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
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.
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Feature Film
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Director
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Actress
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Actor
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Short Film
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Student Film
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Documentary Film
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Short Documentary Film
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
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,
Balkans
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, and
Southeast Europe
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.
In 2016, the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award for lifetime achievement was introduced. Its first recipient was
Robert De Niro
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.
See also
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Sarajevo Film Festival
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Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress in a Drama Series
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Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress in a Comedy Series
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Golden Bear
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award at the Berlin International Film Festival
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Silver Bear
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and other awards at the Berlin International Film Festival
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Palme d'Or
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, the highest prize awarded at the
Cannes Film Festival
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Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...
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Golden Lion
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, the highest prize awarded at the
Venice Film Festival
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References
External links
Sarajevo Film Festival''(SFF homepage)''
IMDb - Sarajevo Film Festival SFF at Internet Movie Database
{{National Cinema Awards
Sarajevo Film Festival
International film awards
Awards for best film
Bosnia and Herzegovina film awards