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15th SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL FINAL REPORT
Sarajevo Film Festival is an international film festival with a special focus on the region of South Eastern Europe.
High quality programming (12 programme sections), a strong industry segment (CineLink), an educational platform for young filmmakers (Sarajevo Talent Campus) and presence of the international film industry, film authors and media representatives alongside a paying audience of over 100.000, confirm its status as the leading film festival in the region, recognised by both professionals and the wider audiences.
In an emerging territory of more than 140 million inhabitants, Sarajevo Film Festival serves as a common platform for film businesses from all over the region, setting the future standards in festival organisation, film promotion and presentation in Southeast Europe.
Sarajevo Film Festival places the films, talent and future projects from South Eastern Europe under an international spotlight.
15th SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL OFFICIAL AWARDS
Jury:
President of the Jury: Mirjana Karanović, actress
Jury members:
BENEDEK FLIEGAUF, Director, Hungary
CHRISTIAN JEUNE, Director of the Film Department of the Cannes Film Festival, France
ANAMARIA MARINCA, Actress, Romania
WIELAND SPECK, Director of Panorama Programme, Berlin International Film Festival, Germany
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Film:
ORDINARY PEOPLE
Director: Vladimir Perišić
Serbia, France, Switzerland
Explanation of the Jury: ORDINARY PEOPLE, as a pure moment of cinema, explores the universal pattern of abuse of male youth through the military structure.
Main award of the Sarajevo Film Festival’s Competition Programme provided by Council of Europe (25,000 €)
The Special Jury Award:
DOGTOOTH / KYNODONTAS
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Greece
Explanation of the Jury: DOGTOOTH depicts in a metaphorical way, with elements of clinical humour how the traditional family structure had to retreat into a fortress of control and safety, inflicting its members with psihological damage that resonates with us all.
Financial award provided by Agnes B. (10,000 €)
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress:
AGGELIKI PAPOULIA
MARY TSONI
DOGTOOTH / KYNODONTAS
Greece
Financial award provided by the International Airport Sarajevo (2,500 €)
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor:
RELJA POPOVIĆ
ORDINARY PEOPLE
Serbia, France, Switzerland
Financial award in amount of 2,500 €
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – SHORT FILM
Jury:
President of the Jury:
HANNAH MCGILL, Artistic Director, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland
Jury members:
MARIAN CRISAN, Director, Romania
IGOR STANKOVIĆ, Founder and director of the MCF MegaCom Film Distribution Company, Serbia
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Film:
PARTY / TULUM
Director: Dalibor Matanić
Croatia
Financial award in the amount of 3,000 €
Special Jury Mentions:
CIAO MAMA
Director: Goran Odvorčić
Croatia
THE HISTORY OF AVIATION / A REPÜLÉS TÖRTÉNETE
Director: Balint Kenyeres
Hungary, France
Financial awards in the amount of 1,000 €
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – DOCUMENTARY FILM
Jury:
President of the Jury:
ZIJAH GAFIĆ, Photographer, B&H
Jury members:
ALICE KLARA ARNOLD, Filmmaker and a film lecturer, Switzerland
CHRIS MCDONALD, Executive director of Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Canada
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary Film:
THE CAVIAR CONNECTION / KAVIJAR KONEKŠN
Director: Dragan Nikolić
Serbia
Award in the amount of 3,000 € is granted by The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Special mention:
CONSTANTIN AND ELENA / CONSTANTIN SI ELENA
Director: Andrei Dascalescu
Romania
Human Rights Award:
HEATED BLOOD / VRELA KRV
Director: Marko Mamuzić
Serbia
Award in the amount of 3,000 € is granted by The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
HONORARY HEART OF SARAJEVO AWARD: MANFRED SCHMIDT, Executive Director Of The MDM Fund
The Award is offered in recognition of the recipient’s outstanding contribution to film industry and support in development of the Sarajevo Film Festival.
