Heart of Sarajevo
(Redirected from Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor)
| Heart of Sarajevo Srce Sarajeva / Срце Сарајева | |
|---|---|
| Location | Sarajevo |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Presented by | Sarajevo Film Festival |
| First award | 1995 |
| Currently held by | Three Kilometres to the End of the World by Emanuel Parvu |
| Website | www |
The Heart of Sarajevo (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Srce Sarajeva / Срце Сарајева) is the highest prize awarded in all the competition categories at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
Heart of Sarajevo
[edit]The official Heart of Sarajevo have been awarded since 2004, and the 10th anniversary of the Sarajevo Film Festival. Its design, as a visual identity for the festival, was chosen in 2004 from the shape that has been in informal circulation since the very beginning of the festival in the early 1990s, a heart designed by French fashion designer Agnès Andrée Marguerite Troublé a.k.a. Agnès B., a friend and patron of the Sarajevo Film Festival.[1]
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Feature Film
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Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Director
[edit]| Year | Director | Film | Nationality of Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Emanuel Pârvu | Meda or The Not So Bright Side of Things |  Romania
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| 2018 | Ioana Uricaru | Lemonade | Romania
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| 2019 | Emin Alper | A Tale of Three Sisters |  Turkey
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| 2020 | Ru Hasanov | The Island Within |  Azerbaijan
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| 2021 | Milica Tomović | Celts |  Serbia
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| 2022 | Maryna Er Gorbach | Klondike |  Ukraine
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| 2023 | Philip Sotnychenko | La Palisiada | Ukraine
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| 2024 | Yorgos Zois | Arcadia |  Greece,  Bulgaria,  USA
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Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Actress
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Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Actor
[edit]Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Short Film
[edit]| Year | Film | Original title | Director(s) | Nationality of Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Copy Shop | Copy Shop | Virgil Widrich |  Austria
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| 2002 | 10 Minutes | 10 minuta | Ahmed Imamović |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 2003 | The Wallet | Le portefeuille | Vincent Bierrewaerts |  Belgium
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| 2004 | Me, Myself and the Universe | Ich und das Universum | Hajo Schomerus |  Germany
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| 2005 | Before Dawn | Hajnal | Balint Kenyeres |  Hungary
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| 2006 | Good Luck Nedim | Sretan put Nedime | Marko Šantić |  Slovenia
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| 2007 | Waves | Valuri | Adrian Sitaru | Romania
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| 2008 | Tolerantia | Tolerantia | Ivan Ramadan | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 2009 | Party | Tulum | Dalibor Matanić |  Croatia
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| 2010 | Yellow Moon | Žuti mjesec | Zvonimir Jurić | Croatia
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| 2011 | Mezzanine | Mezanin | Dalibor Matanić | Croatia
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| 2012 | The Return | Kthimi | Blerta Zeqiri |  Kosovo
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| 2013 | Shadow of a Cloud | O umbra de nor | Radu Jude | Romania
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| 2014 | The Chicken | Kokoška | Una Gunjak | Croatia
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| 2015 | A Matter of Will | Biserna obala | Dušan Kasalica |  Montenegro
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| 2016 | Transition | Tranzicija | Milica Tomović | Serbia
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| 2017 | Into the Blue | U plavetnilo | Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović | Croatia
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| 2018 | Breath | Dah | Ermin Bravo | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 2019 | The Last Image of Father | Poslednja slika o ocu | Stefan Đorđević | Serbia
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| 2020 | Antiotpad | Antiotpad | Tin Žanić | Croatia
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| 2021 | Everything Ahead | Sve što dolazi | Mate Ugrina | Croatia
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| 2022 | Amok | Amok | Balázs Turai | Hungary
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| 2023 | 27 | 27 | Flóra Anna Buda | Hungary
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Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Student Film
[edit]| Year | Film | Original title | Director(s) | Nationality of Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Clean | Čistoća | Neven Samardžić | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 2018 | Last Call | Last Call | Hajni Kis | Hungary
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| 2019 | Sherbet | Šerbet | Nikola Stojanović | Serbia
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| 2020 | The Great Istanbul Depression | Büyük İstanbul Depresyonu | Zeynep Dilan Süren | Turkey
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| 2021 | Summer Planning | Planuri de vacanță | Alexandru Mironescu | Romania
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| 2022 | It's Not Cold For Mosquitoes | Nije zima za komarce | Josip Lukić and Klara Šovagović | Croatia
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| 2023 | Falling | Falling | Anna Gyimesi | Hungary
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Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Documentary Film
[edit]| Year | Film | Original title | Director(s) | Nationality of Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Facing the Day | Što sa sobom preko dana | Ivona Juka | Croatia
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| 2007 | Interrogation | Informativni razgovori | Namik Kabil | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 2008 | Corridor No. 8 | Коридор No. 8 | Boris Despodov | Bulgaria
