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

	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: BEYOND THE HILL / TEPENIN ARDI Director: Emin Alper (Turska) The financial prize for this Award, in the amount of € 10.000, is provided by Agnes B.
	The Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Actress: Marija Pikić (CHILDREN OF SARAJEVO) (B&H) The financial prize for this Award is € 2.500.
	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

	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: THE PARAFFIN PRINCE Director: Pavel G. Vesnakov (Bulgaria)
	Special Jury Mention: DADDY RULZ / TATAL MEU E CEL MAI TARE Director: Radu Potcoava (Romania)

COMPETITION PROGRAMME – DOCUMENTARY FILM

Jury: Damir Šagolj (president of the jury), Thomas Imbach and Audrius Stonys

	The Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Documentary Film: TURN OFF THE LIGHTS Director: Ivana Mladenović (Romania) This Award, in the amount of € 3.000, is provided by the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
	Human Rights Award: REAL MAN'S FILM Director: Nebojša Slijepčević (Croatia) This Award, in the amount of €3.000, is provided by the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

 
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