Through the commitment and vision of its leading executive, the MDM Fund has played a significant role in aiding the development of regional film industry through numerous co-productions facilitated through the festival’s Industry Section and CineLink Project. Over the past 5 years, MDM has supported an outstanding 31 regional films, while their participation at the Sarajevo Film Festival, guided by the immense enthusiasm of Manfred Schmidt, has demonstrated a common understanding and recognition of potential that led to the realization of 5 CineLink projects that went on to screen at festivals around the world and receive numerous awards and critical recognition. MDM further supported two of the most recent Bosnia and Herzegovina films, „Snow“ by Aida Begic and „On The Path“ by Jasmila Zbanic. Though all this, Sarajevo Film Festival recognizes the immense contribution of Manfred Schmidt and MDM towards not only the enablement and promotion of this region’s cinema and authors but also the enrichment of the international film scene with new voices, outlooks and film language.
CINELINK AWARDS
Jury: Georges Goldenstern, Cedomir Kolar, Behrooz Hashemian, Jacqueline Ada, Ulf Sigvardson, Annamaria Lodato i Mainholf Zurhorst
EAVE Scholarship:
Snežana Marić
Excellence Award:
The Exchange by Eran Kolirin
Restart Award:
Zincograph by Javor Gardev
Goeteborg International Film Festival Fund Award:
The Scab by Srđan Vuletić
CNC Award:
Come To My Voice by Huseyin Karabey
International Relations ARTE Award:
The Key by Timur Makarević
SYNCHRO Film And Video Award:
The Scab by Srđan Vuletić
Come To My Voice by Huseyin Karabey
The Key by Timur Makarević
CineLink Work in Progress Award:
THE POST REPUBLIC AWARD
Jury: Rebekka Garrido, Laurent Danielou, Bernd Buder
If I Want to Whistle I Whistle by Florin Serban
15th SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL – PARTNERS AWARDS
SHORT FILM NOMINEE SARAJEVO FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2009
Jury: Corneliu Porumboiu, Dylan Leiner, Eva Vezer
The Herd
Director: Ken Wardrop
Ireland
The winner also receives a nomination for the European Film Academy (EFA) Best Film Award.
CICAE
Jury: Erdmann Lange, Turi Edit Csenkine, Giovanni Petricciani
Eastern Plays
Director: Kamen Kalev
Bulgaria
The International Confederation of Art Cinemas (CICAE) awards a film from the Competition Programme – Features. The awarded film will receive CICAE support in terms of distribution, exhibition and audience outreach, through a network of 3.000 cinemas.
FIPRESCI
Jury: Leo Soesanto, Damir Radić, Nadezhda Marinchevska
Ordinary People
Director: Vladimir Perišić
Serbia, France, Switzerland
EDN TALENT GRANT
On The Way To School
Director: Orhan Eskikoy, Ozgur Dogan
Turkey
EDN Talent Grant has been created as co-operation between the Sarajevo Film Festival and the European Documentary Network with the purpose of supporting promising new documentary filmmakers from the region.
HT ERONET AUDIENCE AWARD
SEVDAH
Director: Marina Andree
Croatia, B&H
ATLANTIC GROUP AWARD
LIBERATION IN 26 PICTURES
Ivan Ramljak, Marko Škobalj
KATRIN CARTLIDGE FOUNDATION
This year, the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation marks the fifth year of presenting an award, in the form of a one-year scholarship, inspired by the life and work of late British actress Katrin Cartlidge. This year's scholarship recipient is Juanita Wilson. This year's award winner was selected and presented to viewers at SFF by actor Stellan Skarsgard.
