The 24^th Sarajevo Film Festival (10-17 August) has unveiled the line-up of its 2018 Documentary Competition programme, in which 16 titles from Southeast Europe will be vying for the Heart of Sarajevo.

Seven documentaries from the region will enjoy their world premieres at Sarajevo, among them a couple of debut documentaries by Hungarian directors: Ghetto Balboa [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Árpád Bogdán
scheda film] by Árpád Bogdán, whose Genesis [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Árpád Bogdán, Andrea Tasch…
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scheda film] by László Csuja, who currently has his fiction debut, Blossom Valley [+leggi anche:
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intervista: László Csuja
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scheda film] by Mladen Kovačević and Senka Domanović’s Occupied Cinema [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Senka Domanović
scheda film], which premiered at Beldocs. Also, the winner of a Special Mention in the international competition of Visions du Réel, Srbenka [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nebojša Slijepčević
scheda film] by Croatian director Nebojša Slijepčević, will have its regional premiere. Finally, the debut documentary by acclaimed Austrian director-producer Antonin Svoboda, Cry Baby, Cry [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Antonin Svoboda
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scheda film] by Mari Gulbiani round off the selection.

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It is worth noting that the majority of the films selected are by debutant producers or directors, and that more than half of them were directed and produced by women.

Here is the full list of titles:

Documentary Competition

Fundaments - Peter Cerovšek (Slovenia) (short film)
Ghetto Balboa [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Árpád Bogdán
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Ikea For YU - Marija Ratković Vidaković, Dinka Radonić (Croatia/Sweden) (medium-length film)
Kalin and the Jail Team - Petko Gyulchev (Bulgaria) (medium-length film)
Nine Months War [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - László Csuja (Hungary/Qatar)
Sisters - Zdenko Jurilj (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Croatia) (medium-length film)
TAM 4500 - Momir Matović (Montenegro) (short film)
Bigger Than Life - Adnan Softić (Macedonia/Germany/Italy) (short film)
Cry Baby, Cry [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Antonin Svoboda
scheda film] - Antonin Svoboda (Austria)
Occupied Cinema [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Senka Domanović
scheda film] - Senka Domanović (Serbia)
4 Years in 10 Minutes [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Mladen Kovačević (Serbia)
90 Seconds in North Korea - Ranko Pauković (Croatia/Netherlands) (short film)
Araf - Didem Pekün (Turkey/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Greece) (medium-length film)
Easy Lessons [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Dorrottya Zurbó (Hungary)
Srbenka [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nebojša Slijepčević
scheda film] - Nebojša Slijepčević (Croatia)
Before Father Gets Back [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Mari Gulbiani (Georgia/France/Germany)