The Sarajevo Film Festival has revealed its full lineup for the 32nd edition of the festival, with a total of 51 films set to screen across its four competition selections – narrative feature film, feature and short documentary film, narrative short film and student short film. 

The lineup will screen 21 world premieres, six international premieres, one European premiere and 23 regional premiers. One film screening out of competition will have its Bosnian-Herzegovinian premiere.

This year, the selection team led by Izeta Građević, Creative Director of the Sarajevo Film Festival, has seen 1,215 films: 210 narrative features, 305 documentaries, and 700 narrative short and student short films.

Here’s the full lineup.

Competition Programme – Narrative Feature Film 2026Awards:

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM

Award in the amount of €16,000

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DIRECTOR

Award in the amount of €10,000, sponsored by the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with UNESCO

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTRESS

Award in the amount of €2,500, sponsored by L’Oréal Paris

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTOR

Award in the amount of €2,500

Films in the program:

EVERYTHING THAT’S WRONG WITH YOU / VSE, KAR JE NAROBE S TABO, Urša Menart 
(Slovenia, Germany, Serbia, 2026, 97 min.) – World Premiere

SMALL THINGS / MALE STVARI, Zvonimir Jurić 
(Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, 2026, 80 min.) – International Premiere

SKATEBOARDING IS NOT FOR GIRLS / SKEJTANJETO NE E ZA DEVOJCHINJA, Dina Duma 
(North Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, 2026, 82 min.) – European Premiere

17, Kosara Mitić 
(North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, 2026, 105 min.) – Regional Premiere

DUA, Blerta Basholli 
(Kosovo*, Switzerland, France, 2026, 101 min.) – Regional Premiere

EVERYTIME, Sandra Wollner 
(Austria, Germany, 2026, 121 min.) – Regional Premiere

SHAME AND MONEY, Visar Morina 
(Germany, Kosovo*, Slovenia, Albania, North Macedonia, Belgium, 2026, 129 min.) – Regional Premiere

SUPPORTING ROLE / MEOREKHARISKHOVANI ROLI, Ana Urushadze 
(Georgia, Estonia, Türkiye, 2026, 139 min.) – Regional Premiere

YOU DON’T BELONG HERE / NU E LOCUL TĂU AICI, Florin Șerban 
(Romania, 2026, 154 min.) – Regional Premiere

Competition Programme – Documentary Film 2026

Awards:

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM – AN OSCAR® QUALIFYING FILM

Award in the amount of €4,000, sponsored by the Government of Switzerland

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM

Award in the amount of €2,000

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

Award in the amount of €2,500

Films in program: 

BEAR WITH ME, Martin Genovski 
(Bulgaria, 2026, 84 min.) – World Premiere

GOOD PEOPLE / DOBRI LUGJE, Milcho Manchevski 
(North Macedonia, 2026, 86 min.) – World Premiere

THE BALKAN COWBOY, Dragana Jurišić 
(Croatia, Ireland, 2026, 93 min.) – World Premiere

THE FORBIDDEN AUNT / ZABRANJENA TETKA, Bojana Novaković 
(Serbia, Australia, 2026, 82 min.) – World Premiere

WE SHALL LIVE TOGETHER / ŽIVJEĆEMO ZAJEDNO, Damir Markovina 
(Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026, 75 min.) – World Premiere

DON’T ASK ME IF I KILLED, Helena Maksyom 
(Romania, Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine, 2026, 103 min.) – International Premiere

FRAGMENTS OF BELONGING / TRAGOVI PRIPADANJA, Tatjana Božić 
(Croatia, Netherlands, Germany, 2026, 80 min.) – International Premiere

WHEN I GET OUT / KO PRIDEM VEN, Metod Pevec 
(Slovenia, 2026, 106 min.) – International Premiere

32 METERS, Morteza Atabaki 
(Türkiye, Iran, Qatar, 2025, 83 min.) – Regional Premiere

BUGBOY, Lucas Paleocrassas 
(Greece, France, Denmark, 2026, 87 min.) – Regional Premiere

ELECTING MS SANTA, Raisa Răzmeriță 
(Moldova, Romania, 2025, 95 min.) – Regional Premiere

FOR LIFE / ÖMÜR BOYU, Ahmet Seven 
(Türkiye, 2026, 89 min.) – Regional Premiere

TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN / PLANINA, Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić 
(Serbia, France, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, 2026, 105 min.) – Regional Premiere

