OFFICIAL AWARDS
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – FEATURE FILM
President of the Jury:
Asghar Farhadi (Director, Writer, Iran)
Members of the Jury:
Judita Franković Brdar (Actress, Croatia)
Mike Goodridge (Artistic Director of International Film Festival & Awards Macao, UK)
Brigitte Lacombe (Photographer, France)
Ana Urushadze (Writer, Director, Georgia)
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
Bulgaria, Germany, France
Director: Milko Lazarov
Producers: Veselka Kiryakova, Eike Goreczka, Christoph Kukula, Guillaume de Seille
Financial Award, in the amount of 16.000 €.
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Romania, Canada, Germany, Sweden
Financial Award, in the amount of 10,000 €, is provided by Agnes B.
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTRESS
Financial Award, in the amount of 2.500 €, sponsored by Tondach.
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTOR
Financial Award, in the amount of 2.500 €, sponsored by Tondach.
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – SHORT FILM
Jury:
Konstantina Kotzamani (Writer, Director, Greece)
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović (Writer, Director, Croatia)
Ena Sendijarević (Filmmaker, Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Director: Ermin Bravo
Financial Award, in the amount of 2.500 €, sponsored by Podravka.
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
USA, Greece
Director: Eirini Vianelli
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – STUDENT FILM
Jury:
Richard Kwietniowski (Senior Lecturer at London Film School, UK)
Andrea Rudert (Head of Project Management FILMFEST MUNICH, Programmer FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH, Germany)
Neven Samardžić (Director, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST STUDENT FILM
Hungary
Director: Hajni Kis
Financial Award, in the amount of 1,000 €, sponsored by Regional Cooperation Council.
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – DOCUMENTARY FILM
Jury:
Leena Pasanen (Festival Director of DOK Leipzig, Germany)
Luciano Rigolini (Artist-photographer, producer, Switzerland)
Marina Gumzi (Producer/ Scriptwriter, Slovenia)
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Director: Nebojša Slijepčević
Croatia
Financial award, in the amount of 3,000 €, sponsored by Government of Switzerland.
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Director: László Csuja
Hungary, Qatar
Financial award in the amount of 2,500 €.
HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
Turkey, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Director: Didem Pekün
Best film of the Competition Programme – Documentary Film dealing with the subject of human rights. Award in the amount of 3,000 €, sponsored by Government of Switzerland.
HONORARY HEART OF SARAJEVO
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director
Nijaz Hastor, the owner and founder of the ASA Prevent Group and founder of the Hastor Foundation
CINELINK AWARDS
CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET AWARDS
CineLink Co-Production Market Jury:
Annamaria Lodato, Behrooz Hashemian, Boban Jevtić, Čedomir Kolar, Danijel Hočevar, Georges Goldenstern, Sehad Čekić
EURIMAGES COPRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
SAFE PLACE
Director: Juraj Lerotić
Producer: Boris T. Matić
Production company: Propeler Film
Co-production company: STARAGARA
Croatia, Slovenia
ARTE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CINELINK AWARD
MAY LABOUR DAY
Director: Pjer Žalica
Producer: Pjer Žalica, Aida Huseinović
Production company: FORUM Association for Art and Culture
Co-production: Propeler Film, A.S.A.P. Films, Staragara, Bascelik, Artikulacija Film
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro
FILM CENTER MONTENEGRO CINELINK AWARD
A CUP OF COFFEE AND NEW SHOES ON
Director: Gentian Koçi
Producer: Gentian Koçi, Blerina Hankollari
Production company: ARTALB FILM
Co-production company: Graal Films
Albania, Greece
EAVE SCHOLARSHIP
FIUME O MORTE!
Director: Igor Bezinović
Producer: Tibor Keser, Vanja Jambrović, Fabrizio Polpettini
Production company: Restart
Co-production company: La Bête, NOSOROGI
Croatia, France, Slovenia
WORK IN PROGRESS AWARDS
Work In Progress Jury:
Gabor Greiner, Kim Yutani, Marco Mueller, Serkan Yildirim, Tolke Palm
TRT AWARD
ZAVERA
Director: Andrei Gruzsniczki
Producer: Alexandru Teodorescu
Production company: Saga Film
Romania
POST REPUBLIC AWARD
AFRICA
Director: Oren Gerner
Producer: Itay Akirav
Production company: Film Harbour
Israel
CINELINK IRIDIUM AWARD
IBRAHIM
Director: Lina Alabed
Producer: Rami El Nihawi
Production company: SakaDo
Co-produced by: Kirstine Barfod Film
Palestine, Lebanon, Qatar, Denmark
CINELINK DRAMA AWARD
CineLink Drama Award Jury:
Ana Balentović, Dalibor Matanić, Paula McHarg
FILM CENTER SERBIA CINELINK DRAMA AWARD
GREATER THAN THE DEATH
Creator: Arya Su Altıoklar, Samim Türkmen
Director: Erhan Yürük, Boran Güney
Writer: Avni Tuna Dilligil
Producer: Metin Alihan Yalçındağ, Mehmet Altıoklar, Yaman Birman
Production company: KısaKes Production
Turkey
PARTNER'S AWARDS
AWARDS OF ASSOCIATION OF BOSNIAN FILMMAKERS
Ivica Matić Award
Alen Drljević (MEN DON’T CRY)
Ivica Matić Award
Damir Ibrahimović (MEN DON’T CRY)
Ivica Matić Award
The award for overall contribution to Bosnian and Herzegovinian film (for artists and associates) The board members awards Dragan Ressner and Nidžara Mehić
CINEUROPA NAGRADA
Director: Florin Șerban
CICAE NAGRADA
Director: Florin Șerban
SARAJEVO SHORT FILM NOMINEE FOR EUROPAN FILM AWARDS 2018
Director: Mahdi Fleifel
BEST PACK & PITCH AWARD (TALENTS SARAJEVO PACK & PITCH)
THE LAND WITHIN ME
Director: Fisnik Maxhuni
REMEMBER
Director: Thanos Psichogios
MIDPOINT AWARDS
Milan Stojanovic (TURBO)
Art Department Masterclass Award
TRANSIT
HBO Europe Award
SLEEPOVER
BH FILM STUDENT PROGRAMME AWARD
Best B&H Student Film Award
Director: Irfan Avdić
Special Jury Award
Director: Kouros Alaghband
Special Mention
Director: Sara Ristić
