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28th Sarajevo Film Festival Awards

HONORARY HEART OF SARAJEVO AWARDS

Jesse Eisenberg, actor, director, playwright and author
Sergei Loznitsa, director, producer
Mads Mikkelsen, actor (Mikkelsen received this recognition at the 26th Sarajevo Film Festival, 2020, but could not attend in person on account of the Covid-19 pandemic.)
Ruben Östlund, director
Paul Joseph Schrader, director, screenwriter
The Award is given in recognition of an exceptional contribution to art of film.


COMPETITION PROGRAMME - FEATURE FILM

President of the Jury:
Sebastian Meise
(Director, Screenwriter, Austria)

Members of the Jury:
Lucile Hadžihalilović (Director, Screenwriter, Producer, France)
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović (Writer-Director, Croatia, USA)
Milan Marić (Actor, Serbia)
Katriel Schory ( Producer, Consultant, Israel)

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
SAFE PLACE
Croatia
Director: Juraj Lerotić
Producers: Miljenka Čogelja, Saša Ban, Nevenka Sablić
Award in the amount of 16,000 € co-sponsored by the Tourism Association of Canton Sarajevo

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Maryina Er Gorbach, KLONDIKE
Ukraine, Türkiye
Award in the amount of 10,000 € sponsored by United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina / UNESCO.

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTRESS
Vicky Krieps, CORSAGE
Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, France
Award in the amount of 2,500 €

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTOR
Juraj Lerotić, SAFE PLACE
Croatia
Award in the amount of 2,500 €

COMPETITION PROGRAMME – DOCUMENTARY FILM
Jury:
Hilal Baydarov (Director, Azerbaijan)
Salome Jashi (Director, Georgia)
Margje de Koning (Artistic Director of Movies that Matter, Netherlands)

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
MUSEUM OF THE REVOLUTION
Serbia, Croatia, Czech Republic
Director: Srđan Keča
Award in the amount of 4,000 € sponsored by the Government of Switzerland

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM
WE, ... COMPOSITION
Kosovo, Germany
Director: Visar Jusufi
Award in the amount of 2,000 €

HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
BIGGER THAN TRAUMA
Croatia
Director: Vedrana Pribačić
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.

SPECIAL JURY AWARD
FRAGILE MEMORY
Ukraine, Slovakia
Director: Igor Ivanko
Award in the amount of 2,500 €

SPECIAL JURY MENTION (for short documentary film)
BABAJANJA
Croatia
Director: Ante Zlatko Stolica

COMPETITION PROGRAMME - SHORT FILM 
Jury:
Ido Abram (Deputy Director of the EYE Film Filmmuseum, Netherlands)
Morgane Dziurla-Petit (Director, France)
Christos Massalas (Director, Greece)

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT FILM - Academy Award® qualifying
AMOK
Hungary, Romania
Director: Balázs Turai
Award in the amount of 2,500 €

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
5PM SEASIDE
Austria, Greece
Director: Valentin Stejskal

COMPETITION PROGRAMME - STUDENT FILM:
Jury:
Ludmila Cvikova (Creative consultant, curator and advisor, Slovakia/Netherlands)
Maya Dreifuss (Director, Israel)
Nduka Mntambo (Head MA of Film programme at the Netherlands Film Academy, Netherlands)

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST STUDENT FILM
IT'S NOT COLD FOR MOSQUITOES
Croatia
Director: Josip Lukić, Klara Šovagović
Award in the amount of 1,000 €, sponsored by the Regional Cooperation Council.

SPECIAL AWARD FOR PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY
Jury:
Marta Popivoda (Director, video artist, researcher, Serbia)
Selma Spahić (Director, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Miguel Valverde (Producer, Writer, Portugal)

AFTERSUN
United Kingdom, United States
Director: Charlotte Wells
Award in the amount of 7.500 € sponsored by MasterCard®

Hearts of Sarajevo for the Best TV series: HERE

28th Sarajevo Film Festival Partners' Awards: HERE

20th CineLink Industry Days Awards: HERE

 
Awards of the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival
Jury of the Competition Programme – Feature Film of the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival
28th Sarajevo Film Festival Awards
28th Sarajevo Film Festival Partners' Awards
27th Sarajevo Film Festival Awards