Competition Programme – Documentary Shorts:

BRO RAM / RAM BHAI, Branko Schmidt 
(Croatia, 2026, 14 min.) – World Premiere

FAHRUDIN, Alen Drljević 
(Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026, 20 min.) – World Premiere

OF LIGHT GHOSTS / VON LICHTERGEISTERN, Isabella Fellinger 
(Austria, 2026, 27 min.) – World Premiere

THE CAPTAIN AND THE CASPIAN SEA / KAPITAN VƏ XƏZƏR DƏNİZİ, Turkan Huseyin 
(Azerbaijan, 2026, 30 min.) – World Premiere

DEAR ORCHID, Hana Selena Sokolović 
(Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Netherlands, 2026, 18 min.) – International Premiere

ASPARAGUS BEAR / MEDO U ŠPAROGAMA, Ivan Grgur 
(Croatia, 2025, 18 min.) – Regional Premiere

HOLY DEFIANCE / TIHA MISA, Karla Jelić 
(Croatia, 2026, 15 min.) – Regional Premiere

THE FERRY FLOWS / PAROM PLYVE, Zhora Papoian 
(Ukraine, United Kingdom, 2026, 18 min.) – Regional Premiere

Out of Competition:

YUGO GOES TO AMERICA / YUGO IDE U AMERIKU, Filip Grujić, Aleksa Borković
(Serbia, Croatia, 2026, 87 min.) – National Premiere

Competition Programme – Narrative Short Film 2026

Awards:

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM – AN OSCAR® QUALIFYING FILM

Award in the amount of €2,500

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY NARRATIVE SHORT FILM CANDIDATE

Films in the programme:

DITCH / MIRHÓ, Marianna Vas 
(Hungary, 2026, 24 min.) – World Premiere

HIDDEN IN FRAME / DAMALULI, Anna Sarukhanova 
(Georgia, United Kingdom, 2026, 16 min.) – World Premiere

MAMAMA, Danica Dakić 
(Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026, 8 min.) – World Premiere

PATCH / ZAKRPA, Luka Galešić 
(Croatia, 2026, 13 min.) – World Premiere

PORKATAL, Sis Gürdal 
(Türkiye, France, United Kingdom, 2026, 16 min.) – World Premiere

ADGWA-ATA, Zsuzsanna Krief 
(Hungary, France, 2026, 15 min.) – Regional Premiere

COSMONAUTS / KOZMONAVTI, Leo Černic 
(Slovenia, Italy, 2026, 14 min.) – Regional Premiere

GO OUTSIDE AND HUG A TREE, Irina Alexiu 
(Romania, 2026, 14 min.) – Regional Premiere

MOTHERHOOD, Anca Damian 
(Romania, Belgium, France, 2026, 18 min.) – Regional Premiere

NOBODY SAID ANYTHING / NIKO NIŠTA NIJE REKAO, Tamara Todorović 
(Serbia, France, Slovenia, Croatia, 2026, 15 min.) – Regional Premiere

Competition Programme – Student Short Film 2026

Award:

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM

Award in the amount of €1,000, sponsored by the Regional Cooperation Council

Films in the programme:

HYENA / HYÄNE, Fanny Rösch 
(Austria, 2026, 23 min.) – World Premiere

NEIGHBOUR / KOMŠIJA, Dan Grabnar 
(Serbia, 2026, 17 min.) – World Premiere

SISTERS / SESTRE, Sara Ećimović 
(Serbia, 2026, 21 min.) – World Premiere

THE GO-BETWEEN / POSREDNIK, Emir Solaković 
(Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026, 7 min.) – World Premiere

UNWELLNESS, Réka Pinczés 
(Hungary, 2026, 21 min.) – World Premiere

WATER WALLS / FÜSTFAL, Bianka Szelestey 
(Hungary, 2026, 34 min.) – World Premiere

THE FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS, BUT WHY NOT LEND IT TO THE SPECIALISTS? / VIITORUL ȚI-L FACI CU MÂNA TA, DAR DE CE SĂ NU Îl LAȘI PE MÂNA UNOR SPECIALIȘTI?, Alexandra Schinteie 
(Romania, 2026, 18 min.) – International Premiere

A. WANTS OUT (ON NEUTRALITY) / A. WILL RAUS (ÜBER NEUTRALITÄT), Zorah Berghammer 
(Austria, 2026, 18 min.) – Regional Premiere

BONEFUZZ, Márk László 
(Hungary, 2026, 10 min.) – Regional Premiere

OVER THE THRESHOLD / PREKO PRAGA, Tara Gajović 
(Serbia, 2026, 15 min.) – Regional Premiere

RABBIT DON’T RUN / HASENFUSS, Maximilian Conway, Elisabeth Jakob 
(Austria, 2026, 30 min.) – Regional Premiere

The 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival runs August 14-21, 2026. 

