The rest of the awards in the feature film competition were split between Godless by Ralitza Petrova (a Bulgarian/Danish coproduction) and Dogs by Bogdan Mirică (a French/ Romanian/Bulgarian coproduction).
The feature film competition jury was composed of: Elia Suleiman, Director (President), Zeynep Atakan, Nikola Đuričko, Thomas Hailer and Angeliki Papoulia, while the short film competition jury was composed of: Fatima Djoumer, Dušan Kasalica and Jure Pavlović.
Romania won five awards and mentions in the competition programme, including the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary awarded to A Mere Breath by Monica Lăzurean Gorgan. The documentary competition jury was composed of Tine Ficher, Fernand Melgar and Alexander Nanau.
Additionally, another two Romanian coproductions were awarded at CineLink. Eurimages Coproduction Development Award (in the amount of 20,000 EUR) went to God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija (Macedonia) by Teona S Mitevska.
The TRT Award, the biggest award in the Work in Progress section of CineLink (in the amount of 30,000 EUR), went to Hostages, the debut feature by the Georgian director Rezo Gigineishili.
Honorary Hearts of Sarajevo went to Robert De Niro, Stephen Frears and Wolfgang Amadeus Brülhart, Former Deputy Chief of Mission and Cultural Counselor at the Embassy of Switzerland in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
OFFICIAL AWARDS:
Competition Programme – Feature Films
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film (in the amount of 16,000 EUR):
Album / Albüm (Turkey, France, Romania)
Directed by Mehmet Can Mertoğlu
Produced by Kamara
Coproduced by Asap Films, Parada Film
Special Jury Prize (in the amount of 10,000 EUR):
Godless / Bezbog (Bulgaria, Denmark)
Directed by Ralitza Petrova
Produced by Klas Film
Coproduced by SnowGlobe, Alcatraz Films, Film Factory
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Danish Film Institute, Eurimages
Special Jury Mention:
Dogs / Câini (France, Romania, Bulgaria)
Directed by Bogdan Mirică
Produced by EZ Films 14
Coproduced by 42Km Film, Argo Film
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, Bulgarian National Film Center
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress (in the amount of 2,500 EUR):
Irena Ivanova for Godless
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor (in the amount of 2,500 EUR):
Gheorghe Visu for Dogs
Competition Programme – Short Films
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Short Film (in the amount of 2,500 EUR):
Transition / Tranzicija (Serbia)
Directed by Milica Tomović
Special Jury Mention:
4:15 p.m. The End of the World / 4:15 p.m. Sfarsitul lumii (Romania)
Directed by Gabi Virginia Șarga, Cătălin Rotaru
Special Jury Mention:
The Beast / Zvir (Croatia)
Directed by Miroslav Sikavica
Competition Programme – Documentary Films
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary Film (in the amount of 3,000 EUR):
A Mere Breath / Doar o rasuflare (Romania)
Directed by Monica Lazurean - Gorgan
Special Jury Prize (in the amount of 2,500 EUR):
Scream for Me Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Tarik Hodžić
Special Jury Mention:
Baglar (Turkey)
Directed by Berke Bas, Melis Birder
Human Rights Award ((in the amount of 3,000 EUR):
Scream for Me Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Tarik Hodžić
Human Rights Special Mention:
Borders (Slovenia)
Directed by Damjan Kozole
Honorary Heart of Sarajevo:
Robert De Niro
Stephen Frears
Wolfgang Amadeus Brülhart (Former Deputy Chief of Mission and Cultural Counselor at the Embassy of Switzerland in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
CINELINK AWARDS:
CineLink Co-production Market Awards
Eurimages Coproduction Development Award (in the amount of 20,000 EUR)
God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija (Macedonia)
Directed by Teona S Mitevska
Produced by Sisters and Brother Mitevski
Supported by the Macedonian Film Fund
ARTE International Relations CineLink Award (in the amount of 6,000 EUR):
Ela and Hilmi (Turkey)
Directed by Ziya Demirel
Macedonian Film Agency CineLink Award (in the amount of 10,000 EUR):
Otto the Barbarian / Otto, barbarul (Romania)
Directed by Ruxandra Maria Ghitescu
Produced by Alien Film
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre and MEDIA Creative Europe
MDM EAVE Scholarship:
Looking for Venera
Directed by Belina Jano
Work in Progress Awards
TRT Award (in the amount of 30,000 EUR):
Hostages (Georgia, Poland, Russia)
Directed by Rezo Gigineishili
Produced by 20 Steps Productions
Coproduced by Extreme Emotions, INK TV and NEBO Film Company
Post Republic Award (25,000 EUR in kind support):
Touch Me Not / Nu mă atinge-mă (Romania, Germany, France, Bulgaria)
Directed by Adina Pintilie
Produced by Manekino Film
Coproduced by 4 Proof Film, RohFilm, Les Films de l'Étranger, Agitprop Ltd.
One of These Days (Lebanon)
Directed by Nadim Tabet
Restart Award (20,000 EUR in kind support):
Holy Air (Israel)
Directed by Shady Srour
Docu Rough Cut Boutique Awards :
IDFA Award:
City of the Sun (Georgia)
Directed by Rati Oneli
CAT &DOCS Award (in the amount of 2,000 EUR):
In the Shadow of War (Turkey)
Directed by Reyan Tuvi
HBO Adria Award (in the amount of 2,000 EUR):
In the Shadow of War
Directed by Reyan Tuvi
DOK Preview AWARD
In the Shadow of War
Directed by Reyan Tuvi
Work in Progress Digital Cube Award (20,000 EUR in postproduction services):
Ultra (Hungary)
Directed by Balazs Simonyi
