31st Sarajevo Film Festival
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| Opening film | The Pavilion, by Dino Mustafić |
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| Location | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Awards | Heart of Sarajevo: Wind, Talk to Me by Stefan Đorđević |
| Hosted by | Directorate of Sarajevo Film Festival |
| No. of films | 227 |
| Festival date | Opening: 15 August 2025 Closing: 22 August 2025 |
| Website | SFF |
The 31st Sarajevo Film Festival, took place between 15 and 22 August 2025 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Black comedy film The Pavilion, by Bosnian filmmaker Dino Mustafić, opened the festival. A total of 227 films from 65 countries were shown in 22 festival programmes, out of which 50 films competed for the Heart of Sarajevo awards across four competition categories: feature, documentary, short, and student films. The selection included 15 world premieres, six international, 28 regional, and two national premieres.
Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa served as jury president of Competition Program - Feature Film. Paolo Sorrentino, film director, screenwriter, and writer was the recipient of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award for "outstanding contribution to the art of cinema". A retrospective of his films was featured as part of the festival’s "Tribute To" program. Actors Stellan Skarsgård, Ray Winstone and Willem Dafoe, were also awarded the Honorary Heart Award.
The festival closed on 22 August 2025 with the awards ceremony. Wind, Talk to Me by the Serbian director Stefan Đorđević won the Heart of Sarajevo award for best feature film.