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| 2009 | The Caviar Connection | Kavijar konekšn | Dragan Nikolić | Serbia
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| 2010 | The Seamstresses | Shivackite | Biljana Garvanlieva |  Macedonia
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| 2011 | A Cell Phone Movie | Mobitel | Nedžad Begović | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 2012 | Turn Off the Lights | Lumea in patratele | Ivana Mladenović | Serbia
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| 2013 | Sickfuckpeople | Хворісукалюди | Juri Rechinsky | Ukraine
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| 2014 | Naked Island | Goli | Tiha K. Gudac | Croatia
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| 2015 | Toto and His Sisters | Toto şi surorile lui | Alexander Nanau | Romania
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| 2016 | A Mere Breath | Doar o răsuflare | Monica Lãzurean-Gorgan | Romania
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| 2017 | City of the Sun | Mzis qalaqi | Rati Oneli |  Georgia
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| 2018 | Srbenka | Srbenka | Nebojša Slijepčević | Croatia
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| 2019 | When the Persimmons Grew | Xurmalar Yetişən Vaxt | Hilal Baydarov | Azerbaijan
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| 2020 | Merry Christmas, Yiwu | Merry Christmas, Yiwu | Mladen Kovačević | Serbia
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| 2021 | Landscapes of Resistance | Pejzaži otpora | Marta Popivoda | Serbia
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| 2022 | Museum of the Revolution | Muzej revolucije | Srđan Keča | Croatia
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| 2023 | Bottlemen | Flašaroši | Nemanja Vojinović | Serbia
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Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Short Documentary Film
[edit]| Year | Film | Original title | Director(s) | Nationality of Director |
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| 2022 | We, ... Composition | We, ... Composition | Visar Jusufi | Kosovo
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| 2023 | Valerija | Valerija | Sara Jurinčić | Croatia
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Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award
[edit]Since 2005, the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo has been also awarded to individuals who have contributed to the development of the festival, as well as regional film in general, term which comprise filmmaking in broad area of Former Yugoslavia, Balkans, and Southeast Europe.[1] In 2016, the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award for lifetime achievement was introduced. Its first recipient was Robert De Niro.[2][3][4]
| Year | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Marco Müller | Director of Rome Film Festival |
| 2006 | Gavrilo Grahovac | Former Minister of Culture and Sports in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2006 | Mike Leigh | Film director |
| 2007 | Steve Buscemi | Actor and film director |
| 2008 | Cat Villiers | Film producer |
| 2009 | Manfred Schmidt | Executive director of Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung |
| 2010 | Dieter Kosslick | Director of Berlin International Film Festival |
| 2011 | Angelina Jolie | Actress and film director |
| 2011 | Jafar Panahi | Film director |
| 2011 | Emil Tedeschi | President of Atlantic Grupa |
| 2012 | Branko Lustig | Film producer |
| 2013 | Roberto Olla | Executive director of Eurimages |
| 2013 | Béla Tarr | Film director |
| 2014 | Gael García Bernal | Actor |
| 2014 | Danis Tanović | Film director |
| 2014 | Agnès Troublé | Fashion designer |
| 2015 | Atom Egoyan | Film director |
| 2015 | Benicio del Toro | Actor |
| 2016 | Robert De Niro | Actor, film director and producer Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 2016 | Stephen Frears | Film director |
| 2016 | Wolfgang Amadeus Brülhart | Former Deputy Chief of Mission and Cultural Counselor at the Embassy of Switzerland in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2017 | John Cleese | Actor and film producer |
| 2017 | Oliver Stone | Film director and producer |
| 2018 | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Film director |
| 2018 | Nijaz Hastor | Owner and founder of the ASA Prevent Group and founder of the Hastor Foundation |
| 2019 | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Film director |
| 2019 | Isabelle Huppert | Actress |
| 2019 | Paweł Pawlikowski | Film director |
| 2019 | Tim Roth | Actor |
| 2020 | Michel Franco | Film director |
| 2020 | Mads Mikkelsen | Actor |
| 2021 | Wim Wenders | Film director |
| 2022 | Jesse Eisenberg | Actor |
| 2022 | Sergei Loznitsa | Film director |
| 2022 | Ruben Östlund | Film director |
| 2022 | Paul Schrader | Film director |
| 2023 | Mark Cousins | Film director |
| 2023 | Charlie Kaufman | Film director and writer |
| 2023 | Lynne Ramsay | Film director |
| 2024 | Alexander Payne | Film director |
| 2024 | Meg Ryan | Actor |
| 2024 | Elia Suleiman | Film director and writer |
| 2024 | John Turturro | Actor |
| 2025 | Paolo Sorrentino | Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer[5] |
See also
[edit]- Sarajevo Film Festival
- 31st Sarajevo Film Festival
- Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress in a Drama Series
- Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress in a Comedy Series
- Golden Bear award at the Berlin International Film Festival
- Silver Bear and other awards at the Berlin International Film Festival
- Palme d'Or, the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival
- Golden Lion, the highest prize awarded at the Venice Film Festival
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Awards - Sarajevo Film Festival" (.html). sff.ba (in Bosnian and English). Sarajevo Film Festival. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Robert De Niro received Honorary Heart of Sarajevo – Lifetime Achievement Award". sff.ba. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (8 August 2016). "Robert De Niro to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Sarajevo Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Robert DeNiro to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Sarajevo Film Festival". BroadwayWorld.com. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ Leo Barraclough (2 June 2025). "Paolo Sorrentino to Be Feted at 31st Sarajevo Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
External links
[edit]- Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF homepage)
- IMDb - Sarajevo Film Festival, SFF at Internet Movie Database