The Sarajevo Movie Competition has unveiled the jury for its most important characteristic competitors, which is headed by actress Emily Watson, as beforehand introduced.
Becoming a member of Watson are filmmakers Athina Rachel Tsangari and Igor Bezinović, actress Sara Klimoska and CEO of the European Movie Academy Matthijs Wouter Knol. The winners shall be introduced on Aug. 21.
Tsangari, one of many leaders of the Greek New Wave, broke by with “Attenberg” (2010), which received the Coppa Volpi award for greatest actor and the Lina Mangiacapre directing award at Venice. “Chevalier” (2015) received greatest movie on the London Movie Competition and was nominated for greatest overseas movie on the Impartial Spirit Awards. “Harvest,” a neo-western starring Caleb Landry Jones and Harry Melling, premiered in Venice competitors in 2024.
Bezinović, from Croatia, is greatest recognized for “Fiume o morte!” (2025), which received the European Movie Award for greatest documentary. His different movies embrace the documentaries “The Blockade” (2012) and “Veruda – A Movie About Bojan” (2015).
Klimoska, who’s from North Macedonia, has the main function in “Sister Brother Manhole Cowl,” directed by Milcho Manchevski, which is about to premiere this 12 months. Different movie credit embrace Goran Stolevski’s “You Gained’t Be Alone,” which premiered at Sundance, and Stolevski’s “Housekeeping for Novices,” which screened at Venice.
Earlier than becoming a member of the European Movie Academy, Wouter Knol was head of programming of Berlinale Skills from 2008 to 2014, and director of the European Movie Market from 2014 to 2020.
The thirty second Sarajevo Movie Competition will happen from Aug. 14 to 21.
