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13th Sarajevo Film Festival Awards

13th Sarajevo Film Festival Awards

 COMPETITION PROGRAMME – FEATURE FILM

Jury: 

President of the Jury: JEREMY IRONS, Actor, UK 

FREDERIC MAIRE, Artistic Director of the Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland 

OZGU NAMAL, Actress, Turkey 

ANDREA ŠTAKA, Director, Switzerland, Croatia 

MEINOLF ZURHORST, Head of Film Department zdf/Arte, Germany 

 

Heart of Sarajevo for Best Film:

A MAN’S FEAR OF GOD / TAKVA 

Director: Ozer Kiziltan (Turkey, Germany)

Main award of the Sarajevo Film Festival’s Competition Programme provided by Ministry of Culture and Sport of the Federation BH (25,000 €) 

 

The Special Jury Award:

I AM FROM TITOV VELES / JAS SUM OD TITOV VELES 

Director: Teona Strugar-Mitevska (Macedonia, Slovenia, Belgium, France)

Financial award provided by Agnes B. (10,000 €) 

 

Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress:

SAADET ISIL AKSOY 

EGG / YUMURTA (Turkey) 

Financial award provided by the International Airport Sarajevo (2,500 €) 

 

Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor: 

SAŠA PETROVIĆ 

IT’S HARD TO BE NICE / TEŠKO JE BITI FIN (B&H, Slovenia, Serbia, Germany, UK)

Financial award sponsored by DHL (2,500 €) 

 

Special Mention:

ACTRESS MARIA VARGA 

ISZKA’S JOURNEY / ISZKA UTAZA’SA (Hungary) 

 

COMPETITION PROGRAMME – SHORT FILM 

 

Jury: 

President of the Jury: BALINT KENYERES, Director, Hungary 

FREDERIC BOYER, Programmer for Directors’ Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival, France 

NAMIK KABIL, Director, Bosnia and Herzegovina 

 

Heart of Sarajevo for Best Film: 

THE WAVES / VALURI 

Adrian Sitaru (Romania)

Financial award in the amount of 3,000 € provided by Sarajevo Film Festival 

 

Special Jury Mentions:

TRIPE AND ONIONS 

Marton Szirmai (Hungary)

 

THE HOLE / RUPA 

Marko Šantić (Slovenia, Croatia)

Two Special Jury Mentions in the amount of 1,000 € each is provided by Coca-Cola HBC B-H d.o.o Sarajevo (po 1.000 €) 

 

COMPETITION PROGRAMME – DOCUMENTARY FILM

Jury: 

President of the Jury: ADELA PEEVA, Director, Bulgaria 

STEFAN HAUPT, Director, Switzerland

TARIK SAMARAH, Artist, Bosnia and Herzegovina  

 

Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary Film:

INTERROGATION / INFORMATIVNI RAZGOVORI 

Namik Kabil (Bosnia and Herzegovina )

Financial award provided by The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (3.000 €) 

 

Human Rights Award:

THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM AND OTHER STORIES 

Andrey Paounov (Bulgaria)

Financial award provided by The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (3.000 €) 

 

Special Mention

ECHO / EHO 

Marko Popović (Serbia)

 

Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award:

STEVE BUSCEMI, Actor, USA 

 

KATRIN CARTLIDGE FOUNDATION

The winner of this year’s award is director Cary Fukunaga and his film VICTORIA PARA CHINO, chosen and presented by John Lyons President of Production at Focus Features.

 

CINELINK AWARDS 

Jury:

JACQUELINE ADA

BEHROOZ HASHEMIAN

CHARLOTTE APPELGREN

GEORGES GOLDENSTERN

ČEDOMIR KOLAR

MEINHOLF ZURHORST

 

Hubert Bals Fund Award 

Donkey by Antonio Nuić 

 

Goteborg Film Festival Fund Award

First of all Felicia by Melissa de Raaf and Razvan Radulescu 

 

CNC Award 

White, White World by Milena Marković and Oleg Novković 

 

Magicbox Multimedia Award 

Adrian Pall by Agnes Koscis and Andrea Roberti 

 

EAVE scholarship 

Uliks Fehmiu, White, White World 

 

PARTNER’S AWARDS

 

THE NOMINATION OF THE SARAJEVO CANDIDATE FOR THE 2007 EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY AWARD   

Jury: Michele Ohayon, Dalibor Matanić, Nikolaj Nikitin 

 

TOKYO JIM 

Jamie Rafn (UK)

This Award for the Best Short Film, in the amount of €2000, is presented by United International Pictures and carries a nomination for the European Film Academy (EFA) Award. 

 

EDN Talent Grant

Jury: Tarik Samarah, Stefan Haupt, Adela Peeva 

 

IN 4 YEARS / ZA 4 GODINE 

Nebojša Slijepčević (Croatia)

The EDN Talent Grant was established through the cooperation of the Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) and the European Documentary Network (EDN), and is aimed at providing support to talented directors of documentary films from the Balkans. The Award covers the costs of attending the Pitching Workshop in Thessaloniki in March 2008, where its recipient will have the opportunity to develop and present his or her new project. 

 

CICAE AWARD

Jury: Francois Ayme, Katarzyna Boratyn, Rita Linda Potyondi 

 

A MAN’S FEAR OF GOD / TAKVA 

Ozer Kiziltan (Turkey / Germany)

The International Confederation of Artistic Cinemas (CICAE) will also present an award to a film in the Competition Programme. The chosen film will receive special CICAE support in its distribution, screening, and the reaching of an audience through a network of 3000 cinemas.