27th Sarajevo Film Festival Awards

OFFICIAL AWARDS

COMPETITION PROGRAMME – FEATURE FILM

President of the Jury:
Jasna Đuričić (Actress, Serbia)
Members of the Jury:
Mike Cahill (Director and screenwriter, USA)
Lili Horvát (Director and screenwriter, Hungary)
Eva Sangiorgi (Artistic Director of Viennale - International Film Festival in Vienna, Austria)
Martin Schweighofer (Executive Director of AFC – Austrian Film Commission, Austria)

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
GREAT FREEDOM
Germany, Austria
Director: Sebastian Meise
Producers: Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann, Benny Drechsel
Award in the amount of 16,000 €, co-sponsored by the Tourism Association of Canton Sarajevo

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Milica Tomović, CELTS
Serbia
Award in the amount of 10,000 €, sponsored by Agnes B.

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTRESS
Flaka Latifi, Era Balaj, Urate Shabani, THE HILL WHERE LIONESSES ROAR
Kosovo, France
Award in the amount of 2,500 €

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTOR
Georg Friedrich, GREAT FREEDOM
Germany, Austria
Award in the amount of 2,500 €

COMPETITION PROGRAMME – DOCUMENTARY FILM

Jury:
Cecilia Lidin (Film Consultant, Denmark)
Jean-Pierre Rehm (General Delegate of FIDMarseille – International Cinema Film Festival, France)
Mila Turajlić (Director, Serbia)

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
LANDSCAPES OF RESISTANCE
Serbia, Germany, France
Director: Marta Popivoda
Award in the amount of 3,000 €, sponsored by the Government of Switzerland

SPECIAL JURY AWARD
LOOKING FOR HORSES
Netherlands, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Director: Stefan Pavlović
Award in the amount of 2,500 €

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
THE SAME DREAM
Romania
Director: Vlad Petri

HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES
Turkey, Germany, France
Director: Ahmet Necdet Çupur
Best film of the Competition Programme - Documentary Film dealing with the subject of human rights. Award in the amount of 3,000 €, sponsored by the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

COMPETITION PROGRAMME – SHORT FILM

Jury:
Stefan Ivančić (Director, Producer, Programmer, Serbia)
Hella Wenders (Director, Germany)
Sara Luna Zorić (Actress, Netherlands)

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT FILM - Academy Award® qualifying
EVERYTHING AHEAD
France, Croatia
Director: Mate Ugrin
Award in the amount of 2,500 €, sponsored by Podravka

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
DISPLACED
Kosovo
Director: Samir Karahoda

COMPETITION PROGRAMME – STUDENT FILM

Jury:
Ivan Bakrač (Director, Montenegro)
Aleksandra Odić (Director, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Zeynep Dilan Süren (Director, Turkey)

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST STUDENT FILM
SUMMER PLANNING
Romania
Director: Alexandru Mironescu
Award in the amount of 1,000 €, sponsored by the Regional Cooperation Council.

HONORARY HEART OF SARAJEVO AWARD
Wim Wenders, director, photographer
Given in recognition of an exceptional contribution to the art of film

SPECIAL AWARD FOR PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY
Jury:
Teresa Cavina (Festival programmer and curator, Italy)
Ognjen Glavonić (Director, Serbia)
Lorna Tee (Film producer, festival curator, Malaysia, The Netherland)

LOOKING FOR VENERA
Kosovo
Director: Norika Sefa
The award in amount of 7,500 €, is sponsored by Mastercard®

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
PLAYGROUND
Belgium
Director: Laura Wandel

HEARTS OF SARAJEVO FOR THE BEST TV SERIES

Best Drama Series
THE FAMILY

Best Comedy
BIG PERICA'S DIARY

Best Series Creator
Bojan Vuletić (THE FAMILY)

Best Actor
Boris Isaković (THE FAMILY)

Best Actress
Jasna Đuričić (THE GROUP)

Rising Star
Ivana Zečević (THE GROUP)


CINELINK AWARDS

CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET AWARDS 2021.

CineLink Co-Production Market Jury:
Els Hendrix, predstavnik Eurimagesa
Ada Solomon, Microfilm
Yorgos Tsourgiannis, Horsefly Productions

EURIMAGES COPRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
FORGET THE OCEAN, WHY NOT TRY SURFING THESE INSANE RIVER WAVES
Director: Marko Grba Singh
Serbia
Eurimages Coproduction Development Award – 20.000 €

THE ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
LUST
Director: Ralitza Petrova
Bulgaria, Denmark
The ArteKino International Prize – 6.000 €

FILM CENTER SERBIA AWARD
VANJA
Director: Aleksandra Odić
Germany
Award in the amount of 10.000 €.

FILM CENTER MONTENEGRO AWARD
HESITATION WOUND
Director: Selman Nacar
Turkey, France
Award in the amount of 10.000 €.

