The 16th Telemach Youth Film Festival Sarajevo presented the main festival competition selection OFF Shorts, which this year brings a record number of selected films – 26.
The director of the short film program, Ado Hasanović, points out that among the hundreds of reviewed and submitted films in the selection period, there were dozens of inspiring themes, films that deserve to breathe life into the festival, and that it was more difficult than ever to select the films that will be shown as part of OFF this year. Shorts. The selection will definitely be marked by various film expressions, strong film figures, diversity in themes and techniques.
This year’s selection will be marked by a large number of world and regional premieres.
It is special that for the first time 2 prizes will be awarded as part of the OFF Shorts selection. Shorts 1 and OFF Shorts 2 are two sub-selections of OFF Shorts, which classify films according to the realized film budgets in order to enable a just and fair decision for the awards, given that the Festival’s program committee considered that the films, although together, belong to this selection, due to financial differences or production possibilities must have a different approach to evaluation.
The films selected for OFF Shorts 2024 are:
Mutilated
Rezija: Lukas Ignaz Halder
Trajanje: 10′
Drzava: Austria
Just Like You
Rezija: Neda Zivanovic
Trajanje: 13′
Drzava: Serbia
Reflections
Rezija: Elena Vatamanu-Mărgineanu
Trajanje: 15′
Drzava: Poland/Moldova
Supper
Rezija: Andor Berényi
Trajanje: 11′
Drzava: Hungary/Czechia
Let Them Talk
Rezija: Karlo Gagulić
Trajanje: 17′
Drzava: Croatia
Balkan, Baby
Rezija: Boris Gavrilović
Trajanje: 19′
Drzava: Germany
O Pomar
Rezija: Ana Manana/Joana Lourenço
Trajanje: 13′
Drzava: Portugal
Keep It Quiet
Rezija: Sara Horvatić
Trajanje: 18′
Drzava: Croatia
Sweet Tooth
Rezija: Willy Fermelin
Trajanje: 13′
Drzava: Sweden
Ocean Without a Floor
Rezija: Amna Hadžić
Trajanje: 10′
Drzava: USA
Catching Birds
Rezija: Lea Marie Lembke/Simon Maria Kubiena
Trajanje: 19′
Drzava: Germany
Things Unheard Of
Rezija: Ramazan Kilic
Trajanje: 16′
Drzava: Turkey
In Health and in Sickness
Rezija: Devina Vassileva
Trajanje: 6′
Drzava: Bulgaria
FUCK THIS SHIT, LOVE ME!
Rezija: Daniel Path
Trajanje: 7′
Drzava: Czechia
Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy
Rezija: Khozy Rizal
Trajanje: 15′
Drzava: Indonesia
Eat Me
Rezija: Mima Miljković
Trajanje: 15′
Drzava: Serbia
Sea Salt
Rezija: Leila Basma
Trajanje: 18′
Drzava: Czechia
Patrimony
Rezija: Stefan Tomić
Trajanje: 16′
Drzava: Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Best Time of Your Life
Rezija: Danae Grannetia
Trajanje: 18′
Drzava: Netherlands
Beyond The Hill
Rezija: Hristijan Krstevski
Trajanje: 13′
Drzava: North Macedonia
Dom Juan
Rezija: Hekuran Isufi
Trajanje: 15′
Drzava: France
Dreaming of Venice
Rezija: Elisabetta Giannini
Trajanje: 16′
Drzava: Italy
In Spirito
Rezija: Nicolò Folin
Trajanje: 15′
Drzava: Italy
The Deer’s Tooth
Rezija: Saif Hammash
Trajanje: 16′
Drzava: Palestine
Sports Day
Rezija: August Adrian Braatz
Trajanje: 23′
Drzava: Slovenia
