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.