'Heart of Sarajevo' Awarded to Emanuel Parvu's Film 'Three Kilometres to the End of the World'

(Patria) - The award ceremony for the 'Heart of Sarajevo' at the 30th edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) was held tonight at the Sarajevo National Theatre, writes Faktor.ba. The ceremony was hosted by actress Helena Vuković.

Over the past eight days, from August 16 to 23, the audience had the opportunity to watch over 250 films from 70 countries across various genres of cinematic art.

Let us recall, before the official festival program, in the open-air Summer Cinema in honor of the late academician Abdulah Sidran, the film 'Kuduz' was screened, for which he wrote the screenplay and in which he appeared in a minor role.


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The festival magic, but out of competition, began with the world premiere of the new film by Oscar winner Danis Tanović, 'After the Summer'.

Fifty-four films competed for the 'Heart of Sarajevo' award in four competitive selections – feature, documentary, short, and student film.

Nineteen films had their world premiere, 9 international, three European, 23 regional, and three Bosnian-Herzegovinian premiere.

According to the decision of the expert juries, the following authors and films were awarded:

- The 'Heart of Sarajevo' for best film in the main Competition Program - feature film, was awarded to 'Three Kilometres to the End of the World' by Emanuel Parvu;

- The 'Heart of Sarajevo' for best director was awarded to Yorgos Zois for the film 'Arcadia';

- The 'Heart of Sarajevo' for best actor was awarded to Doru Bem for his role in the film 'Holy Week';

- The 'Heart of Sarajevo' for best actress was awarded to Anab Ahmed Ibrahim for her role in the film 'The Village Next to Paradise';

- The 'Heart of Sarajevo' for best student film was awarded to 'The Smell of Fresh Paint' by Nađa Petrović;

- The 'Heart of Sarajevo' for best short film was awarded to 'Absent' by Cem Demirer;

- Special mention for best short film went to 'Tako Tsubo' by Eva Pedroza and Fanny Sorgo;

- Special jury award in the documentary film category went to 'Like a Sick Yellow' by Norika Sefa;


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- Another special award in the documentary film category was given to the film 'What We Ask of a Statue is That it Doesn’t Move' by Daphne Heretakis;

- The 'Heart of Sarajevo' for best documentary film was awarded to 'A Picture to Remember' by Olga Chernykh;

- The Human Rights Award went to the documentary film 'Your Life without Me' by Anne Rubi;

- For the first time this year, a Special Award for Environmental Awareness was given to the film 'The Sky Above Zenica' by authors Zlatko Pranjić and Nanne Frank Moller;

- The Special Award for Promoting Gender Equality went to the film 'Cent'anni' by author Maja Doroteja Prelog.

Screenings of films from the program of the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival will also be held on Saturday, August 24. The screening schedule is on the Festival's website: www.sff.ba.