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Awards of the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival

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.
 
 
List of Heart of Sarajevo Awards for TV Series HERE 
 
List of Partners' Awards HERE
 
List of 22nd CineLink Industry Days Awards HERE

List of UniCredit Audience Award HERE

* This label does not prejudge the status of Kosovo and is in accordance with Resolution 1244 and the opinion of the ICJ on Kosovo's declaration of independence
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