Sarajevo Film Festival Awards - 2006 Winners
by Andre Soares
The 12th Sarajevo Film Festival came to a close yesterday, Aug. 26. The Heart of Sarajevo Best Film prize went to Andrea Staka’s Das Fraulein (Germany / Switzerland / Bosnia-Herzegovina), the story of three female immigrants from the former Yugoslavia living in Zurich. (Das Fraulein also won the Best Film prize at this year’s Locarno Film Festival.)
The Best Actor winner was Rakan Rushaidat, for his "minimalist but effective performance" in All for Free / Sve Dzaba (Croatia / Bosnia-Herzegovina / Serbia), while the Best Actress Award was given to Marija Skaricic for her performance "built on unpredictable and unconventional emotional expression" in Das Fraulein.
Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross’s political faux-documentary The Road to Guantanamo won the Audience Award.
The list of winners at the Sarajevo Film Festival was basically a regional affair, comprised almost exclusively of productions with creative and/or financial links to Southeastern Europe.
The festival’s Best Film prize is accompanied by €25,000. The Best Acting awards come with €2,500.
12th Sarajevo Film Festival winners
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