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Nine films are competing for the top Heart of Sarajevo Award,
among them Kosovo's "Three Windows And A Hanging" about a school
teacher giving an account of her rape during the conflict.
Other contenders for the for the 16,000-euro ($21,397) award
come from Georgia, Turkey, Croatia, Bosnia, Greece, Austria,
Germany, Hungary and France.
Festival director Mirsad Purivatra said future events would look
even further afield for competitors.
"I think the Festival is entering a new phase in which we want
to build a stronger bond between the region and the rest of the
world," he said, adding the event had been building contacts in
the Middle East, Mexico, India, Lebanon and North Africa.
The Sarajevo Film Festival has grown into the largest event of
its kind in the Balkans and draws around 100,000 fans to the
Bosnian capital every year. This year's program lists nearly 250
films from 60 countries.
The jury will be chaired by Hungary's Bela Tarr, who retired
from directing films after the release of "The Turin Horse" in
2011.
The event will hand out honorary awards to Mexican actor Gael
Garcia Bernal, French designer and filmmaker Agnes B. and
Oscar-winning Bosnian director Danis Tanovic.
French director Michel Hazanavicius, best known for "The
Artist", and Hungary's director Kornel Mundruczo will also
present their Cannes festival contenders, respectively "The
Search" and "White God".
(Reporting by Maja Zuvela; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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