Honorary Heart of Sarajevo
Philippe Bober, producer, founder of Coproduction Officea
Christof Papousek, co-owner of Constantin Film-Holding, CFO and Managing Partner of Cineplexx International
Alexader Payne, director, screenwriter, producer
Meg Ryan, actress
Paul Schrader, director, screenwriter (Honorary Heart of Sarajevo recipient in 2018.)
Elia Suleiman, director
John Turturro, actor, screenwriter, director
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – FEATURE FILM
Jury:
Paul Schrader, president of the Jury (director, screenwriter, USA)
Sebastian Cavazza (actor, Slovenia)
Una Gunjak (director, screewriter, editor, Bosina and Herzegovina)
Juho Kuosmanen (director, screenwriter, Finland)
Noomi Rapace (actress, producer, Sweden)
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
THREE KILOMETERS TO THE END OF THE WORLD
Romania
Director: Emanuel Pârvu
Producer: Miruna Berecsu
The monetary prize in the amount of €16,000 is co-funded by the Tourism Association of Canton Sarajevo.
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Yorgos Zois, ARCADIA
Greece, Bulgria, USA
The monetary prize in the amount of €10,000 is sponsored by the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with UNESCO.
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTRESS
Anab Ahmed Ibrahim, VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE
Austria, France, Germany, Somalia
Monetary prize in the amount of €2,500.
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTOR
Doru Bem, HOLY WEEK
Romania, Switzerland
Monetary prize in the amount of €2,500.
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – DOCUMENTARY FILM
Jury:
Mandy Chang (founder and Creative Director of Undeniable, Fremantle’s label, USA)
Marek Hovorka (founder and Director of Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic)
Wang Xiaoshuai (director, writer and producer, China)
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
A PICTURE TO REMEMBER
Ukraine, France, Germany
Director: Olga Chernykh
The monetary prize in the amount of €4,000 is sponsored by the Government of Switzerland.
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM
LIKE A SICK YELLOW
Kosovo*
Director: Norika Sefa
Monetary prize in the amount of €2,000.
HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
YOUR LIFE WITHOUT ME
Hungary, Switzerland
Director: Anna Rubi
The Human Rights Award is presented for the best film from the Competition Programme – Documentary Film that addresses human rights issues. The monetary prize in the amount of €3,000 is sponsored by the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
WHAT WE ASK OF A STATUE IS THAT IT DOESN’T MOVE
Greece, France
Director: Daphné Hérétakis
Monetary prize in the amount of €2,500.
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – SHORT FILM
Jury:
Anamaria Antoci (producer, Romunia)
Flora Anna Buda (director, Hungary)
Burak Çevik (director, producer, Türkiye)
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT FILM
ABSENT
Türkiye
Director: Cem Demirer
Qualifies the winning film for consideration for the Academy Award® for Best Short Film.
Monetary prize in the amount of €2,500.
SPECIAL MENTION
TAKO TSUBO
Austria, Germany
Director: Eva Pedroza, Fanny Sorgo
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – STUDENT FILM
Jury:
Anna Gyimesi (director, Hungary)
Delphine Jeanneret (dilm curator and lecturer, Film Department of the Geneva University of Art and Design, Switzerland)
Ivan Ramljak (director, independent curator and a short film selector for the Rotterdam Film Festival, Croatia)
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST STUDENT FILM
THE SMELL OF FRESH PAINT
Serbia
Director: Nađa Petrović
The monetary prize in the amount of €1,000 is sponsored by the Regional Cooperation Council.
SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AWARD
Jury:
Dörte Schneider Garcia (editor, assistant director, and green consultant (Film and TV), Germany)
Julian Ross (film programmer, researcher, and writer, the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Misan Sagay (screenwriter, United Kingdom)
THE SKY ABOVE ZENICA
Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Director: Zlatko Pranjić, Nanna Frank Møller
Award in the amount of €5,000 sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme in BiH.
SPECIAL AWARD FOR PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY
Jury:
Dörte Schneider Garcia (editor, assistant director, and green consultant (Film and TV), Germany)
Julian Ross (film programmer, researcher, and writer, the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Misan Sagay (screenwriter, United Kingdom)
CENT’ANNI
Slovenia, Italy, Poland, Serbia, Austria
Director: Maja Doroteja Prelog
The monetary prize in the amount of €7,500 is sponsored by Mastercard.