INDUSTRY
CINELINK
This year, CineLink 2009 presented 12 projects in the Cinelink Selection, and 7 projects in the CineLink + Selection:
CineLink Selection 2009:
ELSE
Writers: Laszlo Nemes, Clara Royer, Timea Varkonyi
Director: Laszlo Nemes
Hungary
LIZA, THE FOX-FAIRY
Writer: Balint Hegedus
Director: Karoly Ujj Meszaros
Hungary
EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY
Writer: Corina Sabau
Director: Radu Jude
Romania
COME TO MY VOICE
Writer/Director: Husein Karabey
Turkey
ROOTLESS
Writer: Vladimir Arsenijević
Director: Barbara Albert
Serbia/Austria
MORGEN
Writer/Director: Marian Crisan
Romania
A ROUNDABOUT
Writers: Nenad Stipanic, Dario Pleic
Director: Dario Pleic
Croatia
HEAT
Writer/Director: Mihaly Schwechtje
Hungary
ASPHYXIA
Writer/Director: Asli Ozge
Turkey
THE KEY
Writer/Director: Timur Makarević
Bosnia & Herzegovina
UNDER THE CANEBREAKS
Writer/Director: Iris Elezi
Albania
THE ASCENT
Writer/Director: Nemanja Bečanović
Montenegro
CineLink + Selection:
SCUB
Writer/Director: Srđan Vuletić
Bosnia & Herzegovina
MOTHER OF ASPHALT
Writers: Tomislav Zajec, Dalibor Matanić
Director: Dalibor Matanić
Croatia
OUR GRAND DESPAIR
Writer/Director: Seyfi Teoman
Turkey
ZINCOGRAPH
Writer: Vladislav Todorov
Director: Javor Gardev
Bulgaria
SHADOWS AND FACES
Writer/Director: Dervis Zaim
Turkey
TUESDAY, AFTER CHRISTMAS
Writers: Alexandru Baciu, Radu Muntean, Razvan Radulescu
Director: Radu Muntean
Romania
THE EXCHANGE
Writer/Director: Eran Kolirin
Israel
CineLink Work in Progress:
Belly of the Whale (Romania)
Ana Lungu and Ana Szel
The Boy Who Was a King (Bulgaria)
Andrey Paounov
Circus Fantasticus (Slovenia)
Janez Burger
If I Want to Whistle I Whistle (Romania)
Florin Şerban
Heaven On Earth (Croatia)
Ognjen Sviličić
Regional Forum
The Sarajevo Film Festival and Screen International hosted a Regional Forum on the state of the film industry in South-East Europe.
The Regional Forum, organized by the Sarajevo Film Festival in cooperation with one of the leading international magazines in the film industry, was held between 16 and 18 August 2009 as part of the CineLink Co-production Market.
The Forum was conceived as a platform that opens the floor for discussion between prominent national and regional film organizations and film professionals from South-East Europe, promotes the harmonization of national film policies, and creates possibilities for the exchange of ideas and good film practices.This pilot-project covered the following topics:
• The creation of comprehensive and effective film policies
• Transparency and responsibility
• Co-production
• Distribution and circulation
• Digitalization
• Reaching young audiences
3rd SARAJEVO TALENT CAMPUS
The third edition of the Sarajevo Talent Campus, held between 14 and 20 August 2009, continued the practice developed during the previous two years of offering a high quality programme.
Focus of this year’s Campus is on providing talented authors with the opportunity to discover how to become a part of the regional film industry, to find out the direction where that industry is heading to, and how to strengthen the connections with the global film network.
Sarajevo Talent Campus – in numbers:
• 19 directors
• 20 producers
• 20 actors
• 20 screenwriters
Lecturers
Andrea Wink, Bernd Lange, Christine Troestrum, Enrico Battaglia, Frank Albers, Jim Sheridan, Leon Lučev, Matthijs Wouter Knol, Nancy Bishop, Pierre Spengler, Hans-Christian Schmid, Lukas Moodysson, Katriel Schory, Marten Rabarts, Diane Weyermann, Britta Knoller, Stellan Skarsgard, Anamaria Marinca, Philippe Bober, Yesim Ustaoglu, Corneliu Porumboiu, Yorgos Lanthimos, Gillian Anderson, Vanja Kaluđerčić, Sylvie Blum, Adrian Biniez, Darren Aronofsky, Ognjen Dizdarević, Dalibor Matanić, Jovan Marjanović, Amra Bakšić-Čamo, Olimpia Pont Chafer, Esra Demirkiran, Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten, Brad Silberling, Khalid Abdalla, Svetlana Đurković, Danis Tanović, Marko Jurčić, Michael Werner, Basil Tsiokos, Mike Goodridge
SARAJEVO CITY OF FILM
The 15th Sarajevo Film Festival presented premieres of 5 short films, which were realized within the Sarajevo City of Film Project.
