21-08-2020

FESTIVALS: Visar Morina's Exile Wins 2020 Sarajevo Film Festival

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    SARAJEVO: Exile by Visar Morina, a coproduction between Germany, Belgium and Kosovo, has been awarded the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film at the 26th Sarajevo Film Festival (14-21 August 2020).  A total of 49 films were selected for the four competition sections: feature, documentary, short and student films.

    This year's festival took place online after the COVID pandemic forced organisers to cancel the on-site event nine days before the scheduled opening.

    The Honourary Hearts of Sarajevo went to Michel Franco and Mads Mikkelsen.

    FULL LIST OF AWARDS:

    OFFICIAL AWARDS:

    Heart Of Sarajevo For Best Feature Film:
    Exile (Germany, Belgium, Kosovo)
    Directed by Visar Morina

    Ru HasanovHeart Of Sarajevo For Best Director:
    The Island Within / Daxildəki Ada (Azerbaijan, France)
    Directed by Ru Hasanov

    Heart Of Sarajevo For Best Actress:
    Marija Škaričić for Mare (Switzerland, Croatia)
    Directed by Andrea Štaka
    Produced by Okofilm Productions (CH)
    Coproduced by Dinaridi film (HR), SRF (CH), SRG SSR (CH), ZDF/ARTE
    Supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Zürcher Filmstiftung, Suissimage, the Croatian Audiovisual CentreEurimages, the City of Dubrovnik 

    Heart Of Sarajevo For Best Actor:
    Vangelis Mourikis for Digger (Greece, France)
    Directed by Georgis Grigorakis

    COMPETITION PROGRAMME – SHORT FILM:

    Heart Of Sarajevo For Best Short Film - Oscar® qualifying:
    Antiotpad (Croatia)
    Directed by Tin Žanić

    Special Jury Mention:
    In Her Steps / Sta Vìmata Tis (Greece)
    Directed by Anastasia Kratidi

    COMPETITION PROGRAMME – STUDENT FILM:

    Heart Of Sarajevo For Best Student Film:
    The Great Istanbul Depression / Büyük İstanbul Depresyonu (Turkey, Japan)
    Directed by Zeynep Dilan Süren

    COMPETITION PROGRAMME – DOCUMENTARY FILM:

    Heart Of Sarajevo For Best Documentary Film:
    Merry Christmas, Yiwu (Sweden, Serbia, Germany, France, Belgium, Qatar)
    Directed by Mladen Kovačević

    Special Jury Award:
    Holy Father (Romania)
    Directed by Andrei Dăscălescu

    Human Rights Award:
    Acasă, My Home (Romania, Germany, Finland)
    Directed by Radu Ciorniciuc

    CINELINK AWARDS:

    CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET AWARDS:

    Special Mention:
    The Otter (Montenegro)
    Directed by Srđan Vuletić
    Produced by Artikulacija Film

    Film Center Montenegro Cinelink Award:
    Spite (Serbia)
    Directed by Andrijana Stojković
    Produced by Baboon Production

    Film Center Serbia Cinelink Award:
    Supporting Role (Georgia)
    Directed by Ana Urushadze
    Produced by Zazafilms

    Artekino International Prize:
    Suddenly (Turkey)
    Directed by Melisa Önel
    Produced by Vigo Film, Aniden Film

    Eave + Award:
    Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos for The Gospel According To Kimon (Greece)

    WORK IN PROGRESS AWARDS:

    Turkish National Radio Television Award:
    Ulbolsyn (Kazakhstan, France)
    Directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov

    Post Republic Award:
    Vera Dreams Of The Sea (Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania)
    Directed by Kaltrina Krasniqi

    Cinelink Iridium Award:
    Moon 66 Questions (Greece, France)
    Directed by Jacqueline Lentzou

    CINELINK DRAMA AWARDS:

    Croatian Audiovisual Center Drama Award:
    Black Delta (Romania)
    Created by Dragos Bucur and Sofia Bucur

    TV Drama Vision Pitch Award:
    The Abyss (Croatia)
    Created by Marjan Alčevski

    DOCU ROUGHT CUT BOUTIQUE AWARDS:

    Avanpost Media Award:
    Museum Of Revolution (Serbia, Croatia, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Srđan Keča

    Cat&Docs Award:
    Colors Of Tobi (Hungary)
    Directed by Alexa Bakony

    HBO Europe Award:
    Colors Of Tobi (Hungary)
    Directed by Alexa Bakony

    IDFA Project Award & Dok Preview Award:
    Champions (Georgia)
    Directed by Ketevani Kapanadze

    26TH SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL PARTNERS' AWARDS:

    Cineuropa Award:
    Exile (Germany, Belgium, Kosovo)
    Directed by Visar Morina

    CICAW Award:
    Mare (Switzerland, Croatia)
    Directed by Andrea Štaka

    Sarajevo Short Film Candidate For The European Film Awards:
    All Cats Are Grey In The Dark (Switzerland)
    Directed by Lasse Linder

    Docu Talent Award for the most promising CEE documentary project:
    Elevation (Ukraine, Romania, Poland)
    Directed by Max Rudenko

    BH FILM STUDENT PROGRAMME AWARDS:

    Best BH Student Film:
    B4 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Alen Šimić

    Special Jury Award:
    Roots (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Stefan Tomić

    Special Jury Mention:
    Thrall (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Igor Đurić

    TALENTS SARAJEVO PACK & PITCH:

    CineLink Award:
    Anna Gyimesi for Affricata   

    Studio Chelia Award:
    Clara Kleininger for No Elephant In The Room