The festival's director, Mirsad Purivatra, said at a news conference that the preparations for the festival were going well.
Purivatra said that some of the dominant topics of films in the competition programme are societies in transition, migrants and refugees.
The festival selector, Elma Tataragic, said that as many as 220 feature films applied for the festival.
Purivatra said that the fundamental purpose of the festival remained the promotion of filmmakers from the region.