Bosnian actor Nazif Mujic, winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actor at 2013 Berlin International Film Festival, for his performance in “An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker” passed away on February 18, 2018. He was 48.

The Berlin International Film Festival issued a statement:

Berlinale Mourns the Loss of Nazif Mujić

The Berlin International Film Festival was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Nazif Mujić, who passed away on February 18, 2018.

In 2013, Nazif Mujić was a guest of the Berlinale Competition with Danis Tanović’s documentary drama An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, in which he re-enacts an episode from his own life as scrap collector in Bosnia and Herzegovina together with his family. Nazif Mujić was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Actor for his performance.