The 83rd Venice International Film Festival is unveiling its official lineup today.

Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera and Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, president of the Biennale di Venezia, will confirm the films running in competition and main sidebar sections.

You can follow their presentation, starting from 11 am local time at La Biennale Library of the Historical Archive in Venice, on the festival site or on its social media channels on YouTube, X, TikTok, and Facebook.

Venice, alongside Cannes, is considered the world’s most prestigious film festival and a major awards season prognosticator.

The festival has already confirmed that Danny Boyle’s Ink, a biographical drama starring Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy, about Rupert Murdoch and his British tabloid empire, will open this year’s event, on Sept. 2. Dio Ride, an Italian period drama from director Giovanni Veronesi starring Pierfrancesco Favino (Maria, Rush) will close the fest on Sept. 12.

Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter, The Bride!) will head up this year’s Venice competition jury as president, picking the winner of the Golden Lion for best film. George Clooney, a Lido regular, will receive an honorary Golden Lion lifetime achievement award.

Last year’s Biennale included several high-profile premieres, though many — Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite — were award season flops.

The only 2025 Venice title to score at the Oscars was Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, which picked up 9 Academy Award nominations, winning three, for Best Costume Design, Best Production Design and Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling. Bugonia, from Yorgos Lanthimos, another Venice world premiere, picked up three Oscar nominations but won none. Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab, which won Venice’s Silver Lion last year, was nominated for Best International Feature but lost out to Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value.

Europe’s other big festivals, Cannes and Berlin, struggled this year to attract films from major studios, leading to speculation that the majors are going cold on the festival circuit. Barbera has traditionally proven adept at enticing the studios, and Netflix, to premiere their prestige titles on the Lido. This year’s lineup will see if he still has the touch.

Netflix has returned to the Parasyte manga universe that began in 2024 with Parasyte: The Grey.

A new live-action series, Parasyte: Tamiya will star Shioli Kutsuna (Sanctuary, Deadpool 2) and will stream in 2027. Parasyte: The Grey creator Yeon Sang-ho is returning, having developed Tamiya and co-written the scripts with Ryu Yong-jae. Wowpoint, the Grey producer, is also back, with Kensaku Kakimoto (Glass Heart) and Kazuhiro Nakagawa (Double, Bullet Train Explosion) directing.

Parasyte: The Grey spent four weeks at the top of Netflix’s Global Top 10 Non-English list in 2024, and reached number one in 34 countries. Tamiya will develop the story further.

In the original manga, Ryoko Tamiya is a parasite who takes over the body of a high school teacher. Initially brutal and indiscriminate, she gradually learns from her human surroundings — and upon witnessing a parasite and human sharing a body, begins to wonder whether coexistence might offer her species a better chance of survival than conflict. 

Parasyte: Tamiya will tell Ryoko’s story from the inside: the original human, the parasite who inhabits her and the evolving creature caught between two worlds. Kutsuna plays the character, and said it was “the most challenging role I have ever played in my acting career.”

“Ryoko Tamiya is a truly captivating villain in the original manga,” said Yeon. “Her struggles over the nature of her own existence are what elevate the original ‘Parasyte’ from a simple hero-based manga aimed at kids to something deeper. She’s a fascinating character, which drove me to want to tell the story of Parasyte through her perspective.

“I wanted to convey her perpetual struggle over the need for parasites to coexist with humans and the issue of their survival, and how she suffers setbacks and learns over time. I think the anguish she experiences is the essence of Parasyte.”

Parasyte is a major IP in Japan, having previously been adapted as a film series, an anime and a Korean drama.

“This series, which is currently being edited, brings new things to the table compared to past entries in terms of story, cinematography, action, production, you name it,” said Yeon. “It firmly reflects the vision of both directors and is made with great respect for the original manga.”