INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR AND BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES -

Selector Goran Radovanović selected films for the 9th Bosifest

May 20 2018

Prominent director and selector of our Festival, Goran Radovanović, has just selected 15 film productions that will be presented within the Competitive and Non-competitive program of the upcoming 9th Belgrade International Film Festival for and by people with disabilities - Bosifest. The Festival will take place on 10-12 October at the Sava Center.

Goran had a difficult task of choosing 15 films for the Festival out of 125 that were submitted for competition from Europe, SAD, Austarlia, Latin America and Africa. 

Competition entry for the 9th Bosifest, officially published by the Festival organizer - Hendi Center Coloseum, lasted from November 25, 2017 to April 20, 2018. 

Films that will be presented at the upcoming Festival have arrived from Germany, Chile, Greece, Georgia, Israel, Australia, Japan, Great Britain, Poland, France, Russia, Egypt, Italy, and Slovenia.

Competitive program
1.    „Final Year“ (Chile), directors: Francisco Espinoza Pérez, Viviana Corvalán Armijo
2.    „Sandgirl“ (Germany), director: Mark Michel
3.    „With Open Wings“ (Greece), director: Vivian Papageorgiou
4.    „Transparent World“ (Georgia), director: Vato Kuntsev
5.    „An Alien Soul“ (Israel), director: Hadas Afari
6.    „When Brenden Met Hiroe“ (Australia/Japan), director: Steve Mayer-Miller
7.    „Notes on Blindness“ (Great Britain), directors: Peter Middleton, James Spinney
8.    „My Moonlight Sonata“ (Poland), director: Barbara Kaczynska
9.    „Right Side of Cello“ (Poland), director: Aleksandra Rek
10.    „Rio or bust“ (France), director: Pawel Lisiak

Non-competitive program
1.    „Blind Cinema“ (Russia), director: Grigory Glyants
2.    „My Name is Nour“ (Egypt), director: Haisam Abdelhamed
3.    „Defiant Lives“ (Australia), director: Sarah Barton
4.    „Feel the Wind“ (Italy), director: Simone Saponieri
5.    „Kristjan“ (Slovenia), director: Neli Maraž

Jury of the 9th Bosifest will give out following awards: Grand Prix for the best film, the award for the best director, the award for the best-case scenario, as well as special recognitions. 

Bosifest is a unique film festival in our country, but also in the world context, since the whole program is devoted to different aspects of life of people with disabilities, and the films shown are relevant and outstanding achievements of documentary genre.

 

Bosifest 2025 - Statements from festival participants - Video

October 23 2025

Watch the video attachments of the statements of this year's festival participants.

Lucas, an endangered human species

August 01 2025

Director: Éli Laliberté
Country: Canada
Runtime: 01:27:25

LUKA PAPIĆ - jury member of the sixteenth Belgrade International Film Festival for and by people with disabilities

May 20 2025

Luka Papić graduated in film direction at the HFBK Academy of Arts in Hamburg, in the class of Angela Šanelek in 2016.

His docu-fiction film "Without" (63 min, 2022) won the jury prize for the best medium-length film at the Visions du Réel festival in Nyon, as well as the Grand Prix and the jury prize for the best editing at the Beldocs festival in Belgrade.

NARCISA DARIJEVIĆ MARKOVIĆ - jury member of the sixteenth Belgrade International Film Festival for and by people with disabilities

May 20 2025

She graduated on the Master’s Desk for Film and Television Directing at Faculty of  Dramatic Arts in Belgrade.

In 1998, her graduate film “Magic” received the awards for Best feature film and Bestdirector at the International Film Festivals. The film had screenings at numerous nationalfilm festivals, as well as in New York, Munich, Moscow, Kiev..

BOSIFEST 2025

May 20 2025

The 16th Belgrade International Film Festival of Persons with Disabilities
 "BOSIFEST 2025"

will be held from October 20 to 22, 2025 at the Yugoslav Cinematheque.

DRAGAN NIKOLIĆ - selector of the sixteenth Belgrade International Film Festival for and by people with disabilities

May 27 2025

Dragan Nikolić (1974) is a director, screenwriter and cinematographer of the documentary films POGREBNIK(2013), CAVIAR CONNECTION (2008) and NATIONAL PARK (2006), all three premiered at IDFA, the most important documentary film festival in the world. In addition, these films they were shown at over 80 other international festivals, with a total of 18 awards won.

SELECTED FILMS FOR BOSIFEST 2025

August 01 2025


  1. Flying hands
    Director : Paula Iglesias and Marta Gómez
    Country: Spain
    Runtime: 01:18:00



  1. My friend Sega
    Director: Artyom Gryanik
    Country: Russian Federation
    Runtime: 01:33:00



  1. Zurvan
    Director: Mohammadreza F. Habibi
    Country: Iran, Islamic Republic of
    Runtime: 14:51

 


  1. Lucas, an endangered human species
    Director: Éli Laliberté
    Country: Canada
    Runtime: 01:27:25



  1. Marion or the metamorphosis
    Director: Laëtitia Moreau, Marion Sellenet
    Country: Belgium
    Runtime: 52:11


  1. SOL
    Director: Zahra Alboudi
    Country: Syrian Arab Republic
    Runtime: 42:01

 


  1. Fist bump
    Director: Madeleine Farley
    Country: USA
    Runtime: 60:00



  1. Just like light
    Director: Corrado Punzi
    Country: Italy
    Runtime: 01:07:00



  1. The Other One
    Director: Marie-Magdalena Kochová
    Country: Czech Republic
    Runtime: 01:27:00

 


  1. Life after
    Director: Reid Davenport
    Country: USA
    Runtime: 01:38:55



  1. LE CAMERAMAN
    Director: Marion Lary
    Country: France
    Runtime: 01:13:00

Flying hands

August 01 2025

Director : Paula Iglesias and Marta Gómez
Country: Spain
Runtime: 01:18:00

Zurvan

August 01 2025

Director: Mohammadreza F. Habibi
Country: Iran, Islamic Republic of
Runtime: 14:51

Life after

August 01 2025

Director: Reid Davenport
Country: USA
Runtime: 01:38:55

SOL

August 01 2025

Director: Zahra Alboudi
Country: Syrian Arab Republic
Runtime: 42:01

Bosifest 2025 - Video

October 23 2025

Watch the video clip from this year's festival.

LE Cameraman

August 01 2025

Director: Marion Lary
Country: France
Runtime: 01:13:00

Marion or the metamorphosis

August 01 2025

Director: Laëtitia Moreau, Marion Sellenet
Country: Belgium
Runtime: 52:11

The Other One

August 01 2025

Director: Marie-Magdalena Kochová
Country: Czech Republic
Runtime: 01:27:00

My friend Sega

August 04 2025

Director: Artyom Gryanik
Country: Russian Federation
Runtime: 01:33:00

Fist bump

August 04 2025

Director: Madeleine Farley
Country: USA
Runtime: 60:00

Just like light

August 04 2025

Director: Corrado Punzi
Country: Italy
Runtime: 01:07:00

The 16th BOSIFEST Officially Opened at the Yugoslav Film Archive

October 21 2025

The 16th BOSIFEST – Film Festival by and about Persons with Disabilities, taking place from October 20-22 at the Yugoslav Film Archive, was officially opened today.

“Including People with Disabilities in the Filmmaking Process”

October 22 2025

As part of the festival’s accompanying program, panel discussion was organized on Tuesday, October 21, at the Yugoslav Film Archive, entitled “The impact of film on shaping attitudes toward people with disabilities”.

The 16th BOSIFEST - Belgrade International Film Festival of Persons with Disabilities ended with the award ceremony

October 23 2025

The 16th BOSIFEST - Belgrade International Film Festival of Persons with Disabilities ended with the awarding of awards to the best films in the Yugoslav Film Archive.

DARKO LUNGULOV - jury member of the sixteenth Belgrade International Film Festival for and by people with disabilities

May 20 2025

Darko Lungulov completed film studies at CCNY, New York, USA, and a Master's degree in dramaturgy at FDU.

He is currently a doctoral candidate at the Department of Dramaturgy at FDU.

In 2004, his documentary ESCAPE (2004) won the audience award at the Hamptons International Film Festival.