This year’s festival was opened with the film "The Other Side of Hope" by Finnish director Aki Karusimäki.
"The Other Side of Hope", for which Kaurismäki won the Silver Bear for the best director at this year’s Berlinare, is a thematic follow-up of sorts to the 2011 film "Le Havre".
This year’s Sarajevo Film Festival will present to its audience 235 films from 54 countries in 18 different programmes, four of which are competitive. It will feature as many as 43 world premieres, 23 international.
The opening night gala ceremony was held at the National Theater in Sarajevo.
The festival will close on August 17 with the announcement of the best films, directors and actors.