27th and 28th Sarajevo Film Festival

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With its 27th and 28th editions, the Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) continues to develop its recognisable concept as an international film festival with a clear focus on Southeast European cinema. The four key Festival segments – 1. Programming (18 sections – five of which are competitive, on 20 screens in 13 venues and online through Festival’s VOD platform https://ondemand.kinomeetingpoint.ba/), 2. Industry (CineLink Industry Days), 3. Training (Talents Sarajevo) – are integrated and realised in parallel during the first seven days of the Festival, culminating with a gala awards ceremony. The final, eighth day of the Festival is booked for reprises of the most successful films (official jury award winners, audience award winners, and a selection of the most visible films from different sections) in an atmosphere of pure film enjoyment. 4. Film education (CineSchool, a platform for young audience aged 12 – 14 built with an aim to increase film appreciation and film education in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a result, the Festival serves a large international and local audience at the same time that it discovers, supports and promotes regional authors, and, with its wide network of international partnerships, serves as the market access point to other European and global markets for the wider audio-visual industry in the region. The upcoming editions will benefit from an eight-month long PR campaign in the run-up to the Festival each year and more than 500 accredited press from 25 countries are expected to attend. Overall, the Festival will be supported by ample promotion, in particular pushing for a larger number of published film previews and reviews with an emphasis on films from the region appearing in the competitive sections, with the aim of supporting their future sales and distribution. Due to its international allure each year, the Festival is able to attract and promote regional, European and international star guests.