21-08-2023

Awards of the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival

     Honorary Heart of Sarajevo

    Mark Cousins, director and screenwriter
    Lynne Ramsay, director, screenwriter, and producer
    Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter, director, and producer

    The Honorary Heart of Sarajevo is awarded in recognition of exceptional contribution to the art of film.

    COMPETITION PROGRAMME - FEATURE FILM
    President of the Jury:
    Mia Wasikowska (Actor, Director, Australia)
    Members of the Jury:
    Zlatko Burić (Actor, Croatia, Denmark)
    Danica Čurčić (Actor, Serbia, Denmark)
    Juraj Lerotić (Director, Actor, Croatia)
    Josh Siegel (Curator of MoMA’s Department of Film, USA)

    HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
    BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY
    Georgia, Switzerland
    Director: Elene Naveriani
    Producer: Britta Rindelaub, Thomas Reichlin, Ketie Danelia
    The monetary prize in the amount of €16,000 is co-funded by the Tourism Association of Canton Sarajevo.

    HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DIRECTOR
    Philip Sotnychenko, LA PALISIADA
    Ukraine
    The monetary prize in the amount of €10,000 is sponsored by the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with UNESCO.

    HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTRESS
    Ekaterine Chavleishvili, BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY
    Georgia, Switzerland
    Monetary prize in the amount of €2,500.

    HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTOR
    Jovan Ginić, LOST COUNTRY
    Serbia, France, Croatia, Luxembourg, Qatar
    Monetary prize in the amount of €2,500.

    COMPETITION PROGRAMME - DOCUMENTARY FILM

    Jury:
    Iva Dimitrova (Program Manager at Chicken and Egg Pictures, USA)
    Niklas Engstrom (Artistic Director at CPH:Dox, Denmark)
    Péter Kerekes (Director, Producer, Slovakia)

    HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
    BOTTLEMEN
    Serbia, Slovenia
    Director: Nemanja Vojinović
    The monetary prize in the amount of €4,000 is sponsored by the Government of Switzerland.

    HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM
    VALERIJA
    Croatia
    Director: Sara Jurinčić
    Monetary prize in the amount of €2,000.

    HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
    SILENCE OF REASON
    North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Director: Kumjana Novakova
    The Human Rights Award is presented for the best film from the Competition Programme - Documentary Film that addresses human rights issues. The monetary prize in the amount of €3,000 is sponsored by the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

    SPECIAL JURY AWARD
    FAIRY GARDEN
    Hungary, Romania, Croatia
    Director: Gergő Somogyvári
    Monetary prize in the amount of €2,500.

    COMPETITION PROGRAMME - SHORT FILM

    Jury:
    Turai Balazs (director, animation artist, Hungary)
    Nina Rodriguez (Head of Programming at Guanajuato Film Festival, Mexico)
    Wim Vanacker (Programmer at Cannes Official Competition Short Film, France)

    HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT FILM - eligible for Oscar® nomination
    27
    Hungary, France
    Director: Flóra Anna Buda
    Monetary prize in the amount of €2,500.

    COMPETITION PROGRAMME - STUDENT FILM

    Jury:
    Kumjana Novakova (Programmer, Professor, Producer and Filmmaker, North Macedonia)
    Tomek Popakuł (Director, Animation Artist, Poland)
    Damir Šagolj (Journalist, Photographer, Director of Photography, Professor at Academy of Performing Arts Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

    HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST STUDENT FILM
    FALLING
    Hungary, Belgium, Portugal
    Director: Anna Gyimesi
    The monetary prize in the amount of €1,000 is sponsored by the Regional Cooperation Council.

    JURY SPECIAL MENTION
    SHORT CUT GRASS
    Croatia
    Director: David Gašo

    SPECIAL AWARD FOR PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY

    Jury:
    Jay Van Hoy (Producer, USA)
    Nashen Moodley (Director of the Sydney Film Festival, Australia, South Africa)
    Mila Schlingemann (Head of Programming at Eye Filmmuseum, Netherlands)

    DE FACTO
    Austria, Germany
    Director: Selma Doborac
    The monetary prize in the amount of €7,500 is sponsored by Mastercard.

    List of Heart of Sarajevo Awards for TV Series HERE.
    List of Partners' Awards HERE
    List of 21st CineLink Industry Days Awards HERE.

    Download the press release HERE.

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