Čekanje / Waiting
Director: Daniel Béres
Screenplay: Daniel Béres, Zacharias Mavroeidis
Cast: Ivana Popović, Nebojša Đorđević, Boris Ler, Mirza Tanović, Maja Izetbegović, Mirela Lambić, Jasenko Pašić, Sanin Milavić, Mirna Kreso
Muzej prekinutih veza / Museum of Broken Relationships
Director: Iulia Rugina
Screenplay: Iulia Rugina
Cast: Manca Dorrer, Boris Ler
Oslobođenje u 26 slika / Liberation in 26 Pictures
Director: Ivan Ramljak, Marko Škobalj
Screenplay: Ivan Ramljak, Marko Škobalj
Cast: Vlado Jokanović, Ahmed Bahto, Esma Arnautović
Ružičasta rijeka / Pink River
Director: Zacharias Mavroeidis
Screenplay: Zacharias Mavroeidis, Ivor Martinić
Cast: Romina Vitasović, Ivana Petrović, Tamara Zablocki, Irena Malamuhić
Žena u ljubičastom / Woman in Purple
Director: Igor Drljača
Screenplay: Igor Drljača, Hrvoje Župarić
Cast: Haris Begić, Alen Muratović, Mediha Musliović, Aleksandar Seksan, Emina Muftić
OTHER PROGRAMMES
IN FOCUS
Within programme In Focus audience had a chance to see 7 regional films showed at the most prestigious film festivals in world.
TRIBUTE TO...
Sarajevo Film Festival had the great pleasure of presenting retrospective of one of the most renowned directors of today – Jia Zhang-Ke.
NEW CURRENTS
New Currents presented its viewers 8 films. These were pieces with strong character- demanding and disturbing films hailing from all horizons.
NEW CURRENTS - SHORTS
This year’s New Currents-Shorts maintained its continuity in searching for provocative, creative, humorous and poetic films. Audience had a chance to see 21 films within this programme.
PANORAMA
Panorama, gave its audiences the chance to see 15 films. Since 1999, Panorama has strived to bridge avant-garde and mainstream films with exceptional narrative films. Invited directors range from debuting filmmakers to established veterans. The extraordinary quality of work determines its inclusion. Many of the films have been honored at top festivals.
PANORAMA DOCUMENTARIES
Panorama Documentaries offered its audiences 15 of the best documentary films from around the world. The popular Panorama Documentaries strand covers the whole world except for regional works, with all filmmakers present to discuss their films.
OPEN AIR
This year’s Heineken Open Air was a first-class venture that satisfied the tastes of even the most passionate film lovers. We should also mention that almost all the films in the programme were introduced by either its actors or directors. This cinema, that attracted 3,000 viewer each Festival night, once again offered the unforgettable experience of seeing films beneath a starlight sky on the one of the largest cinema screen in the region.
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME
This year’s Children’s Programme at SFF showcased 9 features and animated films geared to our youngest viewers. It also hosted the 4th Orbico Family Day at Sarajevo’s Vilsonovo Promenade.
TEENARENA
For the fifth year, Sarajevo Film Festival presented TeenArena, programme whose films are devoted to teenage viewers. This year’s TeenArena encompassed 7 films, with the Best Teen Film Award, according to the verdict of a teen jury and viewers’ choice, going to “Mary and Max“.
ALL SHORTS
• Berlin Today Award 2009 “My Wall”, Berlinale Talent Campus Short Film Competition
• Dutch Shorts
• Shorts – New talents
• European Film Academy Award - Short Nominees 2009
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
In its 15th edition, the Sarajevo Film Festival also presented viewers with ten films as part of its Special Screenings Programme.
4TH NATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
In cooperation with the Sarajevo Film Festival, the Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina organized this year the fourth edition of the National Film Festival of B&H.
