The Sarajevo Film Festival, since its beginning, aims at inspiring and nourishing the film generations of tomorrow by fostering sustainable and creative growth of regional film industries and is nowadays among the most influential cultural events in Southeast Europe. From being entirely global in its scope during the initial years, the Sarajevo Film Festival has soon profiled as a Southeast European festival that focuses on the development and promotion of the regional cinematographies. For the Festival, 2013 was a milestone year, considering that the previous years were devoted to program improvements and their evaluations. New projects and initiatives came out as a natural result of these efforts. The main programme structure for 2014 will keep its previous scale with an approximate number of 200 films that will be screened in the numerous festival sections and, of course, keep focusing on quality and strengthening the relationship with its audiences.As this year’s upcoming edition of the festival in August will mark its 20th anniversary, the number of projects and events are being planned in order to create this year’s festive atmosphere and celebrate the impact and local and regional industries and its professionals, as well as the impact on wider audiences.With its Industry section the Festival will continue generating its strong influence on rejuvenation of the film business strategies and continue strengthening the relations between regional and worldwide film professionals, as well to enhance circulation and businesses in the Region.A special attention will be on satellite events such as Operation Kino, on diverse film literacy events, as well as on education and training activities for wider audiences, cinephiles and young film professionals.