20-08-2021

FESTIVALS: Great Freedom Wins Sarajevo Film Festival 2021

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    SARAJEVO: The Austrian/German coproduction Great Freedom / Grosse Freiheit by Sebastian Meise has received the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film at the 27th edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival. The closing ceremony was held on 19 August 2021, but the festival that opened on 13 August will wrap on 20 August 2021.

    Serbian Milica Tomović was awarded best director for Celts.

    In the industry section CineLink, the Eurimages Coproduction Development Award went to Forget the Ocean, Why Not Try Surfing These Insane River Waves (Serbia) directed by Marko Grba Singh.

    Earlier it was announced that the Sarajevo Film Festival’s Nominee for European Film Award was the short documentary My Uncle Tudor by Olga Lucovnicova.

    A total of 47 films vied for awards in four competition programmes: Feature Films, Documentaries, Short Films and Student Films.

    FULL LIST OF AWARDS:

    OFFICIAL AWARDS:

    COMPETITION PROGRAMME – FEATURE FILM:

    Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film:
    Great Freedom / Grosse Freiheit (Austria, Germany)
    Directed by Sebastian Meise

    Heart of Sarajevo for Best Director:
    Milica Tomović for Celts / Kelti (Serbia)
    Produced by EED productions
    Supported by Film Center Serbia

    Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress:
    Flaka Latifi, Era Balaj, Urate Shabani for The Hill Where Lionesses Roar / La colline où rugissent les lioness (Kosovo, France)
    Directed by Luàna Bajrami

    Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor:
    Georg Friedrich for Great Freedom / Grosse Freiheit (Austria, Germany)
    Directed by Sebastian Meise

    COMPETITION PROGRAMME – DOCUMENTARY FILM:

    Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary:
    Landscape of Resistance (Serbia, Germany, France)
    Directed by Marta Popivoda

    Special Jury Award:
    Looking for Horses (the Netherlands, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Stefan Pavlović

    Special Jury Mention:
    The Same Dream (Romania)
    Directed by Vlad Petri

    Human Rights Award:
    Les Enfants terribles (Turkey, Germany, France)
    Directed by Ahmet Necdet Çupur

    COMPETITION PROGRAMME – SHORT FILM:

    Heart of Sarajevo for Best Short Film - Academy Award® Qualifying:
    Everything Ahead (France, Croatia)
    Directed by Mate Ugrin

    Special Jury Mention:
    Displaced (Kosovo)
    Directed by Samir Karahoda

    COMPETITION PROGRAMME – STUDENT FILM:

    Heart of Sarajevo for Best Student Film:
    Summer Planning (Romania)
    Directed by Alexandru Mironescu

    Honourary Heart of Sarajevo Award:
    Wim Wenders

    Special Award for Promoting Gender Equality:
    Looking for Venera (Kosovo, North Macedonia)
    Directed by Norika Sefa
    Produced by Audio House. Macedonian producers are Dejan Krajchevski and Igor Popovski.
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    Special Jury Mention:
    Playground (Belgium)
    Directed by Laura Wandel

    HEARTS OF SARAJEVO FOR THE BEST TV SERIES:

    Best Drama Series:
    The Family

    Best Comedy:
    Big Perica’s Diary

    Best Series Creator:
    Bojan Vuletić for The Family

    Best Actor:
    Boris Isaković for The Family

    Best Actress:
    Jasna Đuričić for The Group

    Rising Star:
    Ivana Zečević for The Group

    CINELINK AWARDS:

    CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET AWARDS 2021:

    Eurimages Coproduction Development Award:
    Forget the Ocean, Why Not Try Surfing These Insane River Waves (Serbia)
    Directed by Marko Grba Singh

    The Artekino International Prize:
    Lust (Bulgaria, Denmark)
    Directed by Ralitza Petrova

    Film Center Serbia Award:
    Vanja (Germany)
    Directed by Aleksandra Odić

    Film Centre Montenegro Award:
    Hesitation Wound (Turkey, France)
    Directed by Selman Nacar

    Special Mention:
    Lunatic (Slovenia)
    Directed by Igor Šterk

    WORK IN PROGRESS AWARDS:

    TRT Award:
    A Ballad (Bosnia and Herzegovina )
    Directed by Aida Begić

    Post Republic Award:
    The Tase of Apple Is Red (Israel, Germany)
    Directed by Ehab Tarabieh

    CineLink Iridium Award:
    Citizen Saint (Georgia)
    Directed by Tinatin Kajrishvili

    CINELINK DRAMA AWARDS:

    Croatian Audiovisual Centre Drama Award:
    Hooked (Romania)

    TV Drama Vision Pitch Award:
    Jinx (Croatia)

    AWARDS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF FILMMAKERS OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA:

    Ivica Matić Award for Contribution to Bosnian and Herzegovinian Cinema in 2019:
    Elma Tataragić – screenwriter of Stiches by Miroslav Terzić (West End Productions) and God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya by Teona Strugar Mitevska (Sisters and Brother Mitevski)
    Nermin Hamzagić – director of Full Moon (SCCA/pro.ba)

    Award for Overall Contribution to Bosnian and Herzegovinian Film:
    Director, scriptwriter, cinematographer and producer Mustafa Kapidžić

    Ivica Matić Award for Contribution to Bosnian and Herzegovinian Cinema in 2020:
    Damir Ibrahimović – producer of Quo Vadis, Aida? by Jasmila Zbanic (Deblokada)
    Igor Čamo – sound designer of Quo Vadis, Aida? and Focus, Grandma! by Pjer Zalica (Obala Art Centar)

    Award for Overall Contribution to Bosnian and Herzegovinian Film:
    Director Ratko Orozović
    Cinematographer Danijal Šukalo

    SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL SHORT FILM NOMINEE FOR THE CANDIDACY FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY AWARD:

    My Uncle Tudor (Belgium, Portugal, Hungary)
    Directed by Olga Lucovnicova

    CINEUROPA PRIZE:

    Moon, 66 Questions (Greece, France)
    Directed by Jacqueline Lentzo

    C.I.C.A.E. PRIZE:

    Great Freedom (Austria, Germany)
    Directed by Sebastian Meise

    BH FILM STUDENT PROGRAMME AWARD:

    Best BH Student Film:
    Bjelko
    Directed by Almir Zoletić

    Special Jury Award:
    Atanasija
    Directed by Boško Krljaš

    Special Jury Mention:
    Wheel of Life
    Directed by Tamara Maksimović

    TALENTS SARAJEVO: PACK&PITCH:

    CineLink Award:
    The Holy Kid (Greece)
    Directed by IordanisTheodosiadis

    Studio Chelia Award:
    A Ton of Ice Cream (North Macedonia)
    Directed by Sandra Gjorgieva

    DOCU TALENTS FROM THE EAST PRESENTED BY JI.HLAVA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL:

    Docu Talents Award:
    Freedom Squared (Russia)
    Directed by Anastasia Zverkova

    DOCU ROUGH CUT BOUTIQUE ORGANISED IN COOPERATION WITH BALKAN DOCUMENTARY CENTER:

    Movies that Matter Award:
    No Place for You in Our Town (Bulgaria)
    Directed by Nikolay Stefanov
    Produced by Smarty Pants Shooter

    IDFA Award:
    Bottlemen (Serbia, Slovenia)
    Directed by Nemanja Vojinović
    Produced by Rt dobre Nade
    Coproduced by Urgh! and Set Sail Films

    DOK Preview Award:
    Cent'anni (Slovenia, Poland, Italy)
    Directed by Maja Prelog
    Produced by Cvinger Film
    Coproduced by Agresywna Banda, Zena Films

    CAT&Docs Award:
    Bottlemen (Serbia, Slovenia)
    Directed by Nemanja Vojinović
    Produced by Rt dobre Nade
    Coproduced by Urgh! and Set Sail Films

    HBO Europe Award:
    No Place for You in Our Town (Bulgaria)
    Directed by Nikolay Stefanov
    Produced by Smarty Pants Shooter

    Avanpost Media Award:
    Cent'anni (Slovenia, Poland, Italy)
    Directed by Maja Prelog
    Produced by Cvinger Film
    Coproduced by Agresywna Banda, Zena Films