The main programme also includes two feature films out of the competition - the awaited animated film Birds Like Us / Ptice kao mi, directed by Faruk Šabanović and Amela Ćuhara which participated in the CineLink Work in Progress section of Sarajevo FF in 2015 and Men Don’t Cry / Muškarcine plaču, directed by Alen Drljević.
Feature Film Competition Programme:
Daybreak / Dita zë fill (Albania, Greece), World premiere, debut feature
Directed by Gentian Koçi
Grain (Turkey, Germany, France, Sweden, Qatar), World premiere
Directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu
Meda or The Not So Bright Side of Things / Meda sau partea nu prea fericită a lucrurilor (Romania), World premiere, debut feature
Directed by Emanuel Pârvu
Produced by FAMart Productions
Coproduced by DaKINO Productions, Ceramus Film
Directions / Posoki (Bulgaria, Germany, Macedonia), Regional premiere
Directed by Stephan Komandarev
Produced by Argo Film
Coproduced by Aktis Film Production, Sector Film
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Bulgarian National Television, the German Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), the Macedonian Film Agency and Eurimages
Hostages / Mdzevlebi (Russia, Georgia, Poland), Regional premiere
Directed by Rezo Gigineishvili
Produced by INK TV and NEBO Film Company
Coproduced by 20 Steps Productions, Extreme Emotions
Scary Mother / Sashishi deda (Georgia), Regional premiere, debut feature
Director: Ana Urushadze
Produced by Studio Artizm
Coproduced by Gemini
Supported by the Georgian National Film Center
Son of Sofia / O gios tis Sofias (Greece, France, Bulgaria), Regional premiere
Directed by Elina Psykou
Produced by Heretic
Coproduced by KinoElektron (France), Chouchkov Brothers
Supported by Eurimages, the Greek Film Centre, Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, the Bulgarian National Film Center, Creative Europe, ERT, Berlinale Residency
Out of Competition – Gala Screenings:
Birds Like Us / Ptice kao mi (Bosnia and Herzegovina, UK, Turkey, USA), Debut feature
Directed by Faruk Šabanović, Amela Ćuhara
Produced by Prime Time
Coproduced by Fork Film, Autonomous
Supported by the Turkish Television (TRT), Telecom Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian Film Fund
Men Don’t Cry / Muškarcine plaču (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany), Debut feature
Directed by Alen Drljević
Produced by Deblokada Sarajevo
Coproduced by Iridium Film, This and That, Menderley Films, Produkcija Živa and Cineplanet
Supported by Foundation of Cinematography Sarajevo, the Slovenian Film Centre, ZDF/Arte TV, MEDIA, Ministry of Culture and Sport of Kanton Sarajevo, CineLink Market
