Kosovo-born and Germany-based filmmaker Visar Morina's Sundance and Berlinale title Exile [+leggi anche:
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Azerbaijan's Ru Hasanov received the Heart of Sarajevo for best director for his second feature film, The Island Within [+leggi anche:
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Croatia's Marija Škaričić won the Heart of Sarajevo for best actress for her role in Andrea Štaka's Mare [+leggi anche:
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The Heart of Sarajevo for best actor went to Greece's Vangelis Mourikis who stars in Digger [+leggi anche:
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In the documentary competition, Serbian filmmaker Mladen Kovačević came out on top with his Rotterdam title Merry Christmas, Yiwu [+leggi anche:
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Romanian documentaries picked up the other two prizes: the Special Jury Award went to Andrei Dăscălescu’s Holy Father [+leggi anche:
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The Heart of Sarajevo for best short film went to Croatia's Tin Žanić for Antiotpad, which qualifies it for the Oscars. Greek filmmaker Anastasia Kratidi received a special mention for In Her Steps.

The Audentia Award for the best woman director, chosen from a pool of 12 films that screened in various sections, was handed to Kiev-born, Berlin-based filmmaker Natalija Yefimkina for the Berlinale's Perspektive Deutsches Kino documentary Garage People [+leggi anche:
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Lasse Linder's short All Cats Are Grey in the Dark won Sarajevo's candidacy for the European Film Awards.

Full list of awards:

Competition - Feature Film

Heart of Sarajevo for Best Film
Exile [+leggi anche:
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Heart of Sarajevo for Best Director
Ru Hasanov - The Island Within [+leggi anche:
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Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress
Marija Škaričić - Mare [+leggi anche:
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Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor
Vangelis Mourikis - Digger [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Georgis Grigorakis
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Competition - Documentary Film

Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary
Merry Christmas, Yiwu [+leggi anche:
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Special Jury Award
Holy Father [+leggi anche:
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Human Rights Award
Acasă - My Home [+leggi anche:
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Competition - Student Film

Heart of Sarajevo for Best Student Film
The Great Istanbul Depression - Zeynep Dilan Süren (Turkey/Japan)

Honorary Heart of Sarajevo
Michel Franco
Mads Mikkelsen

Partner Awards

Cineuropa Award
Exile - Visar Morina

Audentia Award
Garage People [+leggi anche:
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CICAE Award
Mare - Andrea Štaka

Sarajevo Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards
All Cats Are Grey in the Dark - Lasse Linder (Switzerland)