one of many unfinished high-rises. One such tower becomes the long-awaited luxury home of its first tenant, Seda, who soon feels isolated in the vast gated complex.
Rose Austria, Germany, 2026, Black and white, 93 min, German Director: Markus Schleinzer Screenplay: Markus Schleinzer, Alexander Brom
Somewhere in Germany in the early seventeenth century, a mysterious soldier arrives in an isolated Protestant village. Slight and modest by nature, his face disfigured by a scar, this stranger declares himself to be the heir of a long-abandoned farmstead and produces a document to support his claim to the suspicious villagers. With the passage of time, he overcomes their doubts and, proving himself to be a hard-working, God-fearing man, becomes a part of their community. However, his quest for acceptance is built on a bold-faced lie.
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Skateboarding Is Not for Girls North Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, 2026, Colour, 82 min, Macedonian Director: Dina Duma Screenplay: Dina Duma, Lidija Mojsovska, Teona Strugar Mitevska
Eleven-year-old Adela and her elder sister Zara share a deep bond shaped by their navigation of two contradictory worlds. At school, they are typical, rebellious teens with skateboards, social media, crop tops, and boyfriends. After school, in a quiet and disciplined mode, they help their mother with cleaning jobs to make ends meet. When poverty shakes the family, Adela tries to find a way to save her sister – still a minor – from a fate that is becoming almost inevitable: an arranged marriage.
The Ferry Flows Ukraine, United Kingdom, 2026, Colour, 18 min, Ukrainian Director: Zhora Papoian Screenplay: Zhora Papoian
An elderly music teacher from a small Ukrainian island turns into a military conductor at soldier’s funerals while trying to keep his children’s ensemble afloat.
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The Forbidden Aunt Serbia, Australia, 2026, Colour, 82 min, Serbian, English Director: Bojana Novaković Screenplay: Bojana Novaković
In a world overflowing with soap operas, one Serbian family shows that reality is wilder, darker, and far more gripping than fiction. After a gut-wrenching breakup, Serbian-Australian actor-turned-filmmaker Bojana Novaković leaves the dazzling world of Hollywood and heads to rural Serbia, hoping to reconnect with her eccentric, estranged Aunt Gordana for some much-needed peace. What Bojana doesn’t anticipate, however, is the storm that will pull her into a whirlwind of family secrets, forcing her to confront the hidden trauma that’s shaped four generations of women in her family.
The Go-Between Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026, Colour, 7 min, Bosnian Director: Emir Solaković Screenplay: Emir Solaković
After school, nine-year-old Almir meets a stranger whose seemingly harmless request draws him into a world of unspoken violence. From a child’s perspective and using subtle visual cues, THE GO-BETWEEN explores silence, fear, and the hidden consequences of domestic abuse.
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To Hold a Mountain Serbia, France, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, 2026, Colour, 105 min, Montenegrin Director: Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić Screenplay: Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić
In the remote highlands of Montenegro’s Sinjajevina plateau, Gara and her thirteen-year-old daughter Nada return to their ancestral pastures every summer, where they live in symbiosis with the mountain they call “Mother.” Their fragile world comes under threat, however, when the Montenegrin government advances plans for a NATO-backed military training ground to be installed in the heart of this protected landscape. A shepherd mother and daughter proudly defend their mountain from the threat of becoming a training ground for mortar shelling, stirring memories of the violence that shattered their family.
We Shall Live Together Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026, Colour and B&W, 75 min, Bosnian, Croatian Director: Damir Markovina Screenplay: Damir Markovina
At the outbreak of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Roko Markovina – a socialist who served as a member of the country’s parliament between 1990 and 1996 – decided to stay in Mostar, his hometown, with his family, convinced it was his moral duty despite the ethnic conflict ravaging the town. Roko’s antinationalist convictions inspired him to vote against the Dayton Peace Agreement – an act that made him a symbol of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s leftists, but also a target of the nationalists’ scorn. He paid a high price to preserve his moral integrity, losing his nation, political party, city, and home. Three decades later, Markovina and his wife live in voluntary exile on a Mediterranean island, but his decisions still strain his relationship with his sons. Through their meetings, WE SHALL LIVE TOGETHER explores the legacy of war and family division, as well as what is required to be able to move on with life.
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When I Get Out Slovenia, 2026, Colour, 106 min, Slovenian Director: Metod Pevec Screenplay: Metod Pevec, Olga Michalik
The film’s director and a psychiatrist go to Dob Prison in central Slovenia. The director believes there are stories locked up there, while the psychiatrist believes his psychodrama method can open up a redemptive creative space and a glimpse into the convicts’ future. A liberated territory in a closed area?
Yellow Letters Germany, France, Türkiye, 2026, Colour, 128 min, Turkish Director: İlker Çatak Screenplay: İlker Çatak, Ayda Meryem Çatak, Enis Köstepen
Aziz, a professor at Ankara University, receives a “yellow letter” arbitrarily informing him of his dismissal. When his wife Derya, a famous actor at the national theatre, receives one too, it is the final blow for the couple. Condemned for their ideas, they are forced to seek refuge in Istanbul with Aziz’s mother. The compromise between this new precariousness and their political commitment will put their marriage to the test.
