23-08-2019

FESTIVALS: Take Me Somewhere Nice Wins 25th Sarajevo Film Festival

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    FESTIVALS: Take Me Somewhere Nice Wins 25th Sarajevo Film Festival photo: Sarajevo Film Festival

    SARAJEVO: Take Me Somewhere Nice by Ena Sendijarevic, a coproduction between the Netherlands and Bosnia and Herzegovina, was awarded the Heart of Sarajevo for best feature film at the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival. The festival was held from 16 to 23 August 2019 under the patronage of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

    A total of 53 films were selected for the four competition sections – feature, documentary, short and student films.

    Honourary Hearts of Sarajevo went to Alejandro González Iñárritu, Paweł Pawlikowski, Isabelle Huppert and Tim Roth.

    FULL LIST OF AWARDS:

    OFFICIAL AWARDS:
    COMPETITION PROGRAMME – FEATURE FILM:

    Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film: Take Me Somewhere Nice (the Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Ena Sendijarevic
    Produced by Pupkin Film
    Coproduced by VPRO 

    Heart of Sarajevo for Best Director: Emin Alper for A Tale of Three Sisters / Kiz kardeșler (Turkey, Germany, Netherlands, Greece)

    Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress: Irini Jambonas for Rounds / V krag (Bulgaria, Serbia, France)
    Directed by Stephan Komandarev
    Produced by Argo Film 
    Coproduced by SEE Film PRO, Deuxième Ligne Films, EZ Films
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, Film Center Serbia, Eurimages 

    Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor:  Levan Gelbakhiani for And Then We Danced (Sweden, Georgia, France, Finland)
    Directed by Levan Akin
    Produced by French Quarter Film, Takes Film
    Coproduced by AMA Productions, RMV Film, Inland Film in cooperation with Sveriges Television
    Supported by the Georgian National Film Center

    COMPETITION PROGRAMME – SHORT FILM:

    Heart of Sarajevo for Best Short Film - Oscar® qualifying:
    The Last Image of the Father (Serbia, Croatia, Greece)
    Directed by Stefan Đorđević

    Special Jury Mention:
    The Last Trip to the Seaside / Ultimul drum spre mare (Romania)
    Directed by Adi Voicu

    COMPETITION PROGRAMME – STUDENT FILM:

    Heart of Sarajevo for Best Student Film:
    Sherbet / Šerbet (Serbia)
    Directed by Nikola Stojanović

    COMPETITION PROGRAMME – DOCUMENTARY FILM:

    Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary Film:
    When the Persimmons Grew / Xurmalar yetison vaxt (Azerbaijan, Austria)
    Directed by Hilal Baydarov

    Special Jury Prize:
    Stack of Material / Gomila materijala (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Sajra Subašić

    Human Rights Award:
    The Euphoria of Being / A létezés eufóriája (Hungary)
    Directed by Réka Szabó

    Honorary Heart of Sarajevo:
    Alejandro González Iñárritu
    Paweł Pawlikowski
    Isabelle Huppert
    Tim Roth

    CINELINK AWARDS

    CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET AWARDS 2019:

    Special Mention:
    Forever Hold Your Peace (Montenegro, Serbia)     
    Directed by Ivan Marinović
    Produced by Adriatic Western
    Coproduced by SENSE Production

    Eurimages Coproduction Development Award:
    The Happiest Man in the World or Lessons in Love (North Macedonia)
    Directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska
    Produced by Sisters and Brother Mitevski

    Film Center Montenegro Award:
    Third Kind (Greece)
    Directed by Yorgos Zois
    Produced by Foss productions, Squared Square

    The Artekino International Prize:
    Mignon (Georgia, Romania)
    Directed by Sofia Georgovassili
    Produced by: PLAYS2PLACE
    Coproduced by Luna Film

    EAVE + Scholarship:
    Judit Stalter

    Film Center Serbia CineLink Drama Award:
    Sabre (Serbia)
    Created and directed by Goran Stanković, Vladimir Tagić
    Produced by This and That Productions

    Work in Progress Awards:

    TRT Award:
    Fish Eye (Iran) Documentary
    Directed by Amin Behroozzadeh
    Producer: Mina Keshavarz

    CineLink Iridium Award:
    Neve shanaan (Israel) Fiction
    Directed by Idan Haguel

    Post Republic Award:
    Things Worth Weeping For (Hungary) Fiction
    Directed by Cristina Groșan


    Docu Rought Cut Boutique Awards 2019:

    HBO Europe Award:
    Legacy (Bulgaria)
    Directed by Petya Nackova

    Digital Cube Award: Petya Nackova (Bulgaria)

    IDFA Award:
    Holy Father (Romania)
    Directed by Andrei Dăscălescu

    CAT &DOCS Award:
    The Divas (Hungary)
    Directed by Máté Kőrösi

    DOK Leipzig – DOK Preview Selection:
    It’s Her Story (Hungary)
    Directed by Asia Dér, Sára Haragonics

    AWARDS OF ASSOCIATION OF BOSNIAN FILMMAKERS:

    Ivica Matić Award:
    Sarajevo City of Film project

    Cineuropa Award:
    Rounds
    Directed by Stephan Komandarev

    CICAE Award:
    A Tale of Three Sisters
    Directed by Emin Alper

    Sarajevo Short Film Nominee for Candidacy for the European Film Awards 2019:
    Excess Will Save Us (Sweden)
    Directed by Morgane Dziurla-Petit

    BH Film Student Programme Awards:

    Best B&H Student Film Award:
    Costacurta (Tale of Satankrajina) (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia)
    Directed by Saša Karanović

    Special Jury Award:
    I’m Not Here (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Sara Radusinović

    Special Mention:
    Neither Sunny Nor Cloudy (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Anvar Nijemčević

    Best Pack & Pitch Award (Talents Sarajevo Pack &Pitch):
    Pelikan Blue
    The Possessed

    HBO Europe Award
    Willows
    Directed by Jan Tesitel

    The Marseille Web Fest Award:
    Playgirl
    Written by Michaela Pnacekova and Marijana Verhoef

    ICDN Casting Directors Award: Sara Törnkvist