FAF 2026: Belgrade Film Festival Adds Jugosfera and Bekim Fehmiu Award
The 32nd Auteur Film Festival, 20–27 November, brings 11 regional films into a new Jugosfera section competing for an acting prize named after Bekim Fehmiu.
Belgrade's Auteur Film Festival (FAF) will add a new section, Jugosfera, at its 32nd edition, which runs from 20 to 27 November, the organisers announced on Thursday, 12 November. The programme brings together 11 films by directors from the countries of the former Yugoslavia, eight features and three shorts, competing for a new award for best acting named after the actor Bekim Fehmiu (1936–2010).
Films in the Jugosfera section
The features are Lost Son (Izgubljeni sin) by Darko Štante, Little Things (Male stvari) by Zvonimir Jurić, Skateboarding Is Not for Girls by Dina Duma, All That's Wrong With You by Urša Menart, Mum Is Alive Today by Josip Lukić, Hidden People by Miha Hočevar, Sister, Brother and Manhole by Milčo Mančevski, and Shame and Money by Visar Morina. The shorts are Blueberries by Isidora Veselinović, Neighbour by Dan Grabnar and Nikola, Nikola by Leon Ristov. The English titles are working translations of the Serbian festival titles.
The name borrows the term "Yugosphere", coined in 2009 by British journalist Tim Judah to describe renewed cultural and social links among the states that emerged from Yugoslavia.
Who chooses the Bekim Fehmiu award
The winner will be chosen by actor Uliks Fehmiu, Bekim Fehmiu's son, and a representative of the EU Delegation to Serbia will present the prize at the closing ceremony on 27 November. Most of the Jugosfera filmmakers are expected in Belgrade.
The rest of the FAF programme
The festival shows about 80 titles in eight sections. It opens on 20 November with Fjord by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu and closes with the Belgrade premiere of Goran Stanković's Our Father (Oče naš). The main programme includes new films by Andrei Zvyagintsev, Mike Leigh, Hirokazu Kore-eda and Ryusuke Hamaguchi. The main venue is the mts Dvorana, with screenings also at the Yugoslav Film Archive, the Belgrade Cultural Centre, Kolarac and CineGrand Rakovica, and in Niš, Čačak and Šabac. Tickets cost 350 to 1,000 dinars.
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