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26th Sarajevo Film Festival Awards

OFFICIAL AWARDS
 
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – FEATURE FILM
 
President of the Jury:
Michel Hazanavicius (director, writer, France)
Members of the Jury: 
Carlo Chatrian (artistic director of the Berlin International Film Festival, Germany) 
Jadranka Đokić (actress, Croatia)
Srdan Golubović (director, Serbia) 
Andrea Stavenhagen (head of industry and training projects of the Morelia Film Festival, Mexico)
 
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
EXILE / EXIL 
Germany, Belgium, Kosovo 
Director: Visar Morina
Producers: Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade
Award in the amount of €16,000, co-sponsored by the Tourism Association of Canton Sarajevo
 
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DIRECTOR 
Ru Hasanov, THE ISLAND WITHIN / DAXILDƏKI ADA
Azerbaijan, France
Award in the amount of €10,000, sponsored by Agnes B.
 
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTRESS 
Marija Škaričić, MARE
Switzerland, Croatia
Award in the amount of €2,500
 
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTOR 
Vangelis Mourikis, DIGGER
Greece, France
Award in the amount of €2,500
 
 
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – DOCUMENTARY FILM
 
Jury:
Lejla Dedić (producer, programme department, Al Jazeera Balkans, BiH)
Goran Dević (director, Croatia)
Tue Steen Müller (documentary consultant and critic, Denmark)
 
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM 
MERRY CHRISTMAS, YIWU
Sweden, Serbia, Germany, France, Belgium, Qatar 
Director: Mladen Kovačević
Award in the amount of €3,000, sponsored by the Government of Switzerland
 
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
HOLY FATHER
Romania
Director: Andrei Dăscălescu
Award in the amount of €2,500.
 
HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD 
ACASĂ, MY HOME / ACASĂ
Romania, Germany, Finland 
Director: Radu Ciorniciuc 
Best film of the Competition Programme - Documentary Film dealing with the subject of human rights. Award in the amount of €3,000, sponsored by the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
 
 
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – SHORT FILM
 
Jury:
Stefan Đorđević (director, Serbia)
Thanasis Neofotistos (director, Greece)
Ines Tanović (director, screenwriter, producer, BiH)
 
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT FILM - Academy Award® qualifying 
ANTIOTPAD 
Croatia
Director: Tin Žanić
Award in the amount of €2,500, sponsored by Podravka
 
SPECIAL JURY MENTION 
IN HER STEPS / STA VÌMATA TIS 
Greece
Director: Anastasia Kratidi
 
 
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – STUDENT FILM
 
Jury:
Anđelija Andrić (international relations coordinator at Film Center Serbia, Serbia)
Georges Goldenstern (general manager, Cinéfondation, France)
Lana Matić (producer, Croatia)
 
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST STUDENT FILM 
THE GREAT ISTANBUL DEPRESSION / BÜYÜK İSTANBUL DEPRESYONU
Turkey, Japan 
Director: Zeynep Dilan Süren
Award in the amount of €1,000, sponsored by the Regional Cooperation Council
 
 
HONORARY HEART OF SARAJEVO AWARD
Michel Franco, director
Mads Mikkelsen, actor
 
 
AUDENTIA AWARD 2020 
 
Jury: 
Aida Begić, director, BiH 
Marco Müller, artistic director, Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival, Italy/China 
Iris Zappe-Heller, deputy director, head of the Gender and Diversity Department, Austria 
 
GARAGE PEOPLE 
Director: Natalija Yefimkina 
The award will be given to the female director of a feature film from one of this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival programmes, as a support for her future film. 
Award in the amount of 30,000 €, sponsored by EURIMAGES 
 
 
CINELINK AWARDS
 
CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET AWARDS 2020
 
Jury:
Sehad Čekić, Film Center Montenegro
Georges Goldenstern, Cinefondation
Behrooz Hashemian, Silkroad Production
Elena Kotová, Eurimages
Annamaria Lodato, ARTE France Cinema 
Gordan Matić, Film Center Serbia
 
EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
THE OTTER
Director: Srđan Vuletić
Award in amount of 20,000 €
 
FILM CENTER MONTENEGRO CINELINK AWARD
SPITE
Director: Andrijana Stojković
Award in amount of 10,000 €
 
FILM CENTER SERBIA CINELINK AWARD
SUPPORTING ROLE
Director: Ana Urushadze
Award in amount of 10,000 €
 
ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
SUDDENLY
Director: Melisa Önel
Award in amount of 6,000 €
 
EAVE + AWARD
Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO KIMON
 
 
CINELINK WORK IN PROGRESS AWARDS
 
Jury:
Elise Jalladeau, Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Petra Kader-Göbel, The Post Republic
Vanja Kaludjerčić, International Film Festival Rotterdam
Tobias  Pausinger, The Match Factory
Esra Demirkiran, Turkish National Radio Television
 
TURKISH NATIONAL RADIO TELEVISION AWARD
ULBOLSYN
Director: Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Award in amount of 25,000 €
 
