OFFICIAL AWARDS
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – FEATURE FILM
President of the Jury:
Michel Hazanavicius (director, writer, France)
Members of the Jury:
Carlo Chatrian (artistic director of the Berlin International Film Festival, Germany)
Jadranka Đokić (actress, Croatia)
Srdan Golubović (director, Serbia)
Andrea Stavenhagen (head of industry and training projects of the Morelia Film Festival, Mexico)
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
Germany, Belgium, Kosovo
Director: Visar Morina
Producers: Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade
Award in the amount of €16,000, co-sponsored by the Tourism Association of Canton Sarajevo
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Azerbaijan, France
Award in the amount of €10,000, sponsored by Agnes B.
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTRESS
Switzerland, Croatia
Award in the amount of €2,500
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTOR
Greece, France
Award in the amount of €2,500
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – DOCUMENTARY FILM
Jury:
Lejla Dedić (producer, programme department, Al Jazeera Balkans, BiH)
Goran Dević (director, Croatia)
Tue Steen Müller (documentary consultant and critic, Denmark)
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Sweden, Serbia, Germany, France, Belgium, Qatar
Director: Mladen Kovačević
Award in the amount of €3,000, sponsored by the Government of Switzerland
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Romania
Director: Andrei Dăscălescu
Award in the amount of €2,500.
HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
Romania, Germany, Finland
Director: Radu Ciorniciuc
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.
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – SHORT FILM
Jury:
Stefan Đorđević (director, Serbia)
Thanasis Neofotistos (director, Greece)
Ines Tanović (director, screenwriter, producer, BiH)
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT FILM - Academy Award® qualifying
Croatia
Director: Tin Žanić
Award in the amount of €2,500, sponsored by Podravka
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
Greece
Director: Anastasia Kratidi
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – STUDENT FILM
Jury:
Anđelija Andrić (international relations coordinator at Film Center Serbia, Serbia)
Georges Goldenstern (general manager, Cinéfondation, France)
Lana Matić (producer, Croatia)
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST STUDENT FILM
Turkey, Japan
Director: Zeynep Dilan Süren
Award in the amount of €1,000, sponsored by the Regional Cooperation Council
HONORARY HEART OF SARAJEVO AWARD
Michel Franco, director
Mads Mikkelsen, actor
AUDENTIA AWARD 2020
Jury:
Aida Begić, director, BiH
Marco Müller, artistic director, Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival, Italy/China
Iris Zappe-Heller, deputy director, head of the Gender and Diversity Department, Austria
Director: Natalija Yefimkina
The award will be given to the female director of a feature film from one of this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival programmes, as a support for her future film.
Award in the amount of 30,000 €, sponsored by EURIMAGES
CINELINK AWARDS
CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET AWARDS 2020
Jury:
Sehad Čekić, Film Center Montenegro
Georges Goldenstern, Cinefondation
Behrooz Hashemian, Silkroad Production
Elena Kotová, Eurimages
Annamaria Lodato, ARTE France Cinema
Gordan Matić, Film Center Serbia
EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
THE OTTER
Director: Srđan Vuletić
Award in amount of 20,000 €
FILM CENTER MONTENEGRO CINELINK AWARD
SPITE
Director: Andrijana Stojković
Award in amount of 10,000 €
FILM CENTER SERBIA CINELINK AWARD
SUPPORTING ROLE
Director: Ana Urushadze
Award in amount of 10,000 €
ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
SUDDENLY
Director: Melisa Önel
Award in amount of 6,000 €
EAVE + AWARD
Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO KIMON
CINELINK WORK IN PROGRESS AWARDS
Jury:
Elise Jalladeau, Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Petra Kader-Göbel, The Post Republic
Vanja Kaludjerčić, International Film Festival Rotterdam
Tobias Pausinger, The Match Factory
Esra Demirkiran, Turkish National Radio Television
TURKISH NATIONAL RADIO TELEVISION AWARD
ULBOLSYN
Director: Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Award in amount of 25,000 €
POST REPUBLIC AWARD
VERA DREAMS OF THE SEA
Director: Kaltrina Krasniqi
Award in-kind post-production services worth 50,000 €
CINELINK IRIDIUM AWARD
MOON 66 QUESTIONS
Director: Jacqueline Lentzou
Award in-kind post-production services worth 20,000 €
CINELINK DRAMA AWARDS
Jury:
Cia Edström, TV Drama Vision - Göteborg Film Festival
Nebojša Taraba, Drugi Plan
Miroslav Terzić, director
CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL CENTER DRAMA AWARD
BLACK DELTA
Creators: Dragos Bucur i Sofia Bucur
Award in amount of 15,000 € to stimulate the development process of selected project
TV DRAMA VISION PITCH AWARD
ABYSS
Creator: Marjan Alčevski
Project selected to be presented at TV Drama Vision in Göteborg
26TH SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL PARTNERS' AWARDS
CINEUROPA AWARD
Jury:
Marta Bałaga, film critic, Poland/Finland
Boban Jevtić, creative director, Firefly, Serbia
Director: Visar Morina
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.
