Exile (Exil) directed by Visar Morina won the top prize, Heart of Sarajevo, for Best Feature film at the 26th Sarajevo Film Festival which was held online from August 14th to 21st. The film follows Xhafer, a Kosovo-born pharmaceutical engineer living in Germany, who suddenly feels discriminated against and bullied at work because of his ethnic background. As he loses his job, his wife and his family, he walks a delicate tightrope between his life as an integrated, middle-class family man, and foreigner in his adopted country.
Winners of 26th Sarajevo Film Festival
COMPETITION PROGRAM – FEATURE FILM
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
EXILE / EXIL
Germany, Belgium, Kosovo
Director: Visar Morina
Producers: Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Ru Hasanov, THE ISLAND WITHIN / DAXILDƏKI ADA
Azerbaijan, France
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTRESS
Marija Škaričić, MARE
Switzerland, Croatia
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST ACTOR
Vangelis Mourikis, DIGGER
Greece, France
COMPETITION PROGRAM – DOCUMENTARY FILM
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
MERRY CHRISTMAS, YIWU
Sweden, Serbia, Germany, France, Belgium, Qatar
Director: Mladen Kovačević
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
HOLY FATHER
Romania
Director: Andrei Dăscălescu
HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
ACASĂ, MY HOME / ACASĂ
Romania, Germany, Finland
Director: Radu Ciorniciuc
Best film of the Competition Program – Documentary Film dealing with the subject of human rights.
COMPETITION PROGRAMME – SHORT FILM
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST SHORT FILM – Academy Award® qualifying
ANTIOTPAD Croatia
Director: Tin Žanić
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
IN HER STEPS / STA VÌMATA TIS
Greece
Director: Anastasia Kratidi
COMPETITION PROGRAM – STUDENT FILM
HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST STUDENT FILM
THE GREAT ISTANBUL DEPRESSION / BÜYÜK İSTANBUL DEPRESYONU
Turkey, Japan
Director: Zeynep Dilan Süren
HONORARY HEART OF SARAJEVO AWARD
Michel Franco, director
Mads Mikkelsen, actor
AUDENTIA AWARD 2020
GARAGE PEOPLE
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 programs, as a support for her future film.
CINELINK AWARDS
CINELINK CO-PRODUCTION MARKET AWARDS 2020
EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
THE OTTER
Director: Srđan Vuletić
FILM CENTER MONTENEGRO CINELINK AWARD
SPITE
Director: Andrijana Stojković
FILM CENTER SERBIA CINELINK AWARD
SUPPORTING ROLE
Director: Ana Urushadze
ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
SUDDENLY
Director: Melisa Önel
EAVE + AWARD
Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO KIMON
CINELINK WORK IN PROGRESS AWARDS
TURKISH NATIONAL RADIO TELEVISION AWARD
ULBOLSYN
Director: Adilkhan Yerzhanov
POST REPUBLIC AWARD
VERA DREAMS OF THE SEA
Director: Kaltrina Krasniqi
CINELINK IRIDIUM AWARD
MOON 66 QUESTIONS
Director: Jacqueline Lentzou
CINELINK DRAMA AWARDS
CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL CENTER DRAMA AWARD
BLACK DELTA
Creators: Dragos Bucur i Sofia Bucur
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
EXILE
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.
CICAE AWARD
MARE
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
ALL CATS ARE GREY IN THE DARK
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 PROGRAM AWARDS
BEST BH STUDENT FILM
B4
Director: Alen Šimić
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
ROOTS
Director: Stefan Tomić
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
THRALL
Director: Igor Đurić
TALENTS SARAJEVO PACK & PITCH 2020
CINELINK AWARD
ANNA
GYIMESIAFFRICATA
STUDIO CHELIA AWARD
CLARA KLEININGER
NO ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
DOCU TALENTS FROM THE EAST PRESENTED BY JI.HLAVA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
DOCU TALENTS AWARD
ELEVATION
Director: Max Rudenko
DOCU ROUGH CUT BOUTIQUE AWARDS
AVANPOST MEDIA AWARD
MUSEUM OF REVOLUTION
Director: Srđan Keča
CAT&DOCS AWARD
COLORS OF TOBI
Director: Alexa Bakony
HBO EUROPE AWARD
COLORS OF TOBI
Director: Alexa Bakony
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