POST REPUBLIC AWARD
VERA DREAMS OF THE SEA
Director: Kaltrina Krasniqi
Award in-kind post-production services worth 50,000 €
 
CINELINK IRIDIUM AWARD
MOON 66 QUESTIONS 
Director: Jacqueline Lentzou
Award in-kind post-production services worth 20,000 €
 
 
CINELINK DRAMA AWARDS
 
Jury:
Cia Edström, TV Drama Vision - Göteborg Film Festival
Nebojša Taraba, Drugi Plan
Miroslav Terzić, director
 
CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL CENTER DRAMA AWARD
BLACK DELTA 
Creators: Dragos Bucur i Sofia Bucur
Award in amount of 15,000 € to stimulate the development process of selected project
 
TV DRAMA VISION PITCH AWARD
ABYSS
Creator: Marjan Alčevski 
Project selected to be presented at TV Drama Vision in Göteborg
 
 
26TH SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL PARTNERS' AWARDS
 
CINEUROPA AWARD
 
Jury: 
Marta Bałaga, film critic, Poland/Finland
Boban Jevtić, creative director, Firefly, Serbia
 
Director: Visar Morina
 
Awarded by the Cineuropa portal, the site dedicated to European cinema and film professionals, the Cineuropa Prize is awarded to a film that, besides having indisputable artistic qualities, promotes the idea of European dialogue and integration. The value of this award is €5,000.
 
 
CICAE AWARD
 
Jury:
Éva Demeter, International relations coordinator at TISZApART, Mozi, Hungary
Piotr Szczyszyk, programmer and film education specialist of the PAŁACOWE CINEMA in ZAMEK CULTURE CENTRE, Poland
Anika Danielle Wagner, programmer and creative head of Traumstern Kino, Germany
 
Director: Andrea Štaka
 
The International Confederation of Art Cinemas (CICAE) awards a film from the Competition Programme – Feature Film. The winning film receives CICAE support in terms of distribution, exhibition, and audience outreach, throughout a network of 3,000 cinemas.
 
 
SARAJEVO SHORT FILM CANDIDATE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
 
Jury:
Aleta Rajič, animator, BiH
Amila Ramović, curator, BiH 
Andrei Tănăsescu, programmer, Romania
 
Director: Lasse Linder 
 
Films in the European Shorts section compete alongside the regional Competition Shorts for an EFA Short Film Candidacy at the European Film Awards and to qualify for an Academy Award (Oscar®) nomination.
 
 
BH FILM STUDENT PROGRAMME AWARDS
 
Jury:
Sabrina Begović Ćorić, director BiH
Strajo Krsmanović, film theoretician, BiH
Mirza Skenderagić, screenwriter and film critic, BiH
 
BEST BH STUDENT FILM 
B4 
Director: Alen Šimić
 
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Director: Stefan Tomić
 
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
Director: Igor Đurić
 
 
TALENTS SARAJEVO PACK & PITCH 2020
 
Jury:
Kathi Bildhauer, coordinator, Berlinale Talents, Project Market
Asja Krsmanović, Sarajevo Film Festival programmer
Yoel Meranda, producer, Kamara
Ivana Pekušić, producer, Studio Chelia
 
CINELINK AWARD  
ANNA GYIMESI
AFFRICATA  
 
STUDIO CHELIA AWARD
CLARA KLEININGER 
NO ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM 
 
 
DOCU TALENTS FROM THE EAST PRESENTED BY JI.HLAVA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
 
Jury:
Natalia Arshavskaya, acquisitions, Current Time TV
Martichka Bozhilova, producer, Agitprop
Wood Lin, Program Director, TAIWAN International Documentary Festival
Jarmila Outratová, head of industry, Ji.hlava IDFF
Tiffany Pritchard, journalist, Filmmaker Magazine
 
DOCU TALENTS AWARD
ELEVATION
Director: Max Rudenko
 
Award in the amount of 5000 USD sponsored by Current TV
 
 
DOCU ROUGH CUT BOUTIQUE AWARDS
 
Jury:
Laurien Ten Houten, IDFA Industry & Docs for Sale manager 
Hanka Kastelicová, VP of Documentaries HBO Europe
Catherine Le Clef, president and founder of CAT&Docs 
Cristian Nicolescu, co-founder of Digital Cube 
Brigid O'Shea, head of Dok Leipzig Industry
 
AVANPOST MEDIA AWARD
MUSEUM OF REVOLUTION 
Director: Srđan Keča 
 
In kind post-production services worth 20 000 €
 
CAT&DOCS AWARD
COLORS OF TOBI 
Director: Alexa Bakony
 
Award in amount of 2000 €  
 
HBO EUROPE AWARD
COLORS OF TOBI 
Director: Alexa Bakony
 
Award in amount of 2000 €  
 
IDFA PROJECT AWARD & DOK PREVIEW AWARD
CHAMPIONS 
Director: Ketevani Kapanadze 
 
The winner will be fully invited to present a project at IDFA 2020 and DOK Leipzig 2020
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28th Sarajevo Film Festival Partners' Awards
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