AWARDS
Scary Mother wins the Heart of Sarajevo18/08/2017 - Ana Urushadze’s debut feature triumphs at the 23rd edition of festival, where it also received the Cineuropa Prize
Damjan Kozole’s Half-Sister wins the Eurimages Award at CineLink18/08/2017 - The industry platforms of the Sarajevo Film Festival announce winnersCOMPETITION
Meda or the Not So Bright Side of Things
Emanuel Pârvu
Meda or the Not So Bright Side of Things : A good man finds himself in bad circumstances17/08/2017 - Romanian director Emanuel Pârvu's first feature, world-premiered at Sarajevo, is the gloomy story of a good man who finds himself in bad circumstances
Emanuel Pârvu • Director21/08/2017 - We talked to Emanuel Pârvu, who explores the challenges in rural Romania with his first feature, Meda or the Not So Bright Side of Things, one of the winners at SarajevoDaybreak
Gentian Koçi
Daybreak : Between the ethical and the existential14/08/2017 - Albanian filmmaker Gentian Koçi's first feature is a film of psychological and emotional subtlety
Gentian Koçi • Director - InterviewWe caught up with Albanian director Gentian Koçi, who is in the Sarajevo Film Festival competition with his first film, DaybreakGrain
Semih Kaplanoğlu
Grain : An existential dystopian tale dealing with mankind’s extinction14/08/2017 - Turkish auteur Semih Kaplanoğlu delivers his most ambitious work of art after a seven-year absence, a quest towards humanity’s terminal threats
Semih Kaplanoğlu • Director - InterviewWe caught up with Turkish director Semih Kaplanoğlu, who is in the Sarajevo Film Festival competition with his new film, GrainSon of Sofia
Elina Psykou
Son of Sofia , a magical realistic journey into the end of innocence24/04/2017 - Greek filmmaker Elina Psykou follows a new visual path in her second feature film, world-premiered in the international competition of the Tribeca Film Festival
Elina Psykou • Director28/04/2017 - We got the chance to talk to Greek director Elina Psykou after the world premiere of Son of Sofia at Tribeca, where it won the Award for Best International Narrative FeatureScary Mother
Ana Urushadze
Scary Mother : Family as an incubator of monsters03/08/2017 - LOCARNO 2017: In her debut feature, screening at the Swiss gathering, Georgian director Ana Urushadze tackles the restrictions that society and families force upon women, mothers and wives
Ana Urushadze • Director09/08/2017 - LOCARNO 2017: We chatted to Georgian filmmaker Ana Urushadze, who participates with her debut feature film Scary Mother at the Filmmakers of the Present sectionHostages
Rezo Gigineishvili


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