The aim of this year’s festival is to showcase all the films produced in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2008 and 2009. This year’s edition, in its five days, presented 52 films: 2 features, 24 documentaries, 12 short and animated films, and 14 films by students of the Sarajevo Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Banja Luka Academy of Arts. The Festival with the cooperation of the Sarajevo Cinematography Fund, the BiH Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the U.S. Embassy in Bosnia.
15th SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL IN NUMBERS
• 13 PROGRAMMES
• 232 FILMS, FROM 53 COUNTRIES
• 10 FESTIVAL VENUES
• 1,406 ACCREDITED GUESTS
• 750 ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MEDIA, FROM 35 COUNTRIES
• MORE THAN 100,000 VISITORS
MEDIA ATTENDANCE
Among many media representatives at the 15th Sarajevo Film Festival were:
International press
3 SAT, AFP, ANTHEM MAGAZINE, AP, AP TELEVISION, BBC, BULGARIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION, CAHIERS DU CINEMA, CNN, CYPRUS TODAY, CORRIERE DELLA SERA, CZECH RADIO, DER SPIEGEL, DEUTSCHE WELLE, DPA, HURRIYET, EL PAIS, EURONEWS, EPA, ET 3, FREENET.DE AG, INDIEWIRE, MAGYAR HIRLAP, NEPSZABADSAG, NOVY PROSTOR, PNI, PROARTE, RBB, REUTERS, SCREEN INTERNATIONAL, RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL, RAY KINO MAGAZIN, MTV, SVERIGES RADIO, SYD SVENSKA DAGBLADET, TELEGRAPH PRESS, THE INDEPENDENT, THE IRISH TIMES, THE TIMES, TIME OUT, TRT, UNCUT, VARIETY, VOICE OF AMERICA, VOX MOZIMAGAZIN, WDR, ZDF…
Regional press
24SATA, ADRIA MEDIA LJUBLJANA, ADRIA MEDIA ZAGREB, B92, BORBA, CROPIX, DAN, DANAS, DELO, DELO REVIJE, DNEVNIK.HR, E-NOVINE, FILMKULTÚRA, FILMSKI.NET, GLORIJA, HINA, HRVATSKA RADIOTELEVIZIJA, INDEX.HR, JUTARNJI LIST, MACEDONIA PRESS INTERNATIONAL, MARIBORSKI RADIO ŠTUDENT – MARŠ, MLADINA, NACIONAL, NOVA TV, NOVI LIST, NOVI RADIO BEOGRAD, POP TV, PRIMORSKE NOVICE, RADIO 101, RADIO BEOGRAD, RADIO SKOPLJE, RADIO SLOVENIJA, RADIO TELEVIZIJA KRAGUJEVAC, RADIO TELEVIZIJA SRBIJE (RTS), RTV SLOVENIJA, SLOBODNA DALMACIJA, SPLITSKA TELEVIZIJA, STOP MAGAZINE, T-PORTAL, TV NOVI SAD, TV3 SLO, VEČER, VEČERNJE NOVOSTI, VESTI, VIP, VREME, ZAREZ…
Local press
AZRA, BH RADIO 1, BHT 1, DEPO PORTAL, DNEVNI AVAZ, DNEVNI LIST, FEDERALNA NOVINSKA AGENCIJA FENA, RADIO FEDERACIJE, FEDERALNA TELEVIZIJA BIH, GLAS SRPSKE, GLOBAL, GRACIJA, HAYAT, START, MAGAZINE, MAXI, NEZAVISNA NOVINSKA AGENCIJA ONASA, NEZAVISNE NOVINE, OBN TELEVIZIJA, OSLOBOĐENJE, PINK BIH, RADIO "M", RADIO 202, RADIO 8, RADIO SARAJEVO, RADIO SLOBODNA EUROPA, RSG RADIO, RSG 1 SARAJEVO, RTV USK, SAN, SARAJEVO-X.COM, SINEAST, STUDIO 88, TELEVIZIJA KANTONA SARAJEVO, TV ALFA…
GUESTS OF THE 15th SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL
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