Read what visitors can expect at SFF today, screenings in Tuzla and Mostar

(Patria) - Today is the third day of the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival, and below you can read about some of the film titles the audience will have the opportunity to see.

In the National Theatre Sarajevo, in the In Focus program, the audience will be able to watch the film “Blagin nauk” directed by Stephan Komandarev, while in the competition program at 9:30 AM and 7:00 PM, they will have the opportunity to watch the film “La Palisiada”. The film is set in Ukraine in 1996, five months before the moratorium on the death penalty was introduced. Two old friends, a police detective and a forensic psychiatrist, investigate the murder of a colleague. A long time ago, both were in love with the victim's widow. Immersed in a complicated case and long-forgotten memories, the friends create a future in which their children will have to live with the legacy of their parents' unfulfilled ambitions.

At 8:30 PM, as part of the Open Air program at the Coca-Cola Open Air Cinema, the film “Past Lives” directed by Celine Song will be screened. The Sarajevo audience will also be able to watch this film at Kino Ilidža at 9:00 PM, while in Tuzla and Mostar it is on the program in the open-air cinemas of these two cities at 8:30 PM and 9:30 PM, respectively.

Nora and Hae Sung, very close friends since childhood, are separated when Nora's family decides to emigrate from South Korea. After two decades apart, they meet again in New York during a fateful week in which they will confront the concepts of destiny, love, and life choices, in this modern romantic drama.

The 1991 film classic, “Thelma & Louise,” will be screened in the “30 Years Since the First War Cinema Apollo” program at 9:30 PM at the Open Scene Obala.

At Cineplexx Plaza cinema in the city on the Neretva River, the audience will be able to watch the film “Praznik praznine” directed by Jasmin Duraković at 6:00 PM. Pavo Marinković's film “Bosanski lonac” is on the program at 8:45 PM in the Stari Grad Open-Air Cinema in Sarajevo.

At 9:00 PM, as part of the Summer Screen program, the film “Roter Himmel” directed by Christian Petzold will be screened. The film is set on the Baltic Sea coast. The days are hot, and it hasn't rained for weeks. Four young, old, and new friends gather. Their emotions – happiness, lust, love, but also jealousy, resentment, and tension – will erupt simultaneously with the thirsty forest surrounding them. The forest is burning, and the fire is rapidly approaching them.

The Sarajevo Film Festival runs until August 18, and you can find the complete festival program on the official website.