Heart of Sarajevo
| Heart of Sarajevo Srce Sarajeva / Срце Сарајева | |
|---|---|
| Location | Sarajevo |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Presented by | Sarajevo Film Festival |
| First awarded | 1995 |
| Website | www |
The Heart of Sarajevo (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Srce Sarajeva / Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Срце Сарајева) is the highest prize awarded in all the competition categories at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
Heart of Sarajevo
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 early 1990's, 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
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Director
| Year | Director | Film | Nationality of Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Emanuel Părvu | Meda or The Not So Bright Side of Things |  Romania
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| 2018 | Ioana Uricaru | Lemonade | Romania
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Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Actress
| Year | Actress | Film | Nationality of Actress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Marija Škaričić | A Wonderful Night in Split |  Croatia
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| 2005 | Zrinka Cvitešić | What Is a Man Without a Moustache? | Croatia
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| 2006 | Marija Škaričić | Fraulein | Croatia
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| 2007 | Saadet Aksoy | Egg |  Turkey
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| 2008 | Ayça Damgacı | Gitmek: My Marlon and Brando | Turkey
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| 2009 | Angeliki Papoulia and Mary Tsoni | Dogtooth |  Greece
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| 2010 | Mirela Oprișor | Tuesday, After Christmas | Romania
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| 2011 | Ada Condeescu | Loverboy | Romania
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| 2012 | Marija Pikić | Children of Sarajevo |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 2013 | Lika Babluani and Mariam Bokeria | In Bloom |  Georgia
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| 2014 | Mari Kitia | Brides | Georgia
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| 2015 |
Cast of Mustang
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Mustang | Turkey
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| 2016 | Irena Ivanova | Godless |  Bulgaria
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| 2017 | Ornela Kapetani | Daybreak |  Albania
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| 2018 | Zsófia Szamosi | One Day |  Hungary
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Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Actor
| Year | Actress | Film | Nationality of Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Milan Točinovski | How I Killed a Saint |  Macedonia
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| 2005 | Peter Musevski | Labour Equals Freedom |  Slovenia
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| 2006 | Rakan Rushaidat | All for Free | Croatia
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| 2007 | Saša Petrović | It's Hard to Be Nice | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 2008 | Leon Lučev and Slavko Štimac | Buick Riviera | Croatia and  Serbia
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| 2009 | Relja Popović | Ordinary People | Serbia
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| 2010 | Marko Todorović | Tilva Roš | Serbia
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| 2011 | Thomas Schubert | Breathing |  Austria
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| 2012 | Uliks Fehmiu | Redemption Street | Serbia
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| 2013 | Bogdan Diklić | A Stranger | Serbia
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| 2014 | Feyyaz Duman | Song of My Mother | Turkey
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| 2015 |
Cast of Chevalier Athina
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Chevalier Athina | Greece
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| 2016 | Gheorghe Visu | Dogs | Romania
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| 2017 | Șerban Pavlu | Meda or The Not So Bright Side of Things | Romania
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| 2018 | Leon Lučev | The Load | Croatia
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Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Short Film
| 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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Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Student Film
| 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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Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Documentary Film
| 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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Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award
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 | Pawel Pawlikowski | Film director |
See also
- Sarajevo Film Festival
- 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
- ^ 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.
External links
- Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF homepage)
- IMDb - Sarajevo Film Festival, SFF at Internet Movie Database