# Fatherland by Pawlikowski to open 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sandra-huller-starring-fatherland-set-to-open-sarajevo-film-festival/
- Published: 2026-07-10T14:39:11+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-11T10:15:27+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sandra-huller-fatherland-sarajevo-film-pawel-pawlikowski-1236639626/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Pawlikowski's Fatherland to open Sarajevo Film Festival on 14 August.
- Cannes best director winner completes his Cold War trilogy.
- Stars Sandra Hu00fcller as Thomas Mann's daughter Erika.

## Summary

Paweł Pawlikowski's new film Fatherland, starring Sandra Hüller, has been chosen to open the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival, with the Polish director due to introduce the gala screening in the Bosnian capital on 14 August. The selection carries particular resonance, as Pawlikowski said the historically charged film suits a festival set in a city whose experience of conflict remains within living memory, and it deepens a relationship with Sarajevo that stretches back decades.

The film, which completes Pawlikowski's Cold War trilogy, premiered at Cannes this year and won him the best director award. It centres on the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Hüller), following their emotional 1949 road trip in a black Buick across a ruined, divided Germany, from US-controlled Frankfurt to Soviet-held Weimar. Pawlikowski's earlier work with the festival includes his documentary Serbian Epics (1992) and Cold War, which opened the 24th edition, after which he received the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo in 2019. The 2026 Sarajevo Film Festival runs from 14 to 21 August.

## Coverage

- [The Hollywood Reporter: Fatherland by Pawlikowski to open 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sandra-huller-fatherland-sarajevo-film-pawel-pawlikowski-1236639626/)
- [Variety: Paweu0142 Pawlikowskiu2019s u2018Fatherlandu2019 to Open the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival](https://variety.com/2026/film/global/pawel-pawlikowski-fatherland-sarajevo-film-festival-1236804122/)
- [Deadline: Paweu0142 Pawlikowskiu2019s u2018Fatherlandu2019 To Open Sarajevo Film Festival](https://deadline.com/2026/07/fatherland-sarajevo-film-festival-pawel-pawlikowski-1236976730/)

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