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You Don’t Belong Here Romania, 2026, Colour, 154 min, Romanian Director: Florin Şerban Screenplay: Florin Şerban
Marius, the chief medical officer at a hospital in his small hometown, is raising his teenage son Ioan alone after the death of his wife. Marius is a confident professional who has no idea what his son gets up to at night: cycling through town vandalising cars with a gang of masked vigilantes. Marius’s world is shaken when he learns the police have come to suspect his son of murder.
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Film Programme
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15
18:30
15:30
IN A WHISPER Kinoscope Director: Leyla Bouzid
National Theatre
ROSE In Focus Director: Markus Schleinzer 15:30
Cineplexx 1
TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN
Competition Documentaries Director: Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić
18:30
Meeting Point Cinema
CONGO BOY Kinoscope Director: Rafiki Fariala 19:00
Cineplexx 1
DON’T ASK ME IF I KILLED
Competition Documentaries Director: Helena Maksyom
21:00
UniCredit Summer Screen
FJORD Summer Screen
Director: Cristian Mungiu
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 15:30
Cineplexx 1
DEAR ORCHID
Meeting Point Cinema
19:00
Cineplexx 1
GOOD PEOPLE
Competition Documentaries Director: Milcho Manchevski
19:00
Cineplexx 7
LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY
Dealing with the Past Director: Leah Galant
MONDAY, AUGUST 17 14:00
Cineplexx 2
A. WANTS OUT (ON NEUTRALITY)
Competition Students 1 Director: Zorah Berghammer
NEIGHBOUR
Competition Students 1 Director: Dan Grabnar
15:30
Cineplexx 1
ELECTING MS SANTA
Competition Documentaries Director: Raisa Răzmeriță
Competition Documentaries Director: Hana Selena Sokolović
19:00
WE SHALL LIVE TOGETHER
17 Competition Features Director: Kosara Mitić
Competition Documentaries Director: Damir Markovina
National Theatre
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19:00
Cineplexx 1
WHEN I GET OUT
Competition Documentaries Director: Metod Pevec
19:00
Cineplexx 4
MADE IN EU
19:00
Cineplexx 1
ASPARAGUS BEAR
Competition Documentaries Director: Ivan Grgur
BEAR WITH ME
Competition Documentaries Director: Martin Genovski
Adriatic Audience Award – Network of the Festivals in the Adriatic Region Director: Stephan Komandarev
19:00
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18
Adriatic Audience Award – Network of the Festivals in the Adriatic Region Director: Ivan Ostrochovský
14:00
Cineplexx 2
THE GO-BETWEEN
Competition Students 2 Director: Emir Solaković
Cineplexx 4
ONLY BEAUTIFUL THINGS TO LOOK AT
19:00
Cineplexx 7
IDENTITY
15:30
Dealing with the Past Director: Slađana Lučić
PROMISED SPACES
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19
National Theatre In Focus Director: Ivan Marković
15:30
Cineplexx 1
HOLY DEFIANCE
Competition Documentaries Director: Karla Jelić
FRAGMENTS OF BELONGING
Competition Documentaries Director: Tatjana Božić
19:00
National Theatre
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12:00
Meeting Point Cinema
HEYSEL 85 Kinoscope Director: Teodora Ana Mihai 12:00
Cineplexx 7
ALL WE HAVE IS US
Human Rights Day Director: Aline Juárez, Juan Francisco Donoso
12:30
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
HIDDEN IN FRAME
15:30
National Theatre Competition Shorts 2 Director: Anna Sarukhanova
PORKATAL
Competition Shorts 2 Director: Sis Gürdal
Cineplexx 1
FOR LIFE
Competition Documentaries Director: Ahmet Seven
19:00
15:30
National Theatre
THE FERRY FLOWS
Competition Features Director: Dina Duma
Cineplexx 1 Competition Documentaries Director: Zhora Papoian
32 METERS
Competition Documentaries Director: Morteza Atabaki
16:30
Cineplexx 4
A HERO
Tribute to Asghar Farhadi Director: Asghar Farhadi
19:00
SKATEBOARDING IS NOT FOR GIRLS
19:00
Cineplexx 7
CHRONICLES FROM THE SIEGE
Dealing with the Past Director: Abdallah Alkhatib
21:30
National Theatre
YOU DON’T BELONG HERE
Competition Features Director: Florin Şerban
Cineplexx 1
BRO RAM
Competition Documentaries Director: Branko Schmidt
THE FORBIDDEN AUNT
Competition Documentaries Director: Bojana Novaković
21:30
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 15:30
National Theatre
YELLOW LETTERS
In Focus Director: İlker Çatak
National Theatre
A SEPARATION
Gala Screening – Tribute to Asghar Farhadi Director: Asghar Farhadi
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