CICAE AWARD
Jury:
Éva Demeter, International relations coordinator at TISZApART, Mozi, Hungary
Piotr Szczyszyk, programmer and film education specialist of the PAŁACOWE CINEMA in ZAMEK CULTURE CENTRE, Poland
Anika Danielle Wagner, programmer and creative head of Traumstern Kino, Germany
Director: Andrea Štaka
The International Confederation of Art Cinemas (CICAE) awards a film from the Competition Programme – Feature Film. The winning film receives CICAE support in terms of distribution, exhibition, and audience outreach, throughout a network of 3,000 cinemas.
SARAJEVO SHORT FILM CANDIDATE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
Jury:
Aleta Rajič, animator, BiH
Amila Ramović, curator, BiH
Andrei Tănăsescu, programmer, Romania
Director: Lasse Linder
Films in the European Shorts section compete alongside the regional Competition Shorts for an EFA Short Film Candidacy at the European Film Awards and to qualify for an Academy Award (Oscar®) nomination.
BH FILM STUDENT PROGRAMME AWARDS
Jury:
Sabrina Begović Ćorić, director BiH
Strajo Krsmanović, film theoretician, BiH
Mirza Skenderagić, screenwriter and film critic, BiH
BEST BH STUDENT FILM
Director: Alen Šimić
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Director: Stefan Tomić
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
Director: Igor Đurić
TALENTS SARAJEVO PACK & PITCH 2020
Jury:
Kathi Bildhauer, coordinator, Berlinale Talents, Project Market
Asja Krsmanović, Sarajevo Film Festival programmer
Yoel Meranda, producer, Kamara
Ivana Pekušić, producer, Studio Chelia
CINELINK AWARD
ANNA GYIMESI
AFFRICATA
STUDIO CHELIA AWARD
CLARA KLEININGER
NO ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
DOCU TALENTS FROM THE EAST PRESENTED BY JI.HLAVA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Jury:
Natalia Arshavskaya, acquisitions, Current Time TV
Martichka Bozhilova, producer, Agitprop
Wood Lin, Program Director, TAIWAN International Documentary Festival
Jarmila Outratová, head of industry, Ji.hlava IDFF
Tiffany Pritchard, journalist, Filmmaker Magazine
DOCU TALENTS AWARD
ELEVATION
Director: Max Rudenko
Award in the amount of 5000 USD sponsored by Current TV
DOCU ROUGH CUT BOUTIQUE AWARDS
Jury:
Laurien Ten Houten, IDFA Industry & Docs for Sale manager
Hanka Kastelicová, VP of Documentaries HBO Europe
Catherine Le Clef, president and founder of CAT&Docs
Cristian Nicolescu, co-founder of Digital Cube
Brigid O'Shea, head of Dok Leipzig Industry
AVANPOST MEDIA AWARD
MUSEUM OF REVOLUTION
Director: Srđan Keča
In kind post-production services worth 20 000 €
CAT&DOCS AWARD
COLORS OF TOBI
Director: Alexa Bakony
Award in amount of 2000 €
HBO EUROPE AWARD
COLORS OF TOBI
Director: Alexa Bakony
Award in amount of 2000 €
IDFA PROJECT AWARD & DOK PREVIEW AWARD
CHAMPIONS
Director: Ketevani Kapanadze
The winner will be fully invited to present a project at IDFA 2020 and DOK Leipzig 2020
