Sarajevo Film Festival Awards - 2007
August 29th, 2007 by Andre Soares
13th Sarajevo Film Festival Awards - 2007 Hearts of Sarajevo
The 13th Sarajevo Film Festival was held between Aug. 17-25, 2007.
The winners at the 13th Sarajevo Film Festival were announced on Aug. 25, 2007.
In Ozer Kizitan’s A Man’s Fear of God, a devout Turkish Muslim discovers that religious dogma can be bad for your (mental) health and that religious hypocrisy is all around.
BEST FILM:
A Man’s Fear of God / Takva
Director: Ozer Kiziltan
BEST ACTOR:
Saša Petrovic, It’s Hard to Be Nice, director Srdan Vuletic
BEST ACTRESS:
Saadet Isil Aksoy, Egg, director Semih Kaplanoglu
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE:
I’m from Titov Veles director Teona Strugar-Mitevska
SPECIAL MENTION:
Actress Maria Varga, Iszka’s Journey
SPECIAL HEART OF SARAJEVO AWARD: Steve Buscemi
COMPETITION PROGRAMME DOCUMENTARIES
BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Interrogation
Director: Namik Kabil
HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD:
The mosquito problem and other stories
Director: Andrey Paounov
SPECIAL MENTION:
Echo
Director: Marko Popovic
COMPETITION PROGRAMME SHORTS
BEST SHORT FILM:
The Waves
Director: Adrian Sitaru
SPECIAL MENTION:
Tripe and Onions
Director: Marton Szirmai
SPECIAL MENTION:
The Hole
Director: Marko Šantic
The EFA / UIP Award
This Award for the Best Short Film, presented by United International Pictures, offers its recipient a direct nomination for the European Film Academy (EFA) Award.
Tokyo Jim, directed by Jamie Rafn
The EDN Talent Grant
The EDN Talent Grant was established through the cooperation of the Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) and the European Documentary Network (EDN), and is aimed at providing support to talented directors of documentary films from the Balkans.
In 4 Years, directed by Nebojša Slijepcevic
The CICAE Award
The International Confederation of Artistic Cinemas (CICAE) award to a film in the Competition Programme. The chosen film will receive special CICAE support in its distribution, screening, and the reaching of an audience through a network of 3000 cinemas.
Man’s Fear of God, directed by Ozer Kiziltan
Audience Award:
The Band’s Visit, directed by Eran Kolirin
International Competition Jury: Jeremy Irons; Meinholf Zurhorst; Frederick Maire; Ozgu Namal; Andrea Štaka
Documentary Jury: Tarik Samarah; Stefan Haupt; Adela Peeva;
Short Film Jury: Namik Kabil; Frederic Boyer; Balint Kenyeres
EFA / UPI Jury: Michele Ohyion, Dalibor Matanic and Nikolaj Nikitin
EDN Jury: Tarik Samarah, Stefan Haupt and Adela Peeva
CICAE Jury: Francois Ayme, Katarzyna Boratyn and Rita Linda Potyondi
Sarajevo Film Festival: 2006 2007
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Montreal World Film Festival 2007 Awards
Norway’s Film Awards - 2007 Amandas
Locarno Film Festival 2007 Awards
Indian National Film Awards 2007
Venice Film Festival 2007 awards
Sundance Film Festival 2007 awards
SXSW Film Festival 2007 awards
Tiburon Film Festival 2007 awards
Tribeca Film Festival 2007 awards
Seattle Film Festival 2007 awards
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