22nd CineLink Industry Days Awards
The 22nd CineLink Industry Days took place at 30th Sarajevo Film Festival, where projects in different formats and stages of development from Southeast Europe and the MENA region were presented. In its 22nd edition, CineLink awarded prizes totaling €130,000 and €73,500 in kinds.
CINELINK AWARD WINNERS
CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET AWARDS
Eurimages Jury:
Konstantinos Kontovrakis
Janine Jackowski, Komplizen Film
Illinka Teodorescu, Romanian Film Center
EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
BIG WOMEN
Director: Milica Tomović
Producers: Dragana Jovović, Jelena Radenković
Production Companies: Non-Aligned Films, Big Time Production
Country: Serbia
Award in the amount of €20,000
EURIMAGES SPECIAL CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
TIMES NEW ROMAN
Director: Philip Sotnychenko
Producer: Valeria Sochyvets
Production Company: Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema
Countries: Ukraine, Lithuania
Award in the amount of €20,000
Film Center Montenegro and Film Center Serbia CineLink Award Jury:
Ivan Karl, Film Center Serbia
Aleksandra Božović, Film Center Montenegro
Behrooz Hashemian, Silkroad Production
Čedomir Kolar, A.S.A.P. Films
Savina Neirotti, Torino Film Lab
FILM CENTER MONTENEGRO CINELINK AWARD
HYSTÉRA
Director: Asimina Proedrou
Producer: Maria Kontogianni
Production Company: Wild At Heart
Countries: Greece, Slovenia, France
Award in the amount of €10,000
FILM CENTER SERBIA CINELINK AWARD
AIR IN A BOTTLE
Director: Aida Begić
Producer: Snežana van Houwelingen
Production Companies: Film House Sarajevo, This and That Productions
Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
Award in the amount of €10,000
ARTEKino International Prize Jury:
Mathilde Hersant, ARTE France Cinéma
ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
UPTIGHT ASS
Director: Matija Gluščević
Producer: Čarna Vučinić
Production Company: Naked
Country: Serbia
Award in the amount of €6,000
CINELINK DRAMA AWARDS
Jury:
Cia Edström, Göteborg Film Festival
Neerja Narayanan, Multi-hyphenate Creative Producer/Studio Executive/Consultant/Writer
Ivana Miković, Firefly
CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL CENTER DRAMA AWARD
PRAY FOR US
Creator: Filip Jokanović
Producers: Jon Gojani, Sara Stijović
Production Company: Kot Productions
Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro
Award in the amount of €15,000
TV DRAMA VISION PITCH AWARD
ANGELMAKER
Creator: Cristina Groșan
Producer: Anda Ionescu
Production Company: Tangaj Production
Countries: Romania, Czech Republic
CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET & CINELINK DRAMA
Female Voices CineLink Award Jury:
Nerina Kocjančić, Film Center Slovenia
Tamara Tatishvili, Hubert Bals
Thomas Micoulet, Haut Les Mains Productions
FEMALE VOICES CINELINK AWARD, SUPPORTED BY SLOVENIAN FILM CENTER AND UN WOMEN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
LULLABY
Director: Keti Machaviarani
Producer: Effie Skrobola
Production Company: View Master Films
Countries: Greece, Georgia
Award in the amount of €20,000
CINELINK WORK IN PROGRESS
Jury:
Petra Kader-Göbel, The Post Republic
Esra Demirkiran, Turkish National Radio Television
Ava Cahen, Semaine de la Critique
Eleonora Pesci, Curzon Artificial Eye
Olivier Barbier, MK2 Films
TURKISH NATIONAL RADIO TELEVISION AWARD
HONEY BUNNY
Director: Igor Jelinović
Producer: Rea Rajčić
Production Companies: Eclectica, Baš-Čelik
Countries: Croatia, Serbia
Award in the amount of €25,000
POST REPUBLIC AWARD
HEAR THE YELLOW
Director: Banu Sıvacı
Producers: Yusuf Aslanyürek, Orkun Huylu
Production Companies: Anagraffilm, Huylu Film, Aslanyürek Film
Country: Türkiye
Award in the amount of €30,000 in kind
CINELINK IMPACT AWARD
Jury:
Faridah Gbadamosi, Tribeca Enterprises
Amy Shepherd, Think-Film Impact Production
Matthew Cherchio, XTR
THINK-FILM IMPACT PRODUCTION
DIVIA
Director: Dmytro Hreshko
