27th Sarajevo Film Festival Award Ceremony will be held tonight at 20:00 in National Theatre, immediately after the Red Carpet ceremony which starts at 19:30.
To promote gender equality in the European film industry, in 2021 the Sarajevo Film Festival is introducing a new regular award: SPECIAL AWARD FOR PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY, sponsored by MASTERCARD.
Actress Jasna Đuričić (President of the Jury), director and screenwriter Mike Cahill, director and screenwriter Lili Horvát, artistic director of Viennale - International Film Festival in Vienna Eva Sangiorgi and executive director of AFC – Austrian Film Commission Martin Schweighofer will serve on the Jury of the Competition Programme - Feature Film of the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival.
Renowned actress Jasna Đuričić, winner of numerous awards, including the latest for her role of Aida in “Quo Vadis, Aida?” by Jasmila Žbanić, a film nominated for the Oscar®, is the Jury President of the Competition Programme – Feature Film at the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival.
The awards of the 26th Sarajevo Film Festival will be presented tonight (Thursday, August 20), and the audience will be able to follow the Award Ceremony on the festival online platform ondemand.sff.ba and national public broadcaster BHRT, starting at 8:10 PM.