Sarajevo 26

Sarajevo FF’s CineLink Talks will “open a wider conversation about how films gain recognition, how that visibility is sustained and what responsibilities follow once institutions decide to support a work,” organisers write of the five panels, scheduled for August 17 and 19. Leading doc voices include producers Radovan Síbrt, Robert Y. Chang and Ada Solomon, as well as IDFA’s Adriek van Nieuwenhuijzen and Ji.hlava IDFF’s Marek Hovorka.

The documentary binds together people from two distant territories – the Atacama Desert in Chile and the Jadar Valley in Serbia – through their shared struggle for the right to decide the future of the place they call home. “As well as being a film about resistance, All We Have Is Us is a reminder that filmmaking itself can be an act of resistance,” the festival writes of the Chilean documentary.

This year’s Competition Programme – Documentary Film selection, made once more by Rada Šešić, comprises 22 films from 305 submissions, of which 13 are feature-length and eight are short documentaries, plus one feature-length film screening Out of Competition. Nine of the films are world premieres, four are international premieres, and eight are regional premieres.