Awards
SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS:
HONORARY HEART OF SARAJEVO AWARD
Given in recognition of an exceptional contribution to the art of film.
Competition Programme – Narrative Feature Film
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM
Award in the amount of €16,000.
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Award in the amount of €10,000, sponsored by the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with UNESCO.
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTRESS
Award in the amount of €2,500, sponsored by L’Oréal Paris.
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTOR
Award in the amount of €2,500.
Competition Programme – Documentary Film
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
– AN OSCAR® QUALIFYING FILM
Award in the amount of €4,000, sponsored by the Government of Switzerland.
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Award in the amount of €2,000.
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Award in the amount of €2,500.
Competition Programme – Narrative Short Film
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM – AN OSCAR® QUALIFYING FILM
Award in the amount of €2,500.
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY NARRATIVE SHORT FILM CANDIDATE
The winner receives candidacy for the European Film Academy’s Best Narrative Short Film Award.
Competition Programme – Student Short Film
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
Award in the amount of €1,000, sponsored by the Regional Cooperation Council.
PRIX CINEPLEXX
A festival award celebrating regional film and its approach to the audience. It is presented to a film from the Open Air Premiere Programme, with financial and marketing support by Cineplexx.
SPECIAL AWARD FOR PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY
Award in the amount of €7,500 sponsored by Mastercard.
SPECIAL YOUTH PERSPECTIVES AWARD
Award in the amount of €7,500 sponsored by the Council of Europe.
UNICREDIT AUDIENCE AWARD
PARTNERS’ AWARDS:
CICAE AWARD
The International Confederation of Art Cinemas (CICAE) awards a film from the Competition Programme – Narrative Feature Film. The winning film receives CICAE support in terms of distribution, exhibition, and audience outreach, throughout a network of 3,000 cinemas.
CINEUROPA PRIZE
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.
32nd Sarajevo Film Festival Partners’ Awards
AWARDS OF ASSOCIATION OF BOSNIAN FILMMAKERS
BH. FILM STUDENT PROGRAMME AWARD
Jury:
Dijana Jelača
Dženita Čamo
Kemal Rizvanović
BEST BH. STUDENT FILM
TAPE 2025: I LOVE YOU, DAD
Director: Zoja Perović
The Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
AS IF I’M NOT THERE
Director: Milica Vujasin
The Academy of Arts of the University of Banja Luka
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
PEACE IS THE PATH
Director: Haris Habibija
The Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo
EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS EUROPEAN SHORT FILM – PRIX VIMEO
Jury:
Daniel Ebner
Faridah Gbadamosi
Olga Lamontanara
THE END
Director: Niki Lindroth von Bahr
The winner receives candidacy for the European Short Film – Prix Vimeo
CINEUROPA PRIZE
Jury:
Cécile Despringre
Timka Grin
17
Director: Kosara Mitić
The prize is awarded by the Cineuropa portal, the site dedicated to the European cinema and film professionals, and is given to a film that besides having indisputable artistic qualities also promotes the idea of European dialogue and integration. The value of this award is €5,000.
CICAE AWARD
Jury:
Aliki Kalagasidu
Mikaela Smith
Jacopo Sodoma
EVERYTIME
Director: Sandra Wollner
The International Confederation of Art Cinemas (CICAE) awards a film from the Competition Programme – Narrative Feature Film. The awarded film will receive CICAE support in terms of distribution, exhibition and audience outreach, through a network of 3,000 cinemas.
“ARMAN SOLDIN” SCHOLARSHIP
HORROR OF VAREŠ
Authors: Elmedina Tirić, Ines Radić
Award in the amount of €2,500.