Producers: Polina Herman, Glib Lukianets
Production Companies: Gogol Film, UP UA Studio
Countries: Poland, Ukraine, Netherlands
Award in the amount of €20,000 in kind
DOCU ROUGH CUT BOUTIQUE
Jury:
Hanka Kastelicová, Warner Bros. Discovery/HBO
Eugen Kelemen, Avanpost
Marcel Maiga, DOK Leipzig
Catherine LeClef, CAT&Docs
Margje de Koning, Movies that Matter
Veronika Fidrmuc Dvořáčková, East Silver Caravan Award
HBO AWARD
IN HELL WITH IVO
Director/Producer: Kristina Nikolova
Production Company: LunaClipse Media
Countries: Bulgaria, USA
Award in the amount of €2,000
CAT&DOCS AWARD
KARTLI
Directors: Tamar Kalandadze, Julien Pebrel
Producer: Ketevan Kipiani
Production Company: Sakdoc Film
Countries: Georgia, France
Award in the amount of €2,000
DOK LEIPZIG PREVIEW AWARD
ELECTING MISS SANTA
Director: Raisa Razmerita
Producer: Ion Gnatiuc
Production Company: HaiDOC Productions
Countries: Republic of Moldova, Romania
Invitation to present a project at DOK Leipzig 2024
AVANTPOST AWARD
IN HELL WITH IVO
Director/Producer: Kristina Nikolova
Production Company: LunaClipse Media
Countries: Bulgaria, USA
Award in the amount of €20,000 in kind
MOVIES THAT MATTER AWARD
ELECTING MISS SANTA
Director: Raisa Razmerita
Producer: Ion Gnatiuc
Production Company: HaiDOC Productions
Countries: Republic of Moldova, Romania
Invitation to present a project at Movies that Matter Festival
EAST SILVER CARAVAN AWARD
IN HELL WITH IVO
Director/Producer: Kristina Nikolova
Production Company: LunaClipse Media
Countries: Bulgaria, USA
The Institute of Documentary Film (IDF), in kind distribution service worth €3,500
30th Sarajevo Film Festival Partners’ Awards
AWARDS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF FILMMAKERS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
“IVICA MATIĆ” AWARD
The committee for the “Ivica Matić” awards for 2023:
Elma Tataragić
Alena Džebo
Nermin Hamzagić
“IVICA MATIĆ” 2023 AWARD
EXCURSION
Una Gunjak, director of the film EXCURSION
“IVICA MATIĆ” 2023 AWARD
The award for overall contribution to Bosnian and Herzegovinian film: Šemsudin Gegić
BH FILM STUDENT PROGRAMME AWARD
Jury:
Emina Omerović
Alen Muratović
Zdenko Jurilj
BEST BH STUDENT FILM
GOOD LUCK, SARAH!
Isidora Ratković
The Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
WE’LL BUY THE FISH TOMORROW
Sara Ristić
The Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
ZANZIBAR 4K COLORIZED
Lea Tošić
The Academy of Performing Arts in Banja Luka
“AMIRA LEKIĆ” AWARD
Mentor for the “Amira Lekić” award for 2024: Jovan Marjanović
Sara Radusinović and Alena Džebo announced the mentor for the “Amira Lekić” award for this year.
EUROPEAN SHORT FILM CANDIDATE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
Jury:
Mathieu Janssen
Stanislaw Liguzinski
Katya Trichkova
WINTER
Director: Tomek Popakul, Kasumi Ozeki
The winner receives a candidature for the European Film Academy Best Short Film Award.
CICAE AWARD
Jury:
Bruno Castro
Monica Naldi
Franco Savelli
FAMILY THERAPY
Director: Sonja Prosenc
The International Confederation of Art Cinemas (CICAE) awards a film from the Competition Programme – Feature Film. The awarded film will receive CICAE support in terms of distribution, exhibition and audience outreach, through a network of 3,000 cinemas.
CINEUROPA PRIZE
Jury:
Mira Staleva
Tomislav Topić
THREE KILOMETERS TO THE END OF THE WORLD
Director: Emanuel Pârvu
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 us 5,000 €.
Audience Awards Winners are “Black Box Diaries”, “No Other Land” and “Komar”
After eight days of the festival and more than 240 films screened, the audience has chosen their favorites. The UniCredit Audience Award at the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival went to the following films:
FEATURE FILM
Black Box Diaries
Directed by Shiori Ito
DOCUMENTARY FILM
No Other Land
Directed by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
TV SERIES
Komar
Created by Timur Makarević
