farah hasanbegović is a filmmaker and curator from sarajevo, working at the intersection of animated non-fiction and audio‑visual performance.

Starting from their own experience growing up in post-war Sarajevo, Farah’s works inhabit the unique emotional space of social and economic transition at the fault line of the polycentric world, and explore poetic audiovisual approaches to fighting despair. Farah draws on a strong connection to their childhood to create whimsical personal films that question the borders of private and civic identity.

Farah’s films have screened in competition at Visions du Réel, Ji.hlava, Doclisboa, Zagrebdox, Sarajevo Film Festival and Dokufest, have qualified for the Academy Awards and include work for UN Women and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.

Farah trained at Béla Tarr’s film.factory in Sarajevo. They hold a master’s in documentary filmmaking from DOC NOMADS and are an Erasmus Mundus scholarship recipient. They were a Programmer of the Future at the EYE Filmmuseum (2023/2024), a finalist for the YVAA ZVONO award (2023), and are a 2026 WHW Akademija fellow.