Sarajevo Film Festival Proudly Presents Award Winners for 2012
OFFICIAL AWARDS
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – FEATURE FILM
Jury: Kornél Mundruczó (president of the jury), Frederic Boyer, Ada Condeescu, Eva Diederix and Igor Martinović
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| The Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Film: EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY / TOATA LUMEA DIN FAMILIA NOASTRA Director: Radu Jude (Romania) Financial Award, in the amount of 16,000 €, is provided by Council of Europe. |
 | Special Jury Award: |
 | The Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Actress: |
 | The Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Actor: Uliks Fehmiu (REDEMPTION STREET ) (Serbia) The financial prize for this Award is € 2.500. |
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – SHORT FILM
Jury: Ermin Bravo, Nikola Ljuca and Laurence Reymond
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| The Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Film: THE RETURN / KTHIMI Director: Blerta Zeqiri (Kosovo*) The financial prize for this Award is € 2.500. |
 | Special Jury Mention: |
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COMPETITION PROGRAMME – DOCUMENTARY FILM
Jury: Damir Šagolj (president of the jury), Thomas Imbach and Audrius Stonys
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| The Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Documentary Film: This Award, in the amount of € 3.000, is provided by the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
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Human Rights Award: |
HEART OF SARAJEVO HONORARY AWARD
 | Branko Lustig, producer, Croatia |
CINELINK AWARDS
Eurimages Coproduction Development award – 30,000 EUR
A Blast
Writers: Syllas Tzoumerkas and Youla Boudali
Director: Syllas Tzoumerkas
Producer: Maria Drandaki
Greece
CNC CineLink award – 10,000 EUR
Man Don’t Cry
Writer / Director: Alen Drljević
Producer: Damir Ibrahimović
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Arte International Relations CineLink award – 6,000 EUR
The Good Wife
Writers / Directors: Mirjana Karanović & Stevan Filipović
Producer: Snezana Penev
Serbia
Living Pictures Service CineLink Award – in kind support up to 10,000 EUR
S.K.
Writers: Laszlo Nemes & Clara Royer
Director: Laszlo Nemes
Producer: Gabor Sipos, Gabor Rajna
Hungary
CineLink Excellence Award
Quiet People
Writer / Director: Ognjen Sviličić
Producer: Damir Terešak
Croatia
EAVE Scholarship
Dust Cloth
Director: Ahu Öztürk
Producers: Nesra Gürbüz
Turkey
Work in Progress Awards:
Post Republic Award – in kind post production services, 80.000 EUR
Harmony Lessons
Directed by Baigazin Emir
Producer Anna Katchko
Kazakhstan
Restart Award – in kind support, 20.000 EUR
Barbarians
Director: Ivan Ikić
Producer: Milan Stojanovic
Serbia
Special Mention
Totonel
Director: Alexander Nanau
Producer: Marcian Lazar
Romania
* This label does not prejudge the status of Kosovo and is in accordance with Resolution 1244 and the opinion of the ICJ on Kosovo's declaration of independence.
PARTNER AWARDS
SARAJEVO SHORT FILM NOMINEE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2012
 | THE RETURN / KTHIMI Blerta Zeqiri (Kosovo*) |
Jury: Arta Dobroshi, Javier Martín-Domínguez and Elena Giuffrida
The recipient of this Award thus enters the competition for the European Film Academy (EFA) Award for Best Short Film.
CINEUROPA AWARD
| CHILDREN OF SARAJEVO / DJECA Aida Begić (B&H) |
Jury: Alberto La Monica and Vitor Pinto
This Award is presented by the Cineuropa Portal, which is dedicated to the European film industry and its filmmakers. The film, along with the fact that it undoubtedly possesses artistic qualities, also has to promote the idea of European dialogue and integration. The value of the Award is € 5.000.
CICAE AWARD
 | CROSSING BOUNDARIES / GRENZGÄNGER Florian Flicker (Austria) |
Jury: Evelin Stark, Algirdas Ramaska and Csenkiné Túri Edit
The International Confederation of Artistic Cinema (CICAE) will present an award to a film in the Competition Programme – Feature Film. The recipient film will be given CICAE's special support in distribution, screening and reaching the audience, by means of CICAE's network of 3000 cinemas.
EDN TALENT GRANT
 | 24 BUCKETS, 7 MICE, 18 YEARS / 24 GĂLEŢI, 7 ŞOARECI, 18 ANI Marius Iacob (Romania) |
Jury: Damir Šagolj (president of the jury), Audrius Stonys and Thomas Imbach
The EDN Talent Grant was established as a co-operation between the Sarajevo Film Festival and the European Documentarist Network, with the purpose of helping talented documentary makers from the region.
BEST STUDENT FILM
 | Best film LUPUS Ajla Hamzić (B&H) |
 | Special jury award OMEGA Igor Tešić (B&H) |
 | Special mention THE ROAD OF LIFE’S BEAUTY / PUT LJEPOTE ŽIVOTA Amela Ćuhara (B&H) |
Jury: Ines Tanović, Zoran Galić and Selma Spahić
DOCU ROUGH CUT BOUTIQUE AWARDS
Ain't No Cinderellas
Director: Emel Celebi
Naked / Basil in the Stone
Director: Tiha Gudac
Totonel
Director: Alexander Nanau
HT ERONET AUDIENCE AWARD
 | Best feature film INTOUCHABLES Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano |
 | Best documentary film MARINA ABRAMOVIC: THE ARTIST IS PRESENT Matthew Akers |
SARAJEVO CITY OF FILM
 | Atlantic grupa Award ROUNDABOUT/KRUŽNI TOK Orsi Nagypal |
KATRIN CARTLIDGE FOUNDATION
This year marks the seventh year that a one-year scholarship award, inspired by the life and work of late British actress Katrin Cartlidge, is presented in Sarajevo. The winners of this year’s scholarship are Syrian authors Diana El Jeiroudi and Orwa Nyraba. The scholarship was awarded by the Academy Award winner, Jermy Irons.
*This label does not prejudge the status of Kosovo and is in accordance with Resolution 1244 and the opinion of the ICJ on Kosovo's declaration of independence