SPECIAL MENTION
LUNATIC
Slovenia
Director: Igor Šterk

WORK IN PROGRESS AWARDS

Work In Progress jury:
Ava Cahen, Semaine de la Critique
Yohann Comte, Charades
Esra Demirkiran, TRT
Petra Gobel, The Post Republic
Michael Stutz, Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival

TRT AWARD
A BALLAD
Director: Aida Begić
Bosnia and Herzegovina
TRT Award - 25,000 €

POST REPUBLIC AWARD
THE TASTE OF APPLES IS RED
Director: Ehab Tarabieh
Israel, Germany
Award in the amount of worth 30.000 €

CINELINK IRIDIUM AWARD
CITIZEN SAINT
Director: Tinatin Kajrishvili
Georgia
Award in the amount of 20.000 €

CINELINK DRAMA AWARDS
Jury:
Cia Edström, TV Drama Vision - Göteborg Film Festival
Snežana van Houwelingen, This and That
Lucas Schmidt, Studio Zentral

CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL CENTER DRAMA AWARD
HOOKED
Romania
To stimulate the development process of selected project 15.000 €

TV DRAMA VISION PITCH AWARD
JINX
Croatia
One project selected to be presented at TV Drama Vision in Göteborg


27TH SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL PARTNERS' AWARDS

CICAE AWARD
Jury:
Hristo Hritozov (Representative of Cinema House, Bulgaria)
Mirona Radu (Representative of Cinema Muzeul Țăranului)
Hanna Szczepkowska (Representative of Arsenal and Atelier cinemas, Germany)

GREAT FREEDOM
Germany, Austria
Director: Sebastian Meise
The International Confederation of Art Cinemas (CICAE) awards a film from the Competition Programme – Feature Film. The winning film receives CICAE support in terms of distribution, exhibition, and audience outreach, throughout a network of 3,000 cinemas.

CINEUROPA AWARD
Jury:
Davide Abbatescianni (Journalist and film critic, Irelan)
Elma Hašimbegović (Director of History Museum of BiH, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

MOON, 66 QUESTIONS
Greece, France
Director: Jacqueline Lentzou
Awarded by the Cineuropa portal, the site dedicated to European cinema and film professionals, the Cineuropa Prize is awarded to a film that, besides having indisputable artistic qualities, promotes the idea of European dialogue and integration. The value of this award is 5,000 €.

EUROPEAN SHORT FILM JURY
Jury:
Taina Galis (Cinematographer and editor, Romania)
Teymur Hajiyev (Director, Azerbaijan)
Tin Žanić (Director, Screenwriter, Croatia)

MY UNCLE TUDOR
Moldova, Portugal, Hungary, Belgium
Director: Olga Lucovnicova
The winner receives a nomination candidacy for the European Film Academy (EFA) Best Short Film Award.


AWARDS OF ASSOCIATION OF BOSNIAN FILMMAKERS

IVICA MATIĆ AWARD FOR 2019
The board members: Asja Krsmanović, Nedžad Begović and Alen Drljević

IVICA MATIĆ AWARD FOR 2019
Elma Tataragić - screenwriter of STICHES and GOD EXISTS AND HER NAME IS PETRUNIA

IVICA MATIĆ AWARD FOR 2019
Nermin Hamzagić - director of FULL MOON

IVICA MATIĆ AWARD FOR 2019
The award for overall contribution to Bosnian and Herzegovinian film Mustafa Kapidžić

IVICA MATIĆ AWARD FOR 2020
The board members: Belma Salkunić, Predrag Solomun and Faruk Lončarević

IVICA MATIĆ AWARD FOR 2020
Damir Ibrahimović - producer for QUO VADIS, AIDA?

IVICA MATIĆ AWARD FOR 2020
Igor Čamo

IVICA MATIĆ AWARD FOR 2020
The award for overall contribution to Bosnian and Herzegovinian film Ratko Orozović and Danijal Šukalo


BH FILM STUDENT PROGRAMME AWARD
Jury:
Nejra Latić Hulusić, director
Bojana Vidosavljević, dramaturg and screenwriter
Goran Dujaković, director

BEST BH STUDENT FILM
BJELKO
Director: Almir Zoletić
Akademija scenskih umjetnosti Univerziteta u Sarajevu

SPECIAL JURY AWARD
ATANASIJA
Director: Boško Krljaš

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
TOČAK ŽIVOTA / WHEEL OF LIFE
Režija: Tamara Maksimović

TALENTS SARAJEVO PACK & PITCH 2021.
Jury:
Burak Çevik
Jožko Rutar
Jadranka Hrga
Anna Gyimesi
Zen Chadi

CINELINK AWARD
IORDANIS THEODOSIADIS & ARISTEIDIS KOTRONIS
THE HOLY KID

STUDIO CHELIA AWARD
SANDRA GJORGIEVA
A TON OF ICE CREAM

DOCU TALENTS FROM THE EAST PRESENTED BY JI.HLAVA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Jury:
Natalia Arshavskaya
Martichka Bozhilova
Armi Rae Cacanindin
Sergio Fant
Jarmila Outratová

DOCU TALENTS AWARD
FREEDOM SQUARED
Director: Anastasia Zverkova
Russia
Award in the amount of 5.000 USD sponsored by Current TV

DOCU ROUGH CUT BOUTIQUE AWARDS 2021.
Jury:
Laurien Ten Houten
Hanka Kastelicová
Catherine Le Clef
Eugen Kelemen
Ulrike Schmidt
Margje de Koning

MOVIES THAT MATTER AWARD
NO PLACE FOR YOU IN OUR TOWN
Director: Nikolay Stefanov
Bulgaria

AVANPOST MEDIA AWARD
CENT’ANNI
Director: Maja Doroteja Prelog
Slovenia, Poland, Italy
Award in-kind post-production services worth 20.000 €

CAT&DOCS AWARD
BOTTLEMEN
Director: Nemanja Vojinović
Serbia, Slovenia
Award in the amount of 2.000 €

HBO EUROPE AWARD
NO PLACE FOR YOU IN OUR TOWN
Director: Nikolay Stefanov
Bulgaria
Award in the amount of 2.000 €

IDFA PROJECT AWARD & DOK PREVIEW AWARD
BOTTLEMEN
Director: Nemanja Vojinović
Serbia, Slovenia
The winner will be fully invited to IDFA 2021 DOK Leipzig Preview Accelerator Prize – invitation to present a project at DOK Leipzig 2021

The Audience Awards won’t be given out this year due to technical reasons.