{"id":3762,"date":"2026-07-08T09:35:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3762"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:35:35","slug":"pawel-pawlikowskis-fatherland-to-open-the-32nd-sarajevo-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3762","title":{"rendered":"Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski\u2019s \u2018Fatherland\u2019 to Open the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\u201cFatherland,\u201d the latest film by Oscar-winning Polish director Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski, will open the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival. The director will attend the gala screening on Aug. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3760\">Malaysia-U.K. Rom-Com \u2018Finding Mojo\u2019 Unveils Release Dates, Min Lim Details Double Vision\u2019s Global Ambitions: \u2018This Is Southeast Asia\u2019s Moment\u2019 (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cFatherland\u201d had its world premiere at Cannes this year, earning Pawlikowski the best director award.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe film centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra H\u00fcller) \u2013 actress, writer and rally driver. In the summer of 1949, at the height of the Cold War, father and daughter embark on a challenging and emotional road trip in a black Buick taking them across a Germany in ruins \u2013 from U.S.-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar. Returning home after 16 years of exile in the U.S., Thomas Mann has to face not only a divided fatherland, but also a deep fracture within his own family.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt seems like the film suits Sarajevo Film Festival because it\u2019s steeped in history and in conflict, in situations which are still within living memory in Bosnia. It feels like a good context to show the film. And I have a relationship with the Sarajevo Film Festival that stretches back for decades,\u201d said Pawlikowski.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHis documentary film \u201cSerbian Epics\u201d (1992) was screened in the early days of the Sarajevo Film Festival. His feature \u201cCold War\u201d opened the 24th Sarajevo Film Festival. The following year, in 2019, Pawlikowski was honored with the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo, alongside a retrospective of his work presented within the Tribute To program.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3758\">Ghosts, Grief and a Vanishing Highway: \u2018The Ink Stained Hand and the Missing Thumb,\u2019 From India\u2019s Yashasvi Juyal, Arrives at Karlovy Vary<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tPawlikowski, highlighting his many years of cooperation with Sarajevo Film Festival founder Mirsad Purivatra and festival\u2019s director Jovan Marjanovi\u0107, said, \u201cThis is a festival that I feel very close to. I value the relationships I formed in Sarajevo with Miro, with Jovan. It is a kind of real relationships with people who are film lovers, but also have a sense of history. My films, especially the last three which are steeped in history, have a very good home there. I\u2019m very happy to be back and very thrilled that it\u2019s the opening film of the festival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPawlikowski began his career directing award-winning documentaries before moving into narrative features with \u201cLast Resort\u201d (2000) and \u201cMy Summer of Love\u201d (2004), both BAFTA-winning films.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHis film \u201cIda\u201d (2013) won the Academy Award for best international feature film, the first Polish film to do so. It also won five European Film Awards, including best film, best director and best screenwriter.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cCold War\u201d (2018) premiered in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where Pawlikowski was awarded the best director award, and later received three Academy Award nominations, including best director. It also won five awards at the 2018 European Film Awards, including best film, best director and best screenwriter.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3756\">Netflix\u2019s Mexican Drama \u2018I\u2019m Not Afraid\u2019 Is a Gut-Wrenching Mystery and Exhilarating Coming-of-Age Tale: TV Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival will take place from Aug. 14 to 21.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFatherland,\u201d the latest film by Oscar-winning Polish director Pawe\u0142 Pawlikowski, will open the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3090,1620],"class_list":["post-3762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-pawel-pawlikowski","tag-sarajevo-film-festival"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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