The thirty first version of the Sarajevo Movie Competition has unveiled the lineup for its Open Air Program, consisting of two sections, Open Air and Open Air Premiere.
This system set for the Coca-Cola Open Air Cinema will likely be “showcasing a few of the most essential arthouse movies of the yr, in addition to cinematic classics,” organizers stated. “Among the movies on this program will likely be offered by acclaimed administrators, actors, and screenwriters, [2025] recipients of the Honorary Coronary heart of Sarajevo, together with Paolo Sorrentino, Willem Dafoe, Ray Winstone, Stellan Skarsgård, and Michel Franco,” who acquired the glory a number of years in the past.
In the meantime, the brand new Open Air Premiere lineup will “showcase movies from the previous Yugoslav area within the distinctive setting of the Uniqa Open Air Cinema Stari Grad,” fest organizers highlighted.
Try the complete Sarajevo open air lineups beneath.
OPEN AIR PROGRAM
The Pavilion (Paviljon) – opening movie
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, 2025, 100 min.
Director: Dino Mustafić
Solid: Rade Šerbedžija, Zijah Sokolović, Miralem Zubčević, Ksenija Pajić, Jasna Diklić, Branka Petrić, Meto Jovanovski, Vladimir Jurc Lali, Kaća Dorić, Muhamed Bahonjić
Brides
United Kingdom, 2025, 93 min.
Director: Nadia Fall
Solid: Ebada Hassan, Safiyya Ingar, Leo Invoice, Arthur Darvill, Sinead Matthews, Yusra Warsama, Ali Khan, Cemre Ebuzziya, Aziz Capkurt
Case 137/File 137
France, 2025, 115 min.
Director: Dominik Moll
Solid: Léa Drucker, Jonathan Turnbull, Mathilde Roehrich, Pascal Sangla, Claire Bodson, Florence Viala, Hélène Alexandridis
Goals
Mexico, United States, 2025, 95 min.
Director: Michel Franco
Solid: Jessica Chastain, Isaác Hernández, Rupert Pal, Marshall Bell, Eligio Meléndez, Mercedes Hernández
Depart One Day (Partir un Jour)
France, 2025, 96 min.
Director: Amélie Bonnin
Solid: Juliette Armanet, Bastien Bouillon, François Rollin, Tewfik Jallab, Dominique Blanc, Mhamed Arezki, Pierre-Antoine Billon, Amandine Dewasmes
Sentimental Worth (Affeksjonsverdi)
Norway, Germany, Denmark, France, Sweden, United Kingdom, Türkiye, 2025, 132 min.
Director: Joachim Trier
Solid: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning
The Birthday Get together
Greece, Spain, Netherlands, United Kingdom, 2025, 103 min.
Director: Miguel Ángel Jimenéz
Solid: Willem Dafoe, Vic Carmen Sonne, Emma Suárez, Joe Cole, Carlos Cuevas
The Nice Magnificence (La Grande Bellezza)
Italy, France, 2013, 141 min.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Solid: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi, Galatea Ranzi, Massimo De Francovich, Roberto Herlitzka, Isabella Ferrari
Sarajevo FIlm Competition 2025 Open Air Premiere movies
OPEN AIR PREMIERE PROGRAM
Bosnian Knight (Bosanski Vitez)
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, 2025, 79 min.
Director: Tarik Hodžić
Cat’s Cry (Mačiji Krik)
Serbia, Canada, Croatia, 2024, 94 min.
Director: Sanja Živković
Solid: Jasmin Geljo, Andrijana Đorđević, Sanja Mikitišin, Marija Škaričić, Denis Murić
Radio Rambo Amadeus
Serbia, 2025, 73 min.
Director: Dušan Varda
Surviving Earth
United Kingdom, 2025, 100 min.
Director: Thea Gajić
Solid: Slavko Sobin, Olive Grey, Stuart Martin, Peter Coonan, Toni Gojanović, Ann Ogbomo
The Misplaced Dream Workforce (Izgubljeni Dream Workforce)
Croatia, Serbia, Italy, Slovenia, 2025, 82 min.
Director: Jure Pavlović
The Observe
Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2025, 92 min.
Director: Ryan Sidhoo
Whites Wash at Ninety (Belo Se Pere Na Devetdeset)
Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, 2025, 142 min.
Director: Marko Naberšnik
Solid: Lea Cok, Anica Dobra, Jurij Zrnec, Tjaša Železnik, Žiga Šorli, Mei Rabič, Jaka Mehle, Vladimir Tintor, Iva Krajnc Bagola, Saša Tabaković, Jure Rajšp, Polona Juh